James Dean: Behind the Scene

Possibly the best James Dean book to date, James Dean: Behind the Scene is crammed with movie stills, location shots, and assorted Dean trivia culled from Warner Bros.’ files: the budget for Giant (Elizabeth Taylor got $175,000, Rock Hudson $100,000, and Dean $21,000); an ad for Rebel Without a Cause (”James Dean! Juvenile Delinquent! Just Dynamite!”); a telegram detailing Dean’s truculence about doing publicity for East of Eden (”He needs good scrubbing behind ears”). A