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by Mark Griffin


  on seagull over the yacht, 408

  as “The Trio,” 64–65

  and Willson, 115

  Nairobi, Kenya, 163–66

  National AIDS Research Foundation, 400

  Navaar, Jack, 85–86, 95-96, 101, 117–19, 120

  Never Say Goodbye (movie), 132–33, 132n

  Newsweek (magazine), 210

  New Trier High School, 18–21, 21n

  New York Daily News (newspaper), 298

  New Yorker, 275

  New York Herald-Tribune, 177

  New York Journal-American, 102

  New York Times

  on Battle Hymn, 160

  on Bengal Brigade, 105

  on Blindfold, 259

  on Come September, 216

  on A Farewell to Arms, 177

  on The Fat Man, 69

  on A Fine Pair, 277

  on Giant, 146

  on Horizons West, 82

  on Ice Station Zebra, 275

  on Iron Man, 72

  on The Last Sunset, 209–10

  on Lover Come Back, 218

  on One Desire, 126

  on Pillow Talk, 200

  on Pretty Maids All in a Row, 298

  on Rock’s implied gay admission, xviii

  on Sea Devils, 89

  on Showdown, 310

  on Strange Bedfellows, 251

  on The Tarnished Angels, 183

  on This Earth Is Mine, 193

  on Tobruk, 269–70

  on A Very Special Favor, 257

  Novak, Kim, 349, 350n

  O’Brian, Hugh, 53, 61, 278–79

  O’Hara, Maureen, 111–12

  Oh, Money, Money (re-titled Has Anybody Seen My Gal), 79–80

  Olivier, Laurence, 262

  Olsen, Joseph (stepfather), 27

  Olsen, Kay, 27, 46. See also Scherer, Katherine Wood (mother)

  Olson, Dale, 35, 268, 387

  One Desire (movie), 123–26, 123n

  On the Twentieth Century (Broadway musical), 343–48

  Osborne, Robert, 72, 79, 288, 344, 381, 383

  Oscar, Mr. and Mrs. (Rock and Vera-Ellen), 58–59

  Otash, Fred, 188–89

  Ousley, Robert, 332–33, 333–34

  Palmer, Florence (stepmother), 28

  Palmer, Gregg, 99–100

  Paramount Pictures

  about, 169, 284

  and Darling Lili, 284–87, 289

  and Hawks, 238–39

  and Seconds, 260, 262, 265, 266

  Paris, France, 107, 379–84, 387–89

  Parsons, Louella, 87,121,150, 187–88

  Peach, Mary, 235–36

  Peary, Gerald, 351

  Peck, Gregory, 41, 223, 273

  Peggy (movie), 60

  Pevney, Joseph, 72–73, 98, 185–86, 185–87

  Photoplay (magazine), 63, 74, 203, 243n

  Pillow Talk (movie)

