In a 1952 feature in Photoplay magazine titled “Bachelor’s Bedlam,” readers were given an “insider’s view” into the home lives of actors Rock Hudson and Bob Preble, who lived in a one-bedroom, one-bed apartment off Mulholland Drive. Reads one photo caption, “[W]hile Rock hates the ring of the telephone, Robert enjoys conversations with girlfriends.”
Cut to 1955, by which time Hudson had become one of Hollywood’s top stars but had yet to settle down, prompting tabloid articles with entries such as, “Fans are urging 29-year-old Hudson to get married — or explain why not.” A few days shy of Hudson’s 30th birthday, he wed his agent’s secretary, who divorced him three years later. It was back to the bachelor’s life for Rock Hudson.
