James Dean
Portrait of Cool
Published on 3. December 2004
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-85782-591-6 (ISBN)
Description
'I came to Hollywood to act not to charm society. The objective artist has always been misunderstood' - James Dean. James Dean is a twentieth century icon. He remains the figure we still associate best with youthful irreverence, with rebellion and with that brand of freedom that travels with the American automobile.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Illustrations
illustrations
ISBN-13
978-1-85782-591-6 (9781857825916)
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Person
Leith Adams is an archivist with the Warner Brothers collection at the University of Southern California. Keith Burns is a writer, and a director of an award-winning documentary on the comedian Ernie Kovacs.
Content
'I came to Hollywood to act not to charm society. The objective artist has always been misunderstood' - James Dean. James Dean is a twentieth century icon. He remains the figure we still associate best with youthful irreverence, with rebellion and with that brand of freedom that travels with the American automobile. This book is a beautiful collection of archived material from the Warner Brothers studios, depicting Dean behind the scenes, capturing his special energy and star quality. The book also contains all the telegrams that follow the discovery of James Dean and the heart-breaking reaction of Elizabeth Taylor to his untimely death alongside the photographs from his greatest films.