jimmylives : >> “He seemed to capture that moment of youth, that moment where >> we’re all desperately seeking to find ourselves.” > > — Dennis Hopper
“The banks of flowers covering the grave were muted and grayed by the coming of evening and had yielded up their color to the sunset. I thought — here’s where he belongs — with this big darkening sky and this air that is thirst-quenching as mountain water and this century of family around him and the cornfield crowding the meadow where his presence will be marked. But he’s not in the meadow. He’s out there in the corn. He’s hunting the winter’s rabbit and the summer’s catfish. He has a hand on little Mark’s shoulder and a sudden kiss for you. And he has my laughter echoing his own at the great big jokes he saw and showed to me — and he’s here, living and vivid and unforgettable forever, far too mischievous to lie down long.”
jimmylives : > Geraldine Page remembers Dean’s “tremendous intensity and > curiosity about people–always fascinated by everything around him. > Most people would be fr...
jimmylives : >> James Dean was nominated for an Oscar for “Best Actor in a >> Leading Role” for two consecutive years (East of Eden, 1955 >> & Giant 1956). H...
“The banks of flowers covering the grave were muted and grayed by the coming of evening and had yielded up their color to the sunset. I thought — here’s where he belongs — with this big darkening sky and this air that is thirst-quenching as mountain water and this century of family around him and the cornfield crowding the meadow where his presence will be marked. But he’s not in the meadow. He’s out there in the corn. He’s hunting the winter’s rabbit and the summer’s catfish. He has a hand on little Mark’s shoulder and a sudden kiss for you. And he has my laughter echoing his own at the great big jokes he saw and showed to me — and he’s here, living and vivid and unforgettable forever, far too mischievous to lie down long.”
Ooo, welcome and prepare for serious obsession to follow. No, James Dean never had the chance to marry. He had several relationships, one of his strongest with Pier Angeli, but they were never ...
jimmylives : > “We were like Romeo and Juliet, together and inseparable. > Sometimes on the beach we loved each other so much we just wanted to > walk together into�...
jimmylives : > “Everything about Pier is beautiful, especially her soul. She > doesn’t have to be all gussied up. She doesn’t have to do or say > anything. She’...
jimmylives : >> James Dean’s letter to Barbara Glenn.
jimmylives : >>> “But I think, if you’re not afraid, if you take everything >>> you are, everything worthwhile in you, and direct it at one >>> goal, one...
jimmylives : > “I want to live as intensely as I can. Be as useful and helpful to > others as possible, for one thing. But live for myself as well. I > want to ...
“The banks of flowers covering the grave were muted and grayed by the coming of evening and had yielded up their color to the sunset. I thought — here’s where he belongs — with this big darkening sky and this air that is thirst-quenching as mountain water and this century of family around him and the cornfield crowding the meadow where his presence will be marked. But he’s not in the meadow. He’s out there in the corn. He’s hunting the winter’s rabbit and the summer’s catfish. He has a hand on little Mark’s shoulder and a sudden kiss for you. And he has my laughter echoing his own at the great big jokes he saw and showed to me — and he’s here, living and vivid and unforgettable forever, far too mischievous to lie down long.”
jimmylives : > James Dean on his Triumph, captured by Phil Stern.
jimmylives : >> James Dean & singer Toni Lee, photographed by Phil Stern.
jimmylives : > "If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, > one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the > world.” -James...
“The banks of flowers covering the grave were muted and grayed by the coming of evening and had yielded up their color to the sunset. I thought — here’s where he belongs — with this big darkening sky and this air that is thirst-quenching as mountain water and this century of family around him and the cornfield crowding the meadow where his presence will be marked. But he’s not in the meadow. He’s out there in the corn. He’s hunting the winter’s rabbit and the summer’s catfish. He has a hand on little Mark’s shoulder and a sudden kiss for you. And he has my laughter echoing his own at the great big jokes he saw and showed to me — and he’s here, living and vivid and unforgettable forever, far too mischievous to lie down long.”
jimmylives : > Abra: But you must give him some sign, Mr. Trask, some sign that > you love him… or he’ll never be a man. All his life he’ll feel > guilty and�...
babeimgonnaleaveu : > JAMES DEAN as Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
jimmylives : > James Dean on the set of “The Bells of Cockaigne” (November > 1953)
jimmylives : >> “I’ve got the bullets…”