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Ronald L. Davis: This is an interview with actor Rock Hudson
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Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed

This is an interviewwith actor Rock Hudson taped in his homein Beverly Hills, California,...

Ronald L. Davis:
This is an interview
with actor Rock Hudson taped in his home
in Beverly Hills, California, on August 24th, 1983

Full Transcript

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Ronald L. Davis: This is an interview with actor Rock Hudson
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taped in his home in Beverly Hills, California,
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on August 24th, 1983.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:36
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Berlanti Productions,Altitude Film Entertainment,Dog Star Films

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Movie Summary

The biography of renowned actor Rock Hudson is examined in this relevant investigation of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity, from his public "ladies' man" character to his private life as a gay man.
Well, I'm wondering, first of all, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:08
Well, I'm wondering, first of all,
That has always hypnotized me. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
That has always hypnotized me.
Hudson: No. I could never freely say, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:09
Hudson: No. I could never freely say,
I had to work all the time, so I couldn't do - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
I had to work all the time, so I couldn't do
And then I went in the Navy in World War II - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:09
And then I went in the Navy in World War II
Now is the time to do what I want to do." - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:12
Now is the time to do what I want to do."
My parents divorced, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
My parents divorced,
Then I got to know - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:09
Then I got to know
And it was one of those things, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:14
And it was one of those things,
He began inviting me down - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
He began inviting me down
Somebody that really loved to help people. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
Somebody that really loved to help people.
It was never, ever spoken of - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
It was never, ever spoken of
I'd never heard that word at that point in time. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
I'd never heard that word at that point in time.
Being gay was considered, you know, a neurosis. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
Being gay was considered, you know, a neurosis.
It was just a subject that, uh, that was off the table. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:06
It was just a subject that, uh, that was off the table.
Rock was just getting out of the Navy - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:07
Rock was just getting out of the Navy
So Kenneth was really enthralled with him - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:09
So Kenneth was really enthralled with him
They were very much lovers. - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:05
They were very much lovers.
He had plenty of people to introduce Rock to, - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:11
He had plenty of people to introduce Rock to,
Hudson: He suggested that I get some pictures taken - Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed 00:07
Hudson: He suggested that I get some pictures taken