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The Death of James Dean

Author : Warren Newton Beath
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 080219611X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Death of James Dean written by Warren Newton Beath and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With extensive research, this account of the Hollywood star and his legion of fans offers “the best narrative yet of Dean’s final ten hours” (San Francisco Examiner). Just before sunset on September 20, 1955, James Byron Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder collided with Donald Gene Turnupseed’s Ford Tudor on California Highway 46. At age twenty-four, America’s newest screen idol was dead. But what really happened? Drawing on original documents, including the coroner’s inquest and other previously unpublished material, author Warren Newton Beath provides a painstakingly accurate reconstruction of Dean’s final hours and tragic death. In addition, Beath explores Dean’s life and his enduring status as a cultural icon, including Elvis Presley’s worship of him; Hitchcock’s use of Highway 46 in the famous crop-dusting scene in North by Northwest; death threats against Giant director George Stevens if he dared excise a single frame of Deans’ final performance; and many more fascinating facts about the enigmatic screen legend. Beath’s definitive account concludes with a memorable portrait of the James Dean cult, a strangely moving record of his posthumous life in the hearts of his adoring fans.

James Dean in Death

Author : Warren Newton Beath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book James Dean in Death written by Warren Newton Beath and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Dean's short life and three-film career inspired countless actors and rebellious teenagers, but his untimely death in a 1955 car crash has been an inspiration of a different kind. The ensuing decades have seen a continuing fascination with Dean's life, and have also fostered legions of devotees fascinated by his death. With the expected (death site pilgrims, alternative theorists, reports of Dean's ghost hitchhiking along that fated highway), there are the odd, the unbelievable and the downright wacky: lingering love affairs with Dean's ghost, visions of his disembodied head, and, of course, reports that he's alive and well, raising chickens and drinking rum with buddies in South America. The ongoing, growing fascination, folklore and legend surrounding the life and death of James Dean is testament that the cult of celebrity death is alive and well. This encyclopedia of James Dean-related subjects includes entries on such topics as associates, locales, books, and ephemera associated with his life. It focuses intensely on the events and people linked to his fatal crash, and on the body of myth, mystery and folklore surrounding Dean's tragic death.

James Dean Died Here

Author : Chris Epting
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781891661310
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book James Dean Died Here written by Chris Epting and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author provides a road map for pop culture sites, from Patty Hearst's bank to Seinfeld's diner, and the lonely strip where Dean met his maker.

Real James Dean

Author : Peter Winkler
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613734743
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Real James Dean written by Peter Winkler and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best––actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists––shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in the articles and autobiographies they wrote. Their recollections of Dean became lost in fragile back issues of movie magazines and newspapers and in out-of-print books that are extremely hard to find. Until now. The Real James Dean is the first book of its kind: a rich collection spanning six decades of writing in which many of the people whose lives were touched by Dean recall their indelible experiences with him in their own words. Here are the memorable personal accounts of Dean from his high school and college drama teachers; the girl he almost married; costars like Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, and Raymond Massey; directors Elia Kazan, Nicholas Ray, and George Stevens; entertainer Eartha Kitt; gossip queen Hedda Hopper; the passenger who accompanied Dean on his final, fatal road trip; and a host of his other friends and colleagues.

James Dean

Author : Lee Raskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732725522
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book James Dean written by Lee Raskin and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 30, 1955, 24-year-old James Dean became immortal. While his young life ended in a car crash, James Dean passed into the realm of American folklore, where his memory remains today. What exactly happened on that fateful day 60 years ago? What events led to the tragic accident that cost Dean his life? What became of the people and vehicles involved in that unguarded moment at Cholame? Is there any truth to the idea of a "curse" associated with Dean and his Porsche Spyder? And what do the major landmarks of the last few months of Dean's life look like today? Foremost James Dean researcher and expert Lee Raskin answers these questions and more in James Dean: On the Road to Salinas. He paints a vivid picture of Dean's life during that last summer, as he began to race his Porsche Speedster, filmed his third leading role in the movie Giant, and acquired the infamous 550 Spyder that he dubbed, "Little Bastard." Raskin provides a detailed timeline of the rising movie star's last 12 hours, while debunking numerous "factoids" that continue to circulate prominently in accounts of Dean's life and fatal crash. James Dean: On the Road to Salinas is the definitive account of the last months of James Dean's life. It is a must-read for any James Dean fan, Porschephile, or enthusiast of American popular culture of the 20th century.

