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Help Raise Funds for Jimmy's Old High School!

Please visit the link below. The Fairmount Foundation plans to restore Fairmount High School and plans to make it the James Dean's Performing Arts Center. The restoring includes the stage and auditorium where Jimmy performed, to the classroom where he first started acting. Most of Dean's classroom fixtures still exist in their original state.Your help in this will be truly appreciated!www.fairmountfoundation.org

Check out Warren Beath's new webpage

Warren recounts every step and minute of James Dean's death.Make sure to take The Death Drive virtual tour on Warren Beath's new website www.whokilledjamesdean.com . Just click on the tab Death Drive and scroll down the pictures. It is very interesting and well researched.

Note from the Fairmount Historical Museum

Dear James Dean Community

Please help bring James Dean home to Fairmount. The Fairmount Historical Museum is providing a site in front of the museum for a statue of the legendary actor about our town's history and create a unique photo opportunity for visitors and residents alike.

The Historical Museum is leading this project to raise funds to have this unique James Dean statue created and installed. Historical and educational facts will be additional components to the display.

Individual Donors will receive a "certificate of appreciation" and contributors of $100 or more will have their name engraved on a brink that will be incorporated into the site.

Send your donations to the Fairmount Historical Museum, 203 East Washington Street, Fairmount, Indiana, 46928.If you have any questions, please contact the Museum at 765-948-4555

James Dean Remembered Fan Club

Want the latest inside news on Jimmy? Make sure to click on the banner. For only $30 ($35 international) a year, you'll not only join a network of fabulous James Dean fans, but you'll get the opportunity to meet with them, and our personal favorite, the publishing of The Dean Zine. A beautiful color illustrated newsletter published quarterly, with never before seen Photos of Jimmy, interviews and such. What are you waiting for!

In Loving Memory of Vampira 1921-2008

We have lost our dear friend Maila "Vampira" Nurmi. She passed away in her Hollywood home on January 10th. at the age of 86.

In the early 1950s, she was close friends with James Dean, and they hung out together at Googie's coffee shop on the corner of Crescent Heights and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Her explanation for their friendship: "We have the same neuroses." Dean commented, "I have a fairly adequate knowledge of satanic forces, and I was interested to find out if this girl was obsessed with such a force."

In loving memory of Composer and Friend, Leonard Rosenman

Leonard Rosenman,83, died from a major heart attack on March 4, 2008. Rosenman wrote the legendary scores for the legendary James Dean films, "East of Eden" and "Rebel without A Cause".

Leonard Rosenman was writing chamber music and teaching piano when he met James Dean, who was then acting on stage and television. "We met at party," recalled Rosenman in a 1997 interview. "He heard me play the piano, and about a month later, my doorbell rings about 11 o'clock at night.

"I open the door, and here's a guy I don't remember all dressed in leather, motorcycle stuff. I said, 'What can I do for you?' And he said, 'I'd like to study piano with you.' "Rosenman and Dean became good friends and wound up sharing an apartment; it was Dean who brought Rosenman to the attention of Kazan.Read more of the story on the Los Angeles Times .

Hot New James Dean Doll

Go to Hot Toys.com for more information on this new hot doll we can't wait to get our hands on!

http://hottoys.com.hk/product.php?cat=17&pid=344Robin and Wheeler's Tribute song to James Dean
Click on the photo to hear a music clip of "The Ghost of James Dean"

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Music:

A few genres and artists include: African Tribal Music, Afro-Cuban Songs and Dances, classical (Bartok, Stravinsky), Judy Garland, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra.

Morrissey's Tribute to James Dean

Morrissey - Suedehead

The Eagles-James Dean

Movies:

East of Eden

Rebel Without A Cause

Giant

Movie bit parts:*Fixed Bayonet *Has Anyone Seen my Gal? *Sailor Beware

Television:

Although he was best known for his role in movies, James Dean also occasionally appeared on television shows such as "Studio One" and "Treasury Men in Action." Although they are not as well known as his movies, they still had an impact on his acting career and style.

James Dean's first TV Appearance for a Pepsi Commercial

Something For An Empty Briefcase

I'm A Fool with an introduction by Ronald Reagan

James Dean's Public Announcement .. .. ..

Sammy Davis JR on James Dean

Interview with James Dean about Rebel Without A Cause

Books:

The books in his personal library ranged from The Bible to "Charlottes Web and included works from James Whitcomb Riley, Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde.

Popular books on James Dean:

James Dean by George Perry, which was published during 50th year anniversary. Contains unpublished photos of the actor from the family's private collection.
James Dean: Fifty Years Ago by Dennis Stock. Dennis Stock was famous for James Dean's B & W photos.
Surviving James Dean by William Bast. A beautifully written memoir, candid and definitive, that tells the story of Bast's five year relationship with the charismatic actor and American legend--James Dean.
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The life, Times, Legend of James Dean by Paul Alexander. This is a juicy biography that looks at the events that shaped Dean's (1931-1955) homosexuality.
James Dean: At Speed by Lee Raskin and Tom Morgan.This book provides a richly illustrated, precise account of Dean's life from his early childhood and his determination to succeed as an actor, to a minute-by-minute account of the events of September 30, 1955, and his untimely death.
James Dean: The Mutant King: A Biography by David Dalton.The only book to fully show how deliberately and carefully Dean crafted his own image and performances.
Dizzy & Jimmy: My life With James Dean: A Love Story by Dizzy Sheridan. Dizzy reveals her love affair with James Dean in a brief book replete with moony dialogue, prescient remarks about Dean's driving habits and a 1950s New York setting.
Rebel: The Life and Legend of James Dean by Donald Spoto.Spoto takes a clear-eyed dispassionate look at the legend of James Dean and discovers that his untimely death was probably his greatest career move of all.
Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without A Cause by Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel. Definitely a book for hardcore Rebel fans. It counts every detail in the making of the movie, from behind-the-scenes conflict, feuds, and power plays between the actors.
The Death of James Dean by Warren Beath. Thirty-one years after James Dean's death, the hysteria continues. The thesis behind this book is that there may have been a cover-up in the investigation of the car crash that killed Dean. Furthermore, Beath believes the driver of the other car involved should have been charged in the accident. Offered in testimony are excerpts from the official inquest, an independent investigation of the day, and a few interviews.
All books can be found at www.Amazon.com

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