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The Many Faces of Rock Hudson, Both Onscreen and Off, Make Great Grist for a Documentary

‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’ attempts to chisel a few new facets into the set-in-stone story of the screen idol and document the flow of his career, albeit superficially.

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Rock Hudson in 1954. Via Photofest/HBO
CARLOS SOUSA
CARLOS SOUSA

‘Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed’
HBO

The name Rock Hudson came to be by aligning two iconic geographic locations: the Rock of Gibraltar and the Hudson River. It was formulated by Hudson’s infamous agent, Henry Willson, in 1947 when the young actor was just beginning in Hollywood. 

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CARLOS SOUSA
CARLOS SOUSA

Mr. Sousa has written marketing content for publications, websites, and corporations, including the New Yorker, ELLE, Vulture.com, and General Motors, for over 20 years. Immersed in old world culture and contemporary entertainment as a Portuguese-American dual citizen, and having studied the history of the arts at Rutgers University, he specializes in film and music criticism.

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