Giant

Author : Don Graham
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250061903
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Giant written by Don Graham and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring James Dean, Rock Hudson, and Elizabeth Taylor, Giant is an epic film of fame and materialism, based around the discovery of oil at Spindletop and the establishment of the King Ranch of south Texas. Isolating his star cast in the wilds of West Texas, director George Stevens brought together a volatile mix of egos, insecurities, sexual proclivities, and talent. Stevens knew he was overwhelmed with Hudson's promiscuity, Taylor's high diva-dom, and Dean's egotistical eccentricity. Yet he coaxed performances out of them that made cinematic history, winning Stevens the Academy Award for Best Director and garnering nine other nominations, including a nomination for Best Actor for James Dean, who died before the film was finished. Don Graham chronicles the stories of Stevens, whose trauma in World War II intensified his ambition to make films that would tell the story of America; Edna Ferber, a considerable literary celebrity, who meets her match in the imposing Robert Kleberg, proprietor of the vast King Ranch; and Glenn McCarthy, an American oil tycoon; and Errol Flynn lookalike with a taste for Hollywood. Drawing on archival sources Graham's Giant is a comprehensive depiction of the film's production showing readers how reality became fiction and fiction became cinema. "--Adapted from dust jacket.

James Dean

Author : Lee Raskin
Publisher : David Bull Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781893618497
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book James Dean written by Lee Raskin and published by David Bull Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Dean is famous for his acting perfomances. Less well known is that James Dean had a lifelong passion for speed and high-performance machines. Dozens of photos combine with interviews with people who really knew Dean and his motorsports dreams to reveal an unseen side of this American icon.

Live Fast, Die Young

Author : John Gilmore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781560251699
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Live Fast, Die Young written by John Gilmore and published by . This book was released on 1998-08-13 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on letters, diaries, and tape-recorded conversations, the author recounts his friendship with Dean, including their sexual relationship, and reveals Dean's feelings about his success, his parents, and death

Curse of the Medallion

Author : Jeff Edwards
Publisher : InterSkillMedia
ISBN 13 : 0982079702
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Curse of the Medallion written by Jeff Edwards and published by InterSkillMedia. This book was released on 2009 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death of James Dean Sparks A Curse! It had been a beautiful day in California. James Dean had wrapped up shooting the movie Giant and had planned to race his 1955 Porsche Spyder in an automobile race held at the Salinas Airport. Dean originally intended to pull his new silver Porsche Spyder on a trailer behind his station wagon but, at the last minute decided to drive the sports car to put some pre-race mileage on it. Following in Dean¿s station wagon were stunt car driver Bill Hickman and famous photographer Sanford Roth. Here is where our story begins. Bill Hickman and Sanford Roth followed Dean, not knowing the tragedy they would soon discover. Stopping for directions, the two meet an aspiring singer/songwriter known only as Garrett Arizona. Within minutes, the three come upon the fatal crash site. Bill and Sanford are devastated. Standing nearby, the young singer picks up a shiny metal object that will change his life forever. Fifty years later, a series of letters are discovered by the grandson of Garrett Arizona. The letters reveal not only the past but, also his future. Taking the letters, he embarks on a journey to find the grandfather he has never met. He may not survive it as he knows nothing of the Curse of Medallion!

