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 ...

Read on for excerpts from the book, courtesy of Gilbert and Pantheon ... There was a bit of lore connected to Marfa, and therefore to Giant and James Dean. This was known as the Mystery Ghost ...

Edna Ferber’s novel of a Texas oilman’s life became the final outing for a film star trying to push past the rebel persona of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, she met the ...

The book details a close friendship between ... Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, were even released. James Dean Auction Includes Handwritten Letters, Warner Bros. Contracts and More Personal ...

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.

It’s an apt metaphor for both the film and the book. Ferber’s searing portrait ... who directed “Giant,” and James Dean, who immortalized it. But most of all, it seems Ms. Gilbert wishes ...