  about, 194–95, 195n, 196, 343

  casting and principal roles, 197–98, 199–200

  director Michael Gordon, 196–97

  producer Ross Hunter, 194, 196, 199, 226–27

  reviews and awards, 200

  Rock and Doris Day friendship, 197–98

  Pillow Talk II (proposal), 376-377

  Pioneer Playhouse, Danville, 246

  Pirosh, Robert, 235, 236

  Poitier, Sidney, 163–66

  Powers, Stefanie, 304, 403

  Power, Tyrone, 103, 200–201, 322–23

  Preble, Bob, 23, 62–64, 318

  Prentiss, Paula, 239–40

  Pretty Maids All in a Row (movie), 294–99, 317

  Prince, Hal, 343, 346–47

  publicity, 54–55

  radio broadcasting, late 1940s, 31

  Ragland, Shannon, 231-233

  Rainbow appears during spreading of Rock’s ashes, 407

  Randall, Tony, 197, 218, 247, 250, 255

  Rappaport, Mark, 199

  Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles (TV miniseries), 348–49

  Raye, Martha, 330

  Reagan, Ronald and Nancy, xvii–xviii, 372, 384, 389

  Redor, Bruce, 387

  Reed, Rex, 155, 298

  Reynolds, William, 127, 129

  Reynolds, Zachary Smith, 152

  Riordan, Christopher, 151–52

  RKO studio, 87

  Robinson, Kathy, 228, 246

  Robotham, George, 190, 310, 317

  Rock, Gently (record album), 292–94, 292n

  Rock Hudson AIDS Research Foundation, 394n

  Rock Hudson: His Story (Hudson and Davidson), 394–95

  Rock Hudson Show (TV series; re-titled The Devlin Connection), 352–54, 355–56

  Rock (Kearns), 359

  Rosenstein, Sophie, 53–54

  R & R Productions, 291–94

  Rupert, Lois, 166, 177, 220, 237, 239-240, 246

  Rush, Barbara, 99, 107,109

  Russo, Vito, 256

  Saint James, Susan, 303, 304–5, 306

  Sandler, Barry, 349–51, 350n

  Santopietro, Thomas, 197, 217–18, 248

  Saturday Review of Literature, 131–32

  Savalas, Telly, 297, 363

  Scalia, Jack, 352, 353–54, 356, 395

  Scarlet Angel (movie), 78–79

  Schallert, William, 183

  Scherer, Adam (great grandfather), 4n

  Scherer, Gaylord (cousin), 9n

  Scherer, Jerry (cousin), 4, 28, 71–72

  Scherer, Katherine Wood (mother)

  death of, 334–35

  divorce, 11

  as Fitzgerald, Kay, 11–13, 14, 16–17, 17n

  life as a single mother, 9–10, 334, 335

  and Melia, 311–12

  as Olsen, Kay, 27, 46

  on Rock’s first screen appearance, 46

  Roy, Jr’s. birth, 2–3, 6

  Roy, Sr’s., abandonment, 6–9, 10–11

  Scherer, Lena (grandmother), 4–5, 4n, 9

  Scherer, Pearl (Rock’s aunt), 2

  Scherer, Roy Harold, Jr., 1, 2–3, 2n, 6–11, 277–78. See also Fitzgerald, Roy; See also Hudson, Rock

  Scherer, Roy, Sr. (father), 3–4, 6–11, 27, 28–29, 166–67

  Scherer, Theodore (grandfather), 4, 4n, 9

  Scheuer, Phillip K., 84

  Schuck, John, 305–6, 329, 403

  Sea Devils (movie), 86–89

  Seaton, George, 309

  Seconds (movie)

  about, 260–61

  “big reveal” sequence, 263

  casting, 261–63, 264–65

  director John Frankenheimer, 260–67, 260n

  public response to, 266–67

  Rock identifying with his character, 263–66

  secret son rumor, 23–25

  Selznick, David O., 36–37, 38, 169–77, 177n

  Send Me No Flowers (movie), 247–49

  Shapiro, Esther, 384–86

  Sheft, Wallace, 375, 380–81, 400

  Shurlock, Geoffrey, 128–29

  Sherman, Paul, 394, 394n

  Showdown (movie), 308–10

  Simmons, Jean, 191, 205, 395–96

  Sins of Jezebel (movie), 67, 67n

  Sirk, Douglas (Hans Detlef Sierck)

  All That Heaven Allows, 126–27, 130–32

  Battle Hymn, 158–60

  biographical info, 80–81

  Captain Lightfoot, 108–9

  Magnificent Obsession, 93, 94, 98, 99–101

  Never Say Goodbye, 132, 132n

  and Rock, xvii, 108–9, 129

  The Tarnished Angels, 180, 181–82, 184

  Taza, Son of Cochise, 94–95, 94n

  Written on the Wind, 152, 155–58

  Sirola, Joseph, 250–51

  Smith, Liz, 190

  Something of Value (movie), 162–66

  Soren, David, 59

  Sound of Hunting, A (play), 61

  Spelling, Aaron, 384–86

  Spiral Road, The (movie), 221–23

  spiritual experiences, 396–97, 396n, 400–402, 408<
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  Stack, Robert, 40, 155, 155n, 182

  Stafford, Susan, 396–97, 401, 407

  Star Maker, The (movie), 351

  Star Wars (movie), 339, 348

  Stern, Leonard B., 303–5

  Stevens, George, 135–40, 141–42, 143–48

  Steward, Samuel, 25–26

  Stewart, James “Jimmy”

  in Bend of the River, 75–77, 78

  biographical info, 55–56

  on Hudson as Indian chief, 57

  Stone, Sharon, 377

  Strange Bedfellows (movie), 249–51

  Strashinsky, Dorothy Jean, 243–44, 243n

  Streisand, Barbra, 287, 291

  Stritch, Elaine, 174, 318

  “Stud File” (Steward), 25–26

  stunts and stunt men, 13n, 55–56, 269, 317

  Sturges, John, 273–75

  Summer and Smoke (movie), 224

  Sweeney, Terrance A., 401

  Szal, Germaine, 297-298, 306

  tabloids, 16 (Introduction), 23–24, 74, 268, 369, 374, 375, 388, 401

  Talbott, Gloria, 127

  Tales of the City (Maupin), 325–26, 326n

  Tarnished Angels, The (movie), 179–84, 179n

  Taylor, Elizabeth “Liz”