James Dean: the Biography

Author : Val Holley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781537414980
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book James Dean: the Biography written by Val Holley and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What's important about Jimmy is that in spite of his short life, he had really lived-and with his beauty, he acted in ways that other actors only dream about." - Terese Hayden, producer, Camino Real Killed in a car crash at only 24, James Dean has become a tragic legend. Compared to a Marlon Brando, Dean rose to fame in the film East of Eden, based on the novel by John Steinbeck. American teenagers particularly related to Dean through his role in Rebel Without a Cause, where he portrayed an emotionally confused teen. This is the most comprehensive biography of James Dean ever written, based upon over one hundred interviews with people who have never before spoken on record. Val Holley delves into Dean's early life and training on stage and in television using research that is astounding in its detail and frequently lets his sources speak in their own voices. Praise for James Dean: The Biography: "Val Holley allows James Dean to be as wily, controlling, beautiful, seductive, sexually ambivalent, and actory as he apparently was. It's like suddenly having the gift of a fourth, posthumous movie to slip on the shelf." - Brad Gooch, author of City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara "I was drawn in by its legwork and detail, surprising interviews, sweet reasoning, and vivid characterization. This immortal of the screen stacks up as an American enigma." - Patrick McGilligan, author of George Cukor: A Double Life, "Val Holley's James Dean is obviously a labor of love, and very thorough." - Washington Post Book World "The most definitive biography yet written ... quite interesting without being sensational." - Booklist "Holley has produced a meticulously documented work that dissects Dean's personality as never before." - Publishers Weekly "Thoroughly researched and engagingly written, this is a worthy addition to the growing body of literature surrounding an actor whose life achieved mythic proportions as a result of his untimely death." - Library Journal "The freshest, most revealing, and probably the most truthful account of [Dean] I have ever read." - Alexander Walker, author of Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh Val Holley has written numerous articles on James Dean and H. L. Mencken. He lives in Washington, D.C. James Dean was his first full biography.

Rebel

Author : Donald Spoto
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1461741661
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Rebel written by Donald Spoto and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2000-08-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative biography of film icon James Dean offers a clear-eyed look at the actor who crossed America's cinematic landscape with the brilliance and brevity of a meteor.

James Dean is not dead

Author : Steven Morrissey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780907188063
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book James Dean is not dead written by Steven Morrissey and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die

Author : Keith Elliot Greenberg
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1495050424
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die written by Keith Elliot Greenberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TOO FAST TO LIVE TOO YOUNG TO DIE: JAMES DEAN'S FINAL HOURS

Surviving James Dean

Author : William Bast
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Surviving James Dean written by William Bast and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully written memoir, candid and definitive, that tells the story of Bast's five year relationship with the charismatic actor and American legend--James Dean.

James Dean

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983561528
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book James Dean written by Hourly History and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James DeanJames Dean is known as the first rebel. He was a '50s-styled, leather-clad biker rebuking authority. With his black turtleneck and a penchant for bongo drums and poetry, he could also easily be a kind of forerunner to the beatniks. And with his unkempt, wild hair and far-reaching philosophies, he is often cited as a kind of early hippie as well. But whatever category you put him in, James Dean was the embodiment of cool. He had a cool look, cool clothes, cool attitude, and a cool backstory that most know nothing about. James Dean began life in Indiana as the descendant of a long line of farmers. After the tragic passing of his mother at a young age and the virtual abandonment of his father, he was left to be raised by his sister and her husband on a farm in Fairmount, Indiana. Inside you will read about...- Losing His Family - A Troubled Childhood - Dean's First Big Breaks - Friends and Lovers - Dean's Acting and Car Racing Career - The Final Ride And much more! So just how did this Indiana farm boy become a Hollywood legend and kickstart a counterculture rebellion that would last throughout the '50s, '60s, and beyond? Who was James Dean? Come along as we find out more about the man, the legend, and the eternal rebel without a cause: James Dean.

James Dean: Rebel Life

Author : John Howlett
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0859658678
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book James Dean: Rebel Life written by John Howlett and published by Plexus Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Dean died in 1955. The star of three movies, he was aged just 24. Six decades later, the charismatic screen idol has lost none of his power to captivate. Revered by fresh generations of fans born years after his untimely death, the glamor of his limited but incandescent legacy of cinematic classics - East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant - will never fade. Drawn from extensive research and original interviews, James Dean: Rebel Life strips back the hype to reveal the man behind the myth. Filled with the testimonies of the actors, directors and ex-lovers who knew Dean best, and lavishly illustrated with candid photos (from boyhood up to Dean's untimely death) and sumptuous film stills, the book provides a uniquely personal insight into the life and times of Hollywood's tragic leading man - essential reading for fans of every generation.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Author : Paul Alexander
Publisher : Plume Books
ISBN 13 : 9780452278400
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (784 download)

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Download or read book Boulevard of Broken Dreams written by Paul Alexander and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from new and documented sources, a revisionist portrait of the actor's homosexuality and personal identity conflict argues that Dean's angst-ridden public compliance with rigid sexual mores helped fuel the electricity of his performances.