4/25/14
James Dean: Behind the Scenes
British Esquire has a photo essay on one of film's briefest but brightest screen careers. Now approaching sixty years since James Dean's three movies were filmed—Rebel Without A Cause, East of Eden and Giant—they've hit up the Warner Bros.' archive for some interesting and never before seen photos of the iconic leading man and his enduring style.
As director Martin Scorcese said at the first showing
of the restored print of Rebel Without A Cause:
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James Dean's Lucky Charm
James Dean played by his own rules. When director Elia Kazan told the actor he shouldn't wear his own watch on the set of East of Eden, Dean flaunted the timepiece—wearing it prominently from his belt loop.