  AIDS benefit gala and foundation, 398–400

  comforting Rock during his illness, 397, 401–2

  as press decoy before spreading of Hudson’s ashes, 406–7

  in Giant, 140, 141–42, 143, 144–45, 145n

  in The Mirror Crack’d, 349–51

  and Rock’s memorial service, 402–4

  Rock visits her in Kentucky, 229

  and Wheels, 341, 342

  Taza, Son of Cochise (movie), 93–95, 403

  Texas, 141–42, 146, 147–48. See also Giant (movie)

  Thin Man (MGM film series), 304

  This Earth Is Mine (movie), 191–93, 195, 205

  This Is Your Life (TV program), 19, 22, 401

  Thomas, Kevin, 14n, 147, 298–99, 299n, 321

  Thompson, J. Lee, 363, 364

  Thomson, David, 101, 155–56, 196

  Tillman-Briggle, Mark, 328–29, 403, 406–7

  Time (magazine), 247, 266

  Time Out London (magazine), 210

  Tobruk (movie), 269–70

  To Kill a Mockingbird (movie), 223

  Torchia, Emily, 369

  Travers, Bill, 163

  Trevor, Claire, 201–2, 202n, 323, 334, 355, 357, 397–98

  Trio, The, 64–68

  Trumbo, Dalton, 206

  20th Century Fox screen test, 47–48

  Twilight for the Gods (movie), 184–87, 187n, 195, 323

  UCLA Medical Center, 373–74, 391, 392–93, 395

  Undefeated, The (movie), 18 (Introduction), 277–79

  Undertow (movie), 54–55, 55n

  Universal Studios

  about, 50–53

  considering dropping Rock, 70–71

  family atmosphere, 73–74

  Rock moves on, 270

  Rock’s contracts with, 48–49, 52–53, 67–68, 69–71, 86, 138–39, 155n, 186, 224–25

  stock-player training program, 53–54, 61

  See also individual movies

  U.S. Navy, 18, 21–23

  Vadim, Roger, 295–99, 299n

  Van Doren, Mamie, 53, 63

  Van, Frankie, 73

  Variety (magazine)

  on All That Heaven Allows, 133

  on Come September, 216

  on end of Willson–Hudson contract, 267–68

  on A Farewell to Arms, 177

  on Giant, 146–47

  on John Brown’s Body, 323–24

  on The Tarnished Angels, 183

  on Taza, Son of Cochise, 95

  on This Earth Is Mine, 193

  Vegas Strip War, The (made-for-TV movie; also known as The Vegas Hotel Wars), 377–79, 377n

  Vera-Ellen, 57–60, 71–72, 111, 116, 203

  Veronique, 289–91

  Very Special Favor, A (movie), 255–57

  Vidor, Charles, 173–75

  Vietnam War, 286

  Village Voice (newspaper), 289

  vocal cords, 40–41

  Waier, Alice Scherer (adopted sister), xix, xxii, 4–5, 24–25, 29, 380, 396

  Walker, Clint, 248–49

  Walker, Nancy, 227, 247, 305, 317, 329

  Walk of Fame, Hollywood, 391

  Walsh, Raoul

  biographical info, 41, 42–43

  directing Sea Devils, 86–89

  directing The Lawless Breed, 83–84

  Fighter Squadron filming, 43–45

  and Rock, 42, 43, 46–47, 48, 75, 87

  Warner Brothers contract offer, 46–47, 48

  Washington Post, 340, 394n, 395

  Wayne, John, 42, 71–72, 277–79

  Wheadon, Wes, 327–28, 399, 403

  Wheels (TV miniseries), 341–43, 399, 403

  Wilder, John, 352–53, 354

  Wilder, Robert, 152

  Willett, Louise and Robert, 15–16

  Williams, Esther, 206, 403

  Williams, Grant, 156

  Williams, Tennessee, 223–224

  Willson, Henry, 12–13 (Author’s Note), 21 (Introduction)

  biographical info, 35–37

  blackmail by Rock’s lover, 234

  dissolving 18-year relationship with Rock, 267–68

  finding a wife for Rock, 115–23, 161–62

  and Fitzgerald, R., 34, 39–40

  and Gates, 176

  Henry’s boys, 37–39, 62, 204–5, 211–12

  jailed on “homo charge,” 102–3

  and Navaar, 85, 117–19

  and potential outing of Rock, 111, 114–15

  and Preble, 62–63

  promoting Rock and Vera-Ellen, 58–59

  pursuing “potential stars,” 37–39

  and Rock, at Universal, 52–53, 54–55, 86

  on Rock’s wedding day, 150

  Winchester ’73 (movie), 55–57

  Winnetka, Illinois, 1–2, 5, 8, 11, 15, 16, 27, 50, 61, 93, 149, 396n

  Winter, Lonnie, 231–32

  Withers, Jane, 142

  Wolcott, James, 218

  Wolfe, John Leslie, 333

  Wood, David J. (Rock’s uncle), 16n

  Wood, James (great grandfather), 5

  Wood, Katherine. See Wood, Katherine (mother)

