A List of Jam Dean’s (Alleged) Gay Lovers - The WOW Report

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• STRAIGHT PORN SUPERSTAR JAM DEEN TALKS GAY SEX, ONSCREEN AND OFF
• A LIST OF JAM DEAN’S (ALLEGED) GAY LOVERS
• MATEE IDOL TAB HUNTER OPENS UP ABOUT JAM DEAN'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CAREY O'DONNELLMARCH 19, 2015/12:43 PMBY CAREY O'DONNELLMARCH 19, 2015 / 12:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MATEE IDOL TAB HUNTER OPENS UP ABOUT JAM DEAN'S SEXUALY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-03-19T16:43:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-03-19T16:43:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CAREY O'DONNELL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIC ACTOR JAM DEAN WAS THE SUBJECT OF GAY MORS EVEN BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY ATH 1955. VAR SOURC HAVE CLAIMED THE BROODG YOUNG STAR OF GIANT AND REBEL WHOUT A CSE WAS A HTLER, OR THAT HE SLEPT WH VAR HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS TO FURTHER HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: JOHN TRAVOLTA BLACKMAILED INTO STAYG CLOSETED BY SCIENTOLOGY, NEW DOC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REBEL DIRECTOR NICHOLAS RAY SUATED DEAN WAS A HOMOSEXUAL—AND POSSIBLY VOLVED WH -STAR SAL MEO, WHO WAS GAY—WHILE BGRAPHER JOHN HOWLETT MATAED JD WAS "MOST CERTALY BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}E! ONLE UGHT UP WH '50S SCREEN IDOL TAB HUNTER AT SXSW, WHERE HE WAS PROMOTG THE NEW DOC TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL, AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT DEAN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HUNTER, HIMSELF CLOSETED FOR MOST OF HIS REER, WAS IENDS WH THE LATE STAR—THEY SHARED AN AGENT AND HUNTER EVEN WENT ON ARRANGED DAT WH DEAN'S REBEL STAR NATALIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HUNTER, NOW 81, ACKNOWLEDGED THE NSTANT MORS THAT SWIRLED AROUND HIS IEND. "PEOPLE ALWAYS SAID THAT [DEAN WAS BISEXUAL]," HUNTER TOLD E!'S MARK MALK. "PEOPLE WANT TO HANG LABELS ON PEOPLE: 'OH, HE'S LIKE THIS OR HE'S LIKE THAT.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, HUNTER SAID, "I DON'T BUY TO THAT—AS FAR AS I KNOW JIMMY [WASN'T BI]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE HE NEVER HEARD THE STORY ABOUT LIZ TAYLOR AND ROCK HUDSON WAGERG WHO ULD SCE DEAN FIRST ON THE SET OF GIANT? ACRDG TO LEGEND, ROCK WON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR TAB HUNTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• REBEL WHOUT A CSE'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY SUBTEXT EXPLAED
• GAY INOGRAPHY: THE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND OF JAM DEAN
• CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? JAM DEAN AND ROCK HUDSON'S GAY PISSG CONTT OVER ELIZABETH TAYLORIN 1956, THREE LEGENDARY QUEENS ME TOGETHER TO FILM AN EPIC DRAMA—BUT ULD NEVER PARE TO THE SHENANIGANS HAPPENG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 8, 2019/1:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3378PX;WIDTH:2797PX;}BETTMAN/GETTY(ORIGAL CAPTN) HOLLYWOOD, CA- GEE STEPHENS PRENTS THE ST OF HIS PRODUCTN, "GIANT," TO THE HOLLYWOOD PRS AT A LUNCHEON AT WARNER BROTHERS STUD, MARKG THE START OF THE FILMG ON THE EDNA FERBER NOVEL. AMOUNG THE ST MEMBERS ATTENDG WERE ELIZABETH TAYLOR(RIGHT), ROCK HUDSON(CENTER), JAM DEAN(LEFT), JANE WHERS, CHILL WILLS, MERCES MCCAMBRIDGE, DENNIS HOPPER, ROBERT NICHOLS, PL FIX AND JUDH EVELYN. UNDATED PHOTO CIR 1956.