Tab in Battle Cry (1955).
THE HOLLYWOOD ARCHIVE
Looking at photographs of Tab Hunter in his prime, with his chiseled good-looks, athletic physique and a pearly smile, it’s easy to imagine him suited-up to play a Marvel hero or Disney prince in a 20-teens blockbuster. “With blond hair and a tan,” Tab Hunter was the prototype Frankenfurter desired when he created Rocky.
Tab embodied the pristine 1950s boy-next-door in Eisenhower’s America. He was so dreamy, Hollywood coined the phrase, “the sigh guy” especially for him. But behind the movie-star visage was humble Arthur Kelm, a sensitive, closeted, gay man.