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James Dean as Caleb Trask East of Eden (1955) dir. Elia Kazan

EAST OF EDEN (1955) — dir. Elia Kazan

James Dean, Venice, California, 1955. Photo by Sanford Roth

James Dean photographed by Phil Stern, 1955.

James Dean photographed by Richard C. Miller, 1955.

James Dean photographed by Floyd McCarty, 1955.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray

“To grasp the full significance of life is the actor`s duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.” —James Dean

James Dean with director Nicholas Ray and cast on the set of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, March–May 1955.

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)

James Dean as Jim Stark in publicity portraits for the Warner Bros./Nicholas Ray drama Rebel Without a Cause, 1955.

Mr. Trask, it's awful not to be loved. It's the worst thing in the world. Don't ask me - even if you could - how I know that. I just know it. It makes you mean, and violent, and cruel. And that's the way Cal has always felt, Mr. Trask. All his life! Maybe you didn't mean it that way - but it's true. You never gave him your love. You never asked for his. You never asked him for one thing.

EAST OF EDEN (1955) dir. Elia Kazan

James Dean and Eartha Kitt attending a dance class by Katherine Dunham, New York City, 1955