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 8, 2019 / 1:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? JAM DEAN AND ROCK HUDSON'S GAY PISSG CONTT OVER ELIZABETH TAYLOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-08T18:29:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-08T18:29:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS ALSO HOPG TO GET ADOPTED BY SPHEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROVG THAT NOT EVEN THE SWEET RELEASE OF ATH IS SACRED ANYMORE, JAM DEAN IS MAKG A LONG OVERDUE EBACK TO THE BIG SCREEN, SPE BEG AD FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. AS IF WHNEY HOTON'S HOLOGRAM GOG ON TOUR WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, NOW WE HAVE TO POTENTIALLY AL WH A ZOMBIE JAM DEAN OVERACTG AND UNRWHELMG WHAT WILL SURELY BEE A DISTURBG, TACKY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO UNTIL THEN, LET'S REMEMBER DEAN AS HE WAS—A MSY BCH WHO LOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO A TR OF FILMS RELEASED BETWEEN 1955 AND 1956, DEAN IS NSIRED ONE OF THE FT ACTORS OF HIS GENERATN—AN OPN GREATLY GMENTED BY HIS TRAGIC, PREMATURE ATH AT 24. BOTH 1955'S EAST OF EN AND THE FOLLOWG YEAR'S GIANT GARNERED HIM POSTHUMO BT ACTOR OSR NOMATNS, BUT WAS 1955'S REBEL WHOUT A CSE, RELEASED JT A MONTH AFTER HE DIED A R CRASH, THAT MA HIM A STAR. STILL, IF REBEL TABLISHED THE LEGEND OF JAM DEAN, GIANT CEMENTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAPTED OM EDNA FERBER'S 1952 NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME ABOUT TEXAS, RACISM, AND TERGENERATNAL STRIFE, GIANT BROUGHT TOGETHER THREE OF THE BIGGT CEMATIC INS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: DEAN, FELLOW CLOSETED ACTOR ROCK HUDSON, AND PERENNIAL ALLY ELIZABETH TAYLOR. HUDSON PLAYS BICK BENEDICT, A WEALTHY RANCHER; DEAN IS JETT RK, A RANCH HAND WHO STRIK RICH; AND TAYLOR IS LLIE BENEDICT, BICK'S SPIRED WIFE AND THE OBJECT OF JETT'S AFFECTNS. WHILE THE MEN MAY HAVE PETED ROMANTILLY FOR LIZ ONSCREEN, HUDSON AND DEAN ALSO PETED FOR HER AFFECTNS—ALBE STRICTLY PLATONIC—OFF-SCREEN.MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGMARFA, TEXAS - 1955: ACTORS JAM DEAN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND ROCK HUDSON POSE FOR A POS PHOTO ON THE SET OF THE WARNER BROS FILM 'GIANT' 1955 MARFA, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SPRAWLG EPIC BURSTG AT NEARLY THREE AND A HALF HOURS, GIANT RNED TAYLOR WH GEE STEVENS, WHO HAD DIRECTED THE STUNNG GéNUE HER FIRST DRAMATIC ROLE, 1951'S A PLACE THE SUN, -STARRG YET ANOTHER CLOSETED ACTOR, GAY IN, AND AVATAR OF TRAGIC MALE BETY: MONTGOMERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT N I SAY? LIZ HAD A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE SHE DID A PLACE THE SUN, TAYLOR WOULD FORM A EP BOND WH HER LEADG MAN—OR THIS SE, MEN—ON THE SET MARFA, TEXAS. TAYLOR AND HUDSON WOULD REGULARLY STAY UP ALL NIGHT DRKG AND TALKG TO GET THROUGH THE LONG, HOT SHOOTS THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR FIRST SCENE TOGETHER, TAYLOR AND THEN-HBAND MICHAEL WILDG VED HUDSON OVER FOR SOME GET-TO-KNOW-YOU BOOZE. THE FOLLOWG MORNG, TAYLOR AND HUDSON WERE HUNER AF, BUT LUCKILY WORKED THEIR FAVOR. THEIR SCENE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIALOGUE, AND THE AMOUNT OF NCENTRATN TOOK FOR THEM NOT TO THROW UP ON EACH OTHER PASSED FOR UNDYG LOVE BETWEEN THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN BETWEEN TAK," HUDSON RELLED, "ELIZABETH AND I WERE NNG OUT AND THROWG UP. WE WERE BOTH SO HUNER WE ULDN'T SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT MA THE SCENE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVER ONE TO IGNORE A POTENTIAL MATERNAL FIGURE, DEAN OFTEN SOUGHT OUT TAYLOR'S PASSNATE EAR. ACRDG TO THE ACTRS, DURG ONE OF THEIR TALKS HE REVEALED THAT HE WAS MOLTED BY HIS MISTER AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 11. THIS KD OF SOUL-BARG APPARENTLY TOOK A HEAVY TOLL ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WOULD SOMETIM S UP UNTIL THREE THE MORNG, AND HE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT HIS PAST, HIS MOTHER, MISTER, HIS LOV, AND THE NEXT DAY HE WOULD JT LOOK STRAIGHT THROUGH ME AS IF HE'D GIVEN AWAY OR REVEALED TOO MUCH OF HIMSELF," TAYLOR LATER SAID. "IT WOULD TAKE… MAYBE A UPLE OF DAYS BEFORE WE'D BE BACK ON IENDSHIP TERMS. HE WAS VERY AAID TO GIVE OF HIMSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR MAY HAVE GOTTEN ALONG FAMOLY WH HUDSON AND DEAN, BUT THE TWO MEN DID NOT RE FOR EACH OTHER. RUMOR HAD THAT HUDSON GOT ON DEAN'S BAD SI AFTER HE MA A PASS AT DEAN, BUT THEIR ANIMOSY TOWARD ONE ANOTHER ULD PROBABLY BE BOILED DOWN TO THEIR WORKG STYL. DEAN WAS A METHOD ACTOR AND THEREFORE VERY SER ABOUT HIS CRAFT. HE WOULD HOLD UP PRODUCTN GETTG TO CHARACTER, OR BEE OF DISAGREEMENTS WH STEVENS. HUDSON DIDN'T RPECT DEAN'S LACK OF PROFSNALISM AND, TURN, DEAN DIDN'T RPECT HUDSON AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET'S GET BACK TO THOSE MORS 'E WE'RE HAVG FUN. SO HUDSON'S HOMOSEXUALY WAS MORE OR LS AN OPEN SECRET HOLLYWOOD, WHILE DEAN TRIED TO KEEP HIS OWN BISEXUALY (AND HIS PAST AS A HTLER) UNR WRAPS. DURG FILMG OF GIANT, DEAN AND HUDSON BRIEFLY LIVED TOGETHER, ALONG WH THEIR -STAR CHILL WILLS. HUDSON ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO "QUEER" DEAN—AS IF WOULD'VE TAKEN MUCH EFFORT—BUT ACRDG TO GIANT CHRONICLER DON GRAHAM, HUDSON LIKED TO DRS DRAG AND DEAN PREFERRED HIS TRA ROUGH. SO WHEN DEAN REJECTED HIM, HUDSON ASKED HIM TO MOVE THE FUCK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AGA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM THERE, THGS ONLY GOT MORE TENSE AND AWKWARD, WH DEAN MAKG FUN OF HUDSON BEHD HIS BACK TO THE LOL WBOYS, LLG HIM "FAIRY" ONSET, AND REPORTEDLY FRENCH-KISSG HUDSON ONE DAY ONT OF EVERYONE JT TO ANTAGONIZE THE CLOSETED ACTOR. HUDSON WAS FALLY RID OF DEAN WHEN THE LATTER SHOT HIS LAST SCENE SEPTEMBER 27, 1955, FOUR MONTHS AFTER FILMG BEGAN. THREE DAYS LATER, DEAN WAS AD. HIS IEND NICK ADAMS HAD TO BE LLED TO RB SOME OF HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR WAS ABSOLUTELY BEREFT, LLAPSG ON SET AFTER HEARG THE NEWS OF DEAN'S ATH AND SPENDG THE FOLLOWG TWO WEEKS THE HOSPAL FOR VAR HEALTH PROBLEMS. STILL, STEVENS FORCED HER TO SHOOT REACTN SHOTS FOR A SCENE SHE HAD DONE WH DEAN, WHICH SHE DID WHILE SOBBG BETWEEN TAK. UNSURPRISGLY, SHE NEVER FAVE STEVENS FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HUDSON, FOR HIS PART, ALSO SHED TEARS, BUT PERHAPS MORE OUT OF GUILT THAN SADNS. "I HAD BEEN WISHG HIM AD EVER SCE WE WERE TEXAS," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIANT SPENT ALMOST A YEAR POST-PRODUCTN, BUT WAS HAILED A TRIUMPH UPON S RELEASE 1956, NABBG 10 OSR NOMATNS AND WNG STEVENS THE BT DIRECTOR AWARD. HUDSON AND DEAN PETED FOR BT ACTOR, WHILE THE AMY IGNORED TAYLOR. SHE WOULD EVENTUALLY SNATCH TWO BT ACTRS OSRS, AND HUDSON WOULD BEE A STAPLE OF ROMANTIC EDI THE '60S AND FD SUCCS ON TELEVISN THE '70S. LATER, TAYLOR WAS AMONG HUDSON'S HOLLYWOOD IENDS WHO STOOD BY HIM DURG HIS BATTLE WH AIDS, AND SHE WOULD NTUE HER HIV/AIDS ACTIVISM FOR THE RT OF HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEAN, HOWEVER, NEVER GOT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOVIE, WHICH IS PARTLY WHY HIS LEGEND HAS ONLY GROWN THE SIX S SCE HIS ATH. HOW A CGI VERSN OF HIM WILL LIVE UP TO THAT LEGACY—IF N AT ALL—IS ANYONE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• LEGENDARY ACTOR JAM DEAN HATED SECRETLY GAY CO-STAR TRYG TO SCE HIM $39M CULT-CLASSIC

