James Dean James Dean
by Janice Pariza
Title
James Dean James Dean
Artist
Janice Pariza
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This Memorial was erected around the tree James Dean crashed his Porsche into. It is a touching tribute.
James Byron Dean was an American actor. He is a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were as loner Cal Trask in East of Eden, and as the surly ranch hand, Jett Rink, in Giant. Dean's enduring fame and popularity rest on his performances in only these three films, all leading roles. His premature death in a car crash cemented his legendary status.
On Friday, September 30, around six o'clock, Elizabeth (Taylor), Rock (Hudson) and I and a small group were watching rushes. George Stevens was behind us at his desk by the controls. The projection room was dark. The phone rang. The soundtrack screamed to a halt. The picture froze. The lights shot up. We turned and looked at George. The phone dangled from his hand. He was white and motionless. Death was present in that room. Slowly and with great effort, his voice coming from a long and distant tunnel, George said, "There's been a car crash. Jimmy Dean has been killed. " I went numb.--Carroll Baker, costar with James Dean in Giant.
September 30, 1955-A day millions of people around the world keep in their hearts-the Day James Dean died.
Like a shooting star, James Dean, appeared as a streak of brilliance across America's movie screens and was too soon gone. But, unlike a meteor, which shines for a few brief seconds and then vanishes, Jimmy's fire stills burns with the blinding light of a sun.
The story of Jimmy's death has been the stuff of legend, countless books and magazine articles, motion pictures, Television documentaries and spoken memories by those who knew him, those who loved him, those who sat in the dark of their local movie houses and became his fans forever and those who were born after his death but still sense his magic and fire.
The Warner Bros. publicity machine coined a phrase to describe Jimmy for his second of three starring pictures he made for them and it still is the perfect tribute to his talent and memory J. D.--Juvenile Delinquent...Just Dynamite...James Dean!
James Dean's life of just twenty-four years was filled with wonder, pain, loss, hope, adventure, love and speed! It is bitter irony to remember scenes from his films which involve James Dean and movement-huddled and lonely atop a speeding train in East of Eden, discovered lying in the street and then the deadly 'Chicken Run' in Rebel Without a Cause and the mythic image of Jimmy sprawled over the seat of that old car with Reata in the background in Giant.
In fact, Jimmy spent his entire paycheck from East of Eden to buy the equally legendary Porsche 550 'Spyder" in which he lost his life driving to a sports car race at the Salinas Airport.
A story of his last day was reported in the California State University at Fullerton in a story contained in the March 15, 1978 issue of the Daily Titan and written by staff reporter Doug Burns-
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