  Wood, Mary Ellen (great grandmother), 5–6, 7n

  Wood, Natalie, 114, 124, 350

  Woodstock (documentary), 283

  World War III (made-for-TV movie), 352

  Wright, James, 368, 375, 383–84

  Writers Guide strike, 354

  Written on the Wind (movie)

  about, 152–54, 156–58, 157n

  casting, 154–55, 155n

  director Douglas Sirk, 152, 155–58

  Wyman, Jane

  All That Heaven Allows, 126, 131

  considered for lead in Giant, 139

  Magnificent Obsession, 93, 95, 97, 98, 99

  Zuckerman, George, 94, 153, 180–81

  Photo Section

  Rock’s mother, Katherine Wood.

  Eight-year-old Roy Scherer, Jr. (Photo courtesy of Diane Markert)

  Rock’s biological father, Roy Scherer.

  Wallace Fitzgerald, the abusive stepfather whom Rock despised. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)

  Fourteen-year-old Roy Fitzgerald in Glenview, Illinois, July 1939. (Photo courtesy of Robert L. Willett)

  Seaman Roy Fitzgerald stationed in Samar (in the Philippines) during World War II. (Photo courtesy of the Winnetka Historical Society)

  Rock (far right) and his Navy buddies in the Philippines. “He didn’t find the experiences he had with males in the Navy all that unenjoyable,” said Hudson’s roommate, Bob Preble.

  Father and son: Roy Scherer poses with a teenage Roy Fitzgerald. (Photo courtesy of Diane Markert)

  Ken Hodge, Rock’s companion and mentor in the late 1940s. (Photo courtesy of Kar
e Grams)

  Rock’s controversial agent, Henry Willson.

  Rock and Vera-Ellen were a sensation outfitted as “Mr. and Mrs. Oscar” at the Flashbulbers Ball in 1949. (Photo from the Lou Valentino Collection)

  Rock and longtime roommate Bob Preble in the early 1950s. (Photo from the Lou Valentino Collection)

  Rock with close friend George Nader, whom Hudson first met in 1951. (Photo from the Lou Valentino Collection)

  Mark Miller, George Nader’s partner, and one of Rock’s closest friends.

  Rock camping it up in the early ’50s. (Photo courtesy of Jerome Scherer)

  Rock and his “Mystery Girl,” Universal script supervisor Betty Abbott. (Photo from the Lou Valentino Collection)

  Rock caught between Amanda Blake and Yvonne De Carlo in Scarlet Angel (1952). The Hollywood Reporter described Hudson as “a big, good-looking chap with definite leading man possibilities.” (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

  In Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952), Rock was teamed with close friend Piper Laurie. The film also marked the first of eight collaborations between Hudson and director Douglas Sirk. (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

  “A strange romance” is how Photoplay described Rock’s close relationship with actress Marilyn Maxwell. (Photo from the Lou Valentino Collection)

  Rock and Arlene Dahl in a scene from Bengal Brigade (1954). “If you want to be a big star, you’ve got to take the acting seriously,” Dahl told Hudson. (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

  “It’s a little bit naughty,” Rock would say of the May-December romance in All That Heaven Allows (1955). Here, Hudson, Jane Wyman, and Agnes Moorehead gather around director Douglas Sirk. (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

  Hudson and Julie Adams in a scene from One Desire (1955). (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

  Rock and Jane Wyman were “rapturously reunited” in Douglas Sirk’s masterpiece, All That Heaven Allows (1955). (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

  Rock’s rival, James Dean, on location in Marfa, Texas, during the making of Giant. “It was like night and day with those two,” costar Jane Withers remembered. (Photo courtesy of Wally Cech)

  Rock on the set of Giant. (Photo courtesy of Wally Cech)

  Rock found a soulmate in his Giant costar Elizabeth Taylor, seen here during a shooting break. (Photo courtesy of Wally Cech)

  “Soap opera beyond soap opera, a masterpiece of suds!” is how Lauren Bacall would describe Written on the Wind (1956). (Photo courtesy of Photofest)

 

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