STRAIGHT PORN SUPERSTAR JAM DEEN TALKS GAY SEX, ONSCREEN AND OFF

His last movie, Giant, h theaters sixty-five years ago this culture has endlsly reimaged Jam Dean om the moment he died—he is straight, bisexual, and gay; sensive and aggrsive; misunrstood and manipulative; victim and predator; the bt of and the worst.

Ple Kael, then a risg film cric, plaed 1955 that watchg him was like stumblg onto the vulgar eroticism of homosexual cisg grounds—“grossly explic, ” too dulgent of boys and their “toerotic” fixatns.

A LIST OF JAM DEAN’S (ALLEGED) GAY LOVERS

Too often, his negative experienc epted , aggrsive, or dangero behavr, what Bast spected was Dean’s way of takg revenge on a society that wronged Hollywood mors started as soon as Dean ma the papers, whispers that he was bisexual or gay. His stud, Warner Bros., promoted him alongsi Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter, two closeted gay men, as their most eligible bachelor.

Much k would be spilled over the years tryg to p down his sexualy—straight, bisexual, gay, asexual all found their advot—but he risted labels, not least bee the labels were tied up bigger qutns of masculy and manhood.

MATEE IDOL TAB HUNTER OPENS UP ABOUT JAM DEAN'S {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CAREY O'DONNELLMARCH 19, 2015/12:43 PMBY CAREY O'DONNELLMARCH 19, 2015 / 12:43 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MATEE IDOL TAB HUNTER OPENS UP ABOUT JAM DEAN'S SEXUALY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-03-19T16:43:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-03-19T16:43:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CAREY O'DONNELL","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}INIC ACTOR JAM DEAN WAS THE SUBJECT OF GAY MORS EVEN BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY ATH 1955. VAR SOURC HAVE CLAIMED THE BROODG YOUNG STAR OF GIANT AND REBEL WHOUT A CSE WAS A HTLER, OR THAT HE SLEPT WH VAR HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS TO FURTHER HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: JOHN TRAVOLTA BLACKMAILED INTO STAYG CLOSETED BY SCIENTOLOGY, NEW DOC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REBEL DIRECTOR NICHOLAS RAY SUATED DEAN WAS A HOMOSEXUAL—AND POSSIBLY VOLVED WH -STAR SAL MEO, WHO WAS GAY—WHILE BGRAPHER JOHN HOWLETT MATAED JD WAS "MOST CERTALY BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}E! ONLE UGHT UP WH '50S SCREEN IDOL TAB HUNTER AT SXSW, WHERE HE WAS PROMOTG THE NEW DOC TAB HUNTER CONFINTIAL, AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE KNEW ABOUT DEAN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HUNTER, HIMSELF CLOSETED FOR MOST OF HIS REER, WAS IENDS WH THE LATE STAR—THEY SHARED AN AGENT AND HUNTER EVEN WENT ON ARRANGED DAT WH DEAN'S REBEL STAR NATALIE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HUNTER, NOW 81, ACKNOWLEDGED THE NSTANT MORS THAT SWIRLED AROUND HIS IEND. "PEOPLE ALWAYS SAID THAT [DEAN WAS BISEXUAL]," HUNTER TOLD E!'S MARK MALK. "PEOPLE WANT TO HANG LABELS ON PEOPLE: 'OH, HE'S LIKE THIS OR HE'S LIKE THAT.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT, HUNTER SAID, "I DON'T BUY TO THAT—AS FAR AS I KNOW JIMMY [WASN'T BI]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAYBE HE NEVER HEARD THE STORY ABOUT LIZ TAYLOR AND ROCK HUDSON WAGERG WHO ULD SCE DEAN FIRST ON THE SET OF GIANT? ACRDG TO LEGEND, ROCK WON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WATCH THE TRAILER FOR TAB HUNTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In those days, “homosexual” was synonymo wh a mpy, effemate stereotype he uldn’t intify wh. “I’m not a homosexual, ” he told a reporter who asked if he was gay, “but I’m not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back.

In the heart of the homophobic ’50s, he and director Nicholas Ray quietly weaved a queer love story to his most famo film, Rebel whout a Cse, a movie filled wh qutns about what masculy meant the postwar world.

REBEL WHOUT A CSE'S GROUNDBREAKG GAY SUBTEXT EXPLAED

” Roger Ebert only acknowledged s homoeroticism prt 2005, and mimally at that. Somerset Mgham read and unrstood, as did future gay activist Jack Frscher.

