Tab Hunter Confidential

This documentary tells the story of Tab Hunter, one of Hollywood's biggest heartthrobs in the 1950s, who lived as a closeted gay man throughout his career. Featuring interviews with Hunter himself alongside Clint Eastwood, George Takei, John Waters, and Portia de Rossi, the film details how the studio system managed his public image, arranged dates with women, and kept his sexuality hidden.

While Hunter never entered a formal lavender marriage, the documentary extensively covers the Hollywood machinery that produced them—the same system of agents, publicists, and studio bosses that arranged Rock Hudson's marriage and countless others. Hunter's story illuminates the enormous pressure that made lavender marriages feel like the only option for survival.