Marion Hargrove’s “The Girl He Left Behind” (Warner Bros., 1956). Starring Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. Original U. S. Lobby Card.
Andy Schaeffer (Tab Hunter) is a spoiled mama’s boy who usually gets his way. He breezes through college, while girlfriend Susan Daniels (Natalie Wood) works hard at a job to pay for her education. She isn’t sure where their relationship is going. Andy’s grades begin to worsen, and he’s being drafted by the army. Andy reports for basic training at Fort Ord, making it clear to everybody there that he’d rather be anyplace else.
Marion Hargrove wrote the story about a draftee in the army at peacetime specifically for the screen, and at the request of Warner Bros. Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood had appeared in “The Burning Hills” together, and Warner Bros. was keen to build them into an on-screen team. Much of the film was shot at Fort Ord and used real soldiers. [Source: Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1it8L7oP-w
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Natalie and Tab’s well-publicized but fictitious romance was fodder of the studio’s publicity department. Word was that "Natalie Wood and Tab Wouldn't." For decades, the gay love affair between Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins was one of Hollywood’s best and simultaneously worst kept secrets. Their romance was officially confirmed by Hunter in his 2005 bestselling memoir, “Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star.” Now, it’s being made into a movie by J. J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto and Allan Glaser, titled "Tab & Tony."
Marion Hargrove’s “The Girl He Left Behind” (Warner Bros., 1956). Starring Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood. Original U. S. Lobby Card.
Andy Schaeffer (Tab Hunter) is a spoiled mama’s boy who usually gets his way. He breezes through college, while girlfriend Susan Daniels (Natalie Wood) works hard at a job to pay for her education. She isn’t sure where their relationship is going. Andy’s grades begin to worsen, and he’s being drafted by the army. Andy reports for basic training at Fort Ord, making it clear to everybody there that he’d rather be anyplace else.
Marion Hargrove wrote the story about a draftee in the army at peacetime specifically for the screen, and at the request of Warner Bros. Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood had appeared in “The Burning Hills” together, and Warner Bros. was keen to build them into an on-screen team. Much of the film was shot at Fort Ord and used real soldiers. [Source: Wikipedia]
Movie trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1it8L7oP-w
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Natalie and Tab’s well-publicized but fictitious romance was fodder of the studio’s publicity department. Word was that "Natalie Wood and Tab Wouldn't." For decades, the gay love affair between Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins was one of Hollywood’s best and simultaneously worst kept secrets. Their romance was officially confirmed by Hunter in his 2005 bestselling memoir, “Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star.” Now, it’s being made into a movie by J. J. Abrams, Zachary Quinto and Allan Glaser, titled "Tab & Tony."