GAY INOGRAPHY: THE HOLLYWOOD LEGEND OF JAM DEAN

“Jam Dean was mascule; he was blond; he was hot; he was California; he was Amerin; he was gay, ” Fristcher relled of his teenage fatuatn.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? JAM DEAN AND ROCK HUDSON'S GAY PISSG CONTT OVER ELIZABETH TAYLORIN 1956, THREE LEGENDARY QUEENS ME TOGETHER TO FILM AN EPIC DRAMA—BUT ULD NEVER PARE TO THE SHENANIGANS HAPPENG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 8, 2019/1:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3378PX;WIDTH:2797PX;}BETTMAN/GETTY(ORIGAL CAPTN) HOLLYWOOD, CA- GEE STEPHENS PRENTS THE ST OF HIS PRODUCTN, "GIANT," TO THE HOLLYWOOD PRS AT A LUNCHEON AT WARNER BROTHERS STUD, MARKG THE START OF THE FILMG ON THE EDNA FERBER NOVEL. AMOUNG THE ST MEMBERS ATTENDG WERE ELIZABETH TAYLOR(RIGHT), ROCK HUDSON(CENTER), JAM DEAN(LEFT), JANE WHERS, CHILL WILLS, MERCES MCCAMBRIDGE, DENNIS HOPPER, ROBERT NICHOLS, PL FIX AND JUDH EVELYN. UNDATED PHOTO CIR 1956.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAENOVEMBER 8, 2019 / 1:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? JAM DEAN AND ROCK HUDSON'S GAY PISSG CONTT OVER ELIZABETH TAYLOR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-11-08T18:29:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-11-08T18:29:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","KEYWORDS":"CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...? IS A WEEKLY SERI THAT IS ALSO HOPG TO GET ADOPTED BY SPHEN AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PROVG THAT NOT EVEN THE SWEET RELEASE OF ATH IS SACRED ANYMORE, JAM DEAN IS MAKG A LONG OVERDUE EBACK TO THE BIG SCREEN, SPE BEG AD FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS. AS IF WHNEY HOTON'S HOLOGRAM GOG ON TOUR WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, NOW WE HAVE TO POTENTIALLY AL WH A ZOMBIE JAM DEAN OVERACTG AND UNRWHELMG WHAT WILL SURELY BEE A DISTURBG, TACKY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO UNTIL THEN, LET'S REMEMBER DEAN AS HE WAS—A MSY BCH WHO LOVED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THANKS TO A TR OF FILMS RELEASED BETWEEN 1955 AND 1956, DEAN IS NSIRED ONE OF THE FT ACTORS OF HIS GENERATN—AN OPN GREATLY GMENTED BY HIS TRAGIC, PREMATURE ATH AT 24. BOTH 1955'S EAST OF EN AND THE FOLLOWG YEAR'S GIANT GARNERED HIM POSTHUMO BT ACTOR OSR NOMATNS, BUT WAS 1955'S REBEL WHOUT A CSE, RELEASED JT A MONTH AFTER HE DIED A R CRASH, THAT MA HIM A STAR. STILL, IF REBEL TABLISHED THE LEGEND OF JAM DEAN, GIANT CEMENTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADAPTED OM EDNA FERBER'S 1952 NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME ABOUT TEXAS, RACISM, AND TERGENERATNAL STRIFE, GIANT BROUGHT TOGETHER THREE OF THE BIGGT CEMATIC INS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: DEAN, FELLOW CLOSETED ACTOR ROCK HUDSON, AND PERENNIAL ALLY ELIZABETH