Rebel Without A Cause is one of my favorite movies, as James Dean is my favorite actor, but East of Eden is actually my favorite of the three Dean made. But of course there is no book (or at least I haven’t found one yet) about the making of East of Eden like there are on Dean’s other [continue reading]
I bought this first edition James Dean biography knowing nothing about it. It wasn’t until I was reading Lew Bracker’s memoir that I learned Joe Hyams was a friend of James Dean. I wanted to make sure I got his book, so I checked through my books and found I had just bought it. This is [continue reading]
I wanted to read John Steinbeck’s East of Eden because it is my favorite James Dean movie – and it is also a classic and on the Top 100 books to read by Amazon. I rarely read anything but memoirs, biographies and histories – I am definitely a non-fiction girl. But I do want to [continue reading]
I just got this first edition autographed memoir of Carroll Baker’s titled Baby Doll. I was interested in Carroll because she costarred with James Dean in Giant. But come to find out, Baker also starred in the controversial movies Baby Doll and The Carpetbaggers and had quite an interesting [continue reading]
Lew Bracker’s memoir Jimmy & Me of his 16-month friendship with James Dean made me cry. I mean I knew it was coming yet I still cried when Lew described that horrible night on September 30, 1955. In fact, Lew’s account had such an effect on me I ordered the record for East of Eden, [continue reading]
Liz Sheridan, or Dizzy as she was known to her friends, is probably best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld’s mother on Seinfeld and also Mrs. Ochmonek on Alf. But long before that, she had a love affair with Jimmy Dean for over a year and a half before he was James Dean the icon. Once I [continue reading]
James Dean has always been one of my favorites. I have had a few of his biographies for years, but never go around to reading them. I am not sure what sparked my current James Dean obsession the past month, but I am in the middle of it. I ordered many memoirs by his friends and girlfriends and [continue reading]
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