Jimmy in Fairmount

James Dean Remembered

Wow, 65 years ago now! I always remember September 30th and the great weekend Josh and I spent on the Winslow farm with our friend Marky. #Jamesdean #remembered

Watching this great set...

James Dean, the lost television legacy

This 3 disc set has all of the surviving television material, introduced by my pal Marcus Winslow (Jimmy's cousin) and there was some restoration done to the material.  His television work was diverse and great fun to watch!

 

A LIFE WITH FATHER episode from 1951 featuring Martin Milner and a very young Sheila James (The many loves of Dobie Gillis).  This was Jimmy's 2nd TV appearance and it was filmed, just before he left the West Coast for New York. 

James Dean remembered 60 years later today...

Remembering Jimmy 55 years later...09-30-2010

Jimmy's cousin Marcus Winslow and I outside the Winslow home (Where Jimmy grew up)

DENNIS STOCK 1928-2010

We were sorry to hear that Dennis Stock passed away. He took many of the iconic photographs of James Dean, originally for a LIFE MAGAZINE story.

His most famous photograph.

His photographs made up much of the Robert Altman film THE JAMES DEAN STORY

James with his cousin Marcus Winslow

Marcus showed Josh and I many of the photographs that were on display for a museum event. We talked about Dennis Stock. Marcus was so happy that Stock preserved so much of his cousin's short life in photographs.

James Dean's last visit home to Fairmount, Indiana. Stock said, "I liked him sometimes, but not all of the time...But he was like family after awhile. We really bonded in Indiana. Not in New York, where he was distracted a lot. He was an insomniac and didn't get a lot of sleep and was a pain." I wrote the song "James Byron Dean" for RICK GOLDSCHMIDT SINGS with these photographs in mind.

posted by Thomas Frederick