TAYLOR. HUDSON PLAYS BICK BENEDICT, A WEALTHY RANCHER; DEAN IS JETT RK, A RANCH HAND WHO STRIK RICH; AND TAYLOR IS LLIE BENEDICT, BICK'S SPIRED WIFE AND THE OBJECT OF JETT'S AFFECTNS. WHILE THE MEN MAY HAVE PETED ROMANTILLY FOR LIZ ONSCREEN, HUDSON AND DEAN ALSO PETED FOR HER AFFECTNS—ALBE STRICTLY PLATONIC—OFF-SCREEN.MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAGMARFA, TEXAS - 1955: ACTORS JAM DEAN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND ROCK HUDSON POSE FOR A POS PHOTO ON THE SET OF THE WARNER BROS FILM 'GIANT' 1955 MARFA, TEXAS. (PHOTO BY MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIV/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SPRAWLG EPIC BURSTG AT NEARLY THREE AND A HALF HOURS, GIANT RNED TAYLOR WH GEE STEVENS, WHO HAD DIRECTED THE STUNNG GéNUE HER FIRST DRAMATIC ROLE, 1951'S A PLACE THE SUN, -STARRG YET ANOTHER CLOSETED ACTOR, GAY IN, AND AVATAR OF TRAGIC MALE BETY: MONTGOMERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT N I SAY? LIZ HAD A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIKE SHE DID A PLACE THE SUN, TAYLOR WOULD FORM A EP BOND WH HER LEADG MAN—OR THIS SE, MEN—ON THE SET MARFA, TEXAS. TAYLOR AND HUDSON WOULD REGULARLY STAY UP ALL NIGHT DRKG AND TALKG TO GET THROUGH THE LONG, HOT SHOOTS THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER. THE NIGHT BEFORE THEIR FIRST SCENE TOGETHER, TAYLOR AND THEN-HBAND MICHAEL WILDG VED HUDSON OVER FOR SOME GET-TO-KNOW-YOU BOOZE. THE FOLLOWG MORNG, TAYLOR AND HUDSON WERE HUNER AF, BUT LUCKILY WORKED THEIR FAVOR. THEIR SCENE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DIALOGUE, AND THE AMOUNT OF NCENTRATN TOOK FOR THEM NOT TO THROW UP ON EACH OTHER PASSED FOR UNDYG LOVE BETWEEN THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN BETWEEN TAK," HUDSON RELLED, "ELIZABETH AND I WERE NNG OUT AND THROWG UP. WE WERE BOTH SO HUNER WE ULDN'T SPEAK. THAT'S WHAT MA THE SCENE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEVER ONE TO IGNORE A POTENTIAL MATERNAL FIGURE, DEAN OFTEN SOUGHT OUT TAYLOR'S PASSNATE EAR. ACRDG TO THE ACTRS, DURG ONE OF THEIR TALKS HE REVEALED THAT HE WAS MOLTED BY HIS MISTER AFTER HIS MOTHER DIED WHEN HE WAS 11. THIS KD OF SOUL-BARG APPARENTLY TOOK A HEAVY TOLL ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE WOULD SOMETIM S UP UNTIL THREE THE MORNG, AND HE WOULD TELL ME ABOUT HIS PAST, HIS MOTHER, MISTER, HIS LOV, AND THE NEXT DAY HE WOULD JT LOOK STRAIGHT THROUGH ME AS IF HE'D GIVEN AWAY OR REVEALED TOO MUCH OF HIMSELF," TAYLOR LATER SAID. "IT WOULD TAKE… MAYBE A UPLE OF DAYS BEFORE WE'D BE BACK ON IENDSHIP TERMS. HE WAS VERY AAID TO GIVE OF HIMSELF."