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Quality
He could wheel and deal with the best of them and he played dirty with the worst of them as well
My only complaint with the book has been echoed by a couple of other reviewers
Packaging/appearance
As the agent for rock hudson tab hunter guy madison and so many other handsome men willson was the brains behind the beefcake
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- This product had a total of 265 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 16 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Youll see how he lacked confidence in himself and how hard he worked to keep the fact that he was gay hidden from hollywood and his fans
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The man who invented rock hudson the pretty boys and dirty deals of henry willson is a satisfying hollywood gossip book for anyone who enjoys reading about the lives of gay celebrities
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But willsons behindthescenes shenanigans are barely mentioned in traditional hollywood histories obviously because so many of his downanddirty tricks involved gay men
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Illusions are just that and your personal projects are not always true
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought the man who invented rock hudson after reading the advocate blurb that named it one of the top ten books of 2005
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is much more than a hollywood biography
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I think some of the reviewers in this amazon column were expecting another hollywood hagiography a la tab hunter confidential
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Willson a hollywood reporter turned agent during the golden age of hollywood when the socalled dream factory was literally in full swing emerges as a larger than life tragic and sympathetic figure