Edna Ferber did not want James Dean to play Jett Rink, the brutish ranch hand turned dissolute millionaire oil magnate from her 1952 novel “Giant.” ‘ She had imagined someone brawnier for ...

Michael Ochs Archives Author Jason Colavito claims in his book, "Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean" that ... Brackett allegedly sued Dean, seen here in his movie "Giant," just days before ...

Michael Ochs Archives James Dean was blackmailed by a former male lover who threatened to out him on the eve of his big-screen break, according to a new book ... s film, “Giant,” in which ...

In the new book Giant Love, Julie Gilbert — who is Ferber ... Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean. Not that Dean was her first choice. For the role of Giant wildcatter Jett Rink ...

Dean's sexuality and his close friendship with his 'Giant' costar is explored ... explored in depth in Jason Colavito's book Jimmy: The Secret Life of James Dean. The new biography covers the ...

In “Giant Love,” the novelist’s great-niece ... Elizabeth Taylor as his wife and James Dean as a ranch hand turned oil tycoon, was better received, won Stevens an Oscar and helped inspire ...

Continue reading Dean had a short-lived romance with actress Liz Sheridan, a relationship she recounted in her book, Dizzy & Jimmy: My Life With James Dean: A Love Story. According to Sheridan ...

If the book made Ferber ... synonymous with James Dean. The two literally died together in a Porsche speeding along [a California highway] not quite before the filming of ‘Giant’ was completed.” ...

Writer-director Guy Guido is behind 'Surviving James Dean,' based on William Bast's 2006 book of the same name that ... Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, released posthumously.

In the book, Bast claims to have kept their relationship private to not hurt Dean’s burgeoning career. “I have been a fan and historian of James Dean ... a Cause and Giant, were released ...