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR MAY HAVE GOTTEN ALONG FAMOLY WH HUDSON AND DEAN, BUT THE TWO MEN DID NOT RE FOR EACH OTHER. RUMOR HAD THAT HUDSON GOT ON DEAN'S BAD SI AFTER HE MA A PASS AT DEAN, BUT THEIR ANIMOSY TOWARD ONE ANOTHER ULD PROBABLY BE BOILED DOWN TO THEIR WORKG STYL. DEAN WAS A METHOD ACTOR AND THEREFORE VERY SER ABOUT HIS CRAFT. HE WOULD HOLD UP PRODUCTN GETTG TO CHARACTER, OR BEE OF DISAGREEMENTS WH STEVENS. HUDSON DIDN'T RPECT DEAN'S LACK OF PROFSNALISM AND, TURN, DEAN DIDN'T RPECT HUDSON AS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT LET'S GET BACK TO THOSE MORS 'E WE'RE HAVG FUN. SO HUDSON'S HOMOSEXUALY WAS MORE OR LS AN OPEN SECRET HOLLYWOOD, WHILE DEAN TRIED TO KEEP HIS OWN BISEXUALY (AND HIS PAST AS A HTLER) UNR WRAPS. DURG FILMG OF GIANT, DEAN AND HUDSON BRIEFLY LIVED TOGETHER, ALONG WH THEIR -STAR CHILL WILLS. HUDSON ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO "QUEER" DEAN—AS IF WOULD'VE TAKEN MUCH EFFORT—BUT ACRDG TO GIANT CHRONICLER DON GRAHAM, HUDSON LIKED TO DRS DRAG AND DEAN PREFERRED HIS TRA ROUGH. SO WHEN DEAN REJECTED HIM, HUDSON ASKED HIM TO MOVE THE FUCK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AGA, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM THERE, THGS ONLY GOT MORE TENSE AND AWKWARD, WH DEAN MAKG FUN OF HUDSON BEHD HIS BACK TO THE LOL WBOYS, LLG HIM "FAIRY" ONSET, AND REPORTEDLY FRENCH-KISSG HUDSON ONE DAY ONT OF EVERYONE JT TO ANTAGONIZE THE CLOSETED ACTOR. HUDSON WAS FALLY RID OF DEAN WHEN THE LATTER SHOT HIS LAST SCENE SEPTEMBER 27, 1955, FOUR MONTHS AFTER FILMG BEGAN. THREE DAYS LATER, DEAN WAS AD. HIS IEND NICK ADAMS HAD TO BE LLED TO RB SOME OF HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TAYLOR WAS ABSOLUTELY BEREFT, LLAPSG ON SET AFTER HEARG THE NEWS OF DEAN'S ATH AND SPENDG THE FOLLOWG TWO WEEKS THE HOSPAL FOR VAR HEALTH PROBLEMS. STILL, STEVENS FORCED HER TO SHOOT REACTN SHOTS FOR A SCENE SHE HAD DONE WH DEAN, WHICH SHE DID WHILE SOBBG BETWEEN TAK. UNSURPRISGLY, SHE NEVER FAVE STEVENS FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HUDSON, FOR HIS PART, ALSO SHED TEARS, BUT PERHAPS MORE OUT OF GUILT THAN SADNS. "I HAD BEEN WISHG HIM AD EVER SCE WE WERE TEXAS," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIANT SPENT ALMOST A YEAR POST-PRODUCTN, BUT WAS HAILED A TRIUMPH UPON S RELEASE 1956, NABBG 10 OSR NOMATNS AND WNG STEVENS THE BT DIRECTOR AWARD. HUDSON AND DEAN PETED FOR BT ACTOR, WHILE THE AMY IGNORED TAYLOR. SHE WOULD EVENTUALLY SNATCH TWO BT ACTRS OSRS, AND HUDSON WOULD BEE A STAPLE OF ROMANTIC EDI THE '60S AND FD SUCCS ON TELEVISN THE '70S. LATER, TAYLOR WAS AMONG HUDSON'S HOLLYWOOD IENDS WHO STOOD BY HIM DURG HIS BATTLE WH AIDS, AND SHE WOULD NTUE HER HIV/AIDS ACTIVISM FOR THE RT OF HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEAN, HOWEVER, NEVER GOT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOVIE, WHICH IS PARTLY WHY HIS LEGEND HAS ONLY GROWN THE SIX S SCE HIS ATH. HOW A CGI VERSN OF HIM WILL LIVE UP TO THAT LEGACY—IF N AT ALL—IS ANYONE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}CAN WE TALK ABOUT...?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

