Dean Americana, 2020

James Dean had the promise of a stellar acting career, before his life tragically came to an early close in a car accident in 1955. Regardless of his short tenure, next to Marilyn Monroe he has arguably become the greatest icon of 1950s Hollywood, certainly one of the two most profitable estates today 65 years following his demise. Although he really only had 3 major hit films in short succession, he came to define the all-American rebellious milk bar cowboy. Oozing romantic angst and cool forever more, his image was embedded in pop culture history by his legendary role as troubled teen Jim Stark in the film Rebel Without a Cause. This piece was originally on Rarible as an edition of 6/...View all