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A BELOVED FILM’S GAY BACKSTORY

As the first few haunting notes of the title song sound and the unmistakable voice of Barbra Streisand intones “mem’ries,” most of us can’t help but settle in for yet another viewing of The Way We Were, even though we know how the turbulent romance of Katie Morosky and Hubbell Gardiner turns out.

But few of us know about the beloved 1973 film’s behind-the-scenes drama or its gay origins. Now a new book, , written by veteran entertainment journalist Robert Hofler, seeks to bring some light on those subjects to the corners of

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