”“I’m not a homosexual, ” he told a reporter who asked if he was gay, “but I’m not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back. Worse, after the Stonewall Rt signaled the start of the gay rights movement, openly queer men like culture crics Parker Tyler and Jack Babc claimed Dean as an in of gay liberatn. His picture hung gay bars.

Gay magaz and newsletters discsed his sexualy, and San Francis’s first leather bar, Fe-Be’s, missned a statue of a biker that remoled Michelangelo’s David as a leather-clad Jam Dean. A generatn of wrers, both straight and gay, began claimg he was a sexual predator, a socpath, someone who should be shamed for his sex life, which they wrongly envisned creasgly baroque ways. Bgrapher Venable Herndon alleged that Dean had been a gay sex worker for whom no act was too gradg or too extreme.

LEGENDARY ACTOR JAM DEAN HATED SECRETLY GAY CO-STAR TRYG TO SCE HIM $39M CULT-CLASSIC

Bob was married, Larry was gay, but they were always havg big-name parti — I met Ingrid Bergman at his hoe, I met Barbra Streisand at his hoe, they were always grand Hollywood parti.

Alongsi Prton this sexy, myster settg is openly gay Queer as Folk hottie Robert Gant as well as The L Word's lovely Er Daniels.

DEAN: I want you to go to a gay bar and orr a drk. I’m not a homosexual, but I’m also not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back.