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James Dean's first important recognition as a "talent to be watched" was for being in the Broadway play "The Immoralist", a dramatization of André Gide's autobiographical novel about repressed homosexuality and the process of self–discovery. The production starred Louis Jourdan and Geraldine Page, and ran on Broadway from February 8 – May 1, 1954. Dean was cast as Bachir, a blackmailing Arab houseboy, and the reviewers of five major daily newspapers praised his performance. Although Dean left the play only two weeks after it opened on Broadway, due to a dispute with the producer, the part brought him to the attention of Elia Kazan who was casting a movie treatment of John Steinbeck's novel, "East of Eden", for Warner Bros.
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There is no telling what heights James Dean could have reached if he had lived. He is now etched in the public's imagination and on film as a brooding, romantic figure. With his death at the age of 24, James Dean will always be seen as the eternal teenager.
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American actor James Dean had a short-lived but intense acting career that began in 1952 and ended tragically with his death in September 1955. After his death he became a cult figure (a legendary person), and fans have marveled for decades at his ability to duplicate their adolescent (teenage) agony on screen.
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When James Dean entered the world, these stories made the front page of the nation's newspapers: The Secretary of Commerce orders an embargo on lumber from the Soviet Union. In Florida, Malcolm Campbell establishes a new land speed record at Daytona Beach. He travels a record 245 mph. In other news, Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party demands that Germany quit the League of Nations. In India, Mohandas Gandhi tells the people of India to continue civil disobedience against Great Britain. In London, American movie star Charlie Chaplin visits Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
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James Dean became a Hollywood legend portraying moody, sensitive and often rebellious characters. He represented the disaffected and misunderstood teens of the 1950s and gained cult icon status after his untimely death at the young age of 24. Dean got his start in television and stage before starring in the three films, "East of Eden", "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" that would catapult him to stardom and earn him the title "Moody New Star" by Life magazine. His spontaneous style of acting and fondness for racecars didn't sit well with studio heads, but helped fuel his bad boy image. James Dean died in a car crash, just as his star was rising -a mere six months after "East of Eden" premiered, and one month before "Rebel Without a Cause" would premiere. When his final film "Giant" opened more than a year after his death, the premiere was a veritable tribute to a talented actor who would never realize the full potential of his talents, and the incredible fame that was to come.
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