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James Dean as a barefoot country boy angel in a sketch entitled The Hound of Heaven on The Kate Smith Hour, originally broadcast live by NBC on January 15th, 1953. After welcoming a man and his dog to the gates of heaven after the devil tried to lure them to hell, Jimmy closed the sketch by saying: “A man, he’ll walk right into hell with both eyes open, but not even the devil can fool a dog.”
James Dean photographed by Dennis Stock, Fairmount, IN, 1955
Sammy Davis Jr being photographed by James Dean (1955)
James Dean photographed by Sanford Roth, 1955.
james dean, sal mineo & natalie wood // anne hathaway, audra mcdonald & raúl esparza // ben whishaw, matthew goode & hailey atwell
“If I’d understood back then that a guy could be in love with another one, it would have happened. But I didn’t come to that realization for a few more years and then it was too late for Jimmy [James Dean] and me.”
James Dean at his aunt and uncle’s farm in Fairmount, Indiana, photographed by Dennis Stock, 1955.
james dean takes a break on the set of the movie giant (1956).
In Plato’s death scene I understood what being loved meant. Here was the chance for me to feel what it would be like for someone close, someone that I idolized, to be grieving for me. It was an opportunity to experience what kind of grief that would be - what would he be like, what would he sound like, what would he be thinking?
He [James Dean] was very protective, and for the whole day he’d never let me out of his sight. He was always there.
- Sal Mineo
“Look at me just the way I look at Natalie.” - James Dean to Sal Mineo during the shooting of Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean, 1955
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Screen Test
us, simple minded 21st century bisexuals: i play for both teams
james dean, genius:
[Image text: When questioned about his sexual orientation, Dean is reported to have said, “No, I am not a homosexual. But I’m also not going to go through life with one hand tied behind my back.”[131]]
We know that Sal Mineo’s character is gay, partly because he has a picture of Alan Ladd in his locker, but also because of his adoration of the James Dean character. The real Rebel seems to be his character. He’s got something to be rebellious about, namely being gay and being in a homophobic society, and he of course has to be killed. That’s what happens to real rebels in our society - Richard Dyer, The Celluloid Closet
