Who is the Myrna Loy of this generation? The Jimmy Stewart? The Humphrey Bogart? The Tommy Dorsey? The Elizabeth Taylor? People don't recycle and return with new names. Each of these, and thousands of others, are originals. read more
James Byron Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana, to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Dean's father left farming to become a dentist and moved the family to Santa Monica, California, where Dean attended Brentwood Public School. read more
To the generation on the verge of adolescence and those of us struggling through that awkward period -- too old to be called kids and too young to be considered adults -- Dean was the most viscerally compelling cultural figure of our time. read more
Turiello, James: The James Dean Collection, 1993. Biography on fifty trading cards with photographs from The James Dean Gallery in Fairmount Indiana. Hopper, Hedda and Brough, James: "James Dean Was a Rebel With a Cause" in The Whole Truth and Nothing But. Doubleday. 1963. Howell, John: James Dean: A Biography. Plexus Publishing, 1997. read more