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James Dean takes Pier Angeli to the Premiere of “A Star is Born”, 1954.

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HOC Season 2 Episode 11   HOC Season 4 Episode 11

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There’s been this postmortem debate about whether James Dean was gay or not. What do you think? “ I loved Jimmy. We used to sit up and talk and talk…He hadn’t made up his mind. He was only twenty four when he died. But he was certainly fascinated by women. He flirted around. He and I…twinkled…we had a…well…a…little twinkle for each other.”

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so handsome

James at the photocall for War and Peace in London today. He looks so frightfully serious! It’s like the hair makes him more severe, or something. *g*

(The hair is for Happy Valley, for those wondering.)

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Site Update: War & Peace - Cast Portraits [21 HQ Tagless Photos]

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wow.I have never seen this pic.where doyou find It

Rock Hudson (backgroujnd) and James Dean - some rehearsing is going on for “Giant”, 1956,  behind the scenes.

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great

Now THIS is what I call a birthday present!!

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장옥정, 사랑에 살다  ep 8.

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which ep it is？

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Cinderella (2015)

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Another Grace Hepburn

Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn backstage at the RKO Pantages Theatre, as they wait to present their categories at the 28th Academy Awards, March 21, 1956.

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HELP 🙈🙉🙊

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Jimmy Loves kids

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The attraction between Angeli and Dean was immediate. Maybe they completed each other, for while he was wild and rebellious, she was peaceful and conformist. She could bring him the stability he didn’t have, and he could bring fun and excitement to her life. They began to date and were soon inseparable. Little by little, Dean became more gentle and easygoing under Angeli’s influence. Friends say he even wore a tuxedo for the first time to accompany her to a première. Apparently, the made each other very happy.

But it was not all a bed of roses for the handsome Hollywood couple. There was Angeli’s controlling mother, who did not consider Dean suitable for her daughter and forbade her to see him. She even tried to make the studio keep them apart. When Pier threatened to leave home, however, Mrs. Pier Angeli desisted. Angeli wanted to marry Dean, but he was reluctant. Though he thought she was “the marrying kind”, he was afraid of having his freedom restrained and of not being ready or able to take care of her properly. His indecision and insecurities hurt Angeli, who believed if he had such doubts, it was because he did not love her. All this pressure began to take a toll on the relationship.

One day Dean travelled to New York for two weeks to do a TV show, while Angeli stayed in L.A. . When he returned, their relationship had changed. Though he and Angeli would still date, their romance had cooled considerably.

Angeli began dating a young singer she had met while making a movie in Germany, three years before. His name was Vic Damone. He was charming and had a magnificent voice. But most importantly he came from a Catholic Italian family and, unlike Dean, was not a rebellious type. He possessed a clean cut image. In other words, Damone was the son-in-law of Mrs. Pier Angeli’s dreams.

After a few months, to Dean’s bewilderment, Pier announced she and Damone were engaged.

They had a big church wedding in Beverly Hills , on November 24, 1954. Legend has it that on this day, Dean sat on his motorcycle outside the church, with his red jacket, worn-out jeans, boots and leather cap, waiting for the bride and groom to come out. When they did, he hit the gas and sped noisily away at full speed.

After their break-up, Dean was desolate and broken-hearted. Though he would have other affairs until his death in 1955, there would never be another Pier Angeli in his life. No other woman would ever be so romantically linked to him.

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   When James Dean asked me to teach him photography I felt much as I did later when Elia Kazan (who directed Dean in East of Eden) asked me to teach him photography: “You?” I said to Kazan. “Me teach you? Give me one good reason.” He had the greatest: “I want to be able to argue with my Cameramen.”    Dean’s reasons were less clear. Was he really serious? Did he feel a need to manipulate situations, or did he merely want to record them? Could an actor of his presence record events without influencing them? …I’m still puzzling over the possible answers.

   During our first meeting Jim asked me if I would shoot him, not as a regular session, but to document his activities. It soon developed that he wanted to shoot me as well, so we began classes. I immediately found out that his concentration was not to be counted on, which meant that our classes were somewhat unpredictable and by necessity changeable in form.    However, when he was interested and participating, his energy was powerful. He had that greatest of intellectual qualities—curiosity about everything.

- Photographer Roy Schatt

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Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor in Waterloo Bridge 1940,epic love story,especially popular in China,even more popular than GWTW

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