Back in the 80s when the Museum of Broadcasting in N.Y. showed a series of James Dean's teleplays I went back n forth to see them all...one of the lead actors in this TV play was in the audience and at the end of the screening he gave a little talk at the end of it. He said he had never seen it cuz that was done live back in those days. He said Jimmy was a very nice guy and used to share information if he knew of auditions with other actors. They hung out at Cromwell's Drug Store and shared information with each other...
I find it rather interesting Hollywood having morality and true honor amongst thieves...The pervasive sexuality of directors and heads of the film industry has always been an inside sick joke...I remember after we had dinner together Hal Holbrook and I went down to the beach near the Santa Monica Pier. I being nosey about Hollywood I began asking Hal about the business. Having been drinking all afternoon he was quite relaxed and became rather concerned about me wanting to try out for some acting parts. Well I felt an presence of heavy heart in my fathers friend. Hol look at me and with watery eyes told me a little story about Hollywood and it wasn't a good story in fact it actually was a horror story of sorts. As it turned out after being told of the inside true harsh goings on in the business I came away not really wanting anything to do with acting anymore. Hal Holbrook has always been in my heartb for telling about things yet to come if had pursued my desire to join into the acting business. His main point being he felt hollywood had taken a part of his soul that he could never replace and in his telling I myself decided not to venture any further. I was saddened by his passing but I know he had been just where he wanted to be acting out his dream of unfettered desire to Act without any strings attached...R.I.P...Mr Holbrook...
@@samson5791 clearly the Comment by hazz orlande......... t😁👍👍👍👍😍he dumb ass can't appreciate James dean ...... And this TV play...James dean such a legend and cool actor in the 50s
You can see this was done during his starving actor days. I love watching Dean 's early TV performances because you can see how he matured as sn actor in a relatively short time. I have watched every one out there. Love him!
What a great post! Wonderful to read how, after being gone for over 60 years James Dean still inspires people. Bet he would be thrilled to know that. Makes me think of his comment about if one can bridge gap between life and death etc. If only he could have known that he did.
Good luck in your career Kary! Jimmy wanted to inspire others to get in touch and share their artistic gifts with the world. Always people watch, it might be difficult but go to places like the airport and even hospital waiting rooms and just sit quietly watching others around you, Jimmy's mom was known in the family as a mimic, she'd watch people and taught her son to do the same and then to entertain James and others she'd act out what she saw from watching people. Jimmy and his mother Mildred were cousins of mine, we still have a lot of Wilson's and therefore family up in Indiana.
Jimmy Dean is very cool. class act...His 3 Hollywood moves were great...but the T V shows were his beginning,,and signs of genius...thanks for downloading the TV show
In terms of early television when all that mattered was that various writers churned out material to fill the airings -- by which I mean brand new stories and not just ongoing soap sagas -- this particular entry is a real gem. Kudos to author George Roy Hill (who went on to award winning fame in Hollywood for his writing and directing)! His attention to the depths and backgrounds of the characters, the measures of what's right and wrong and what might be permissible in society, the stakes and the consequences (so deftly portrayed by the cast) -- are remarkable. This drama could easily be stretched and embellished into a satisfying full length stage play. And yes, James Dean's presence added much. But I especially like that he wasn't playing his usual angry young man persona, but expertly molded himself into a thoughtful. repentant collegiate.
Jimmy was not only a top actor, there was something special about him, more than just his handsome good looks, that made him shine in every scene he did.
Dean's performance is absolutely riveting! He's not the protagonist--in fact, he's only in two scenes--but he sets the standard for the rest of the cast. The script, of course, is about the McCarthy/House Unamerican Activities Committee's inquisition of suspected Communists in the late 1940s-early 1950s.
I'm taken by seeing actors from so many years ago. And I'm talking about the older actors that were the character actors holding down the fort for all of leading actors. I once met an actor while taking a wizz in the college bathroom and without a stutter said oh I remember you your that bit part actor I've seen before. Well he looked at me and nodded. We both left after washing and I walked about fifteen feet before realising who he really was and feeling like a real fool. I stop and looked back and turn around and caught up to him before he went into the guitar class and mentally worked up to give him an apology for my hasty spoken words... He was generous enough to accept my apology and smile saying it did kind of hurt a little. He he shook my hand and excused himself saying he was glad I had enough nerve to come back and tell him how I felt, then went into class...I promised myself to never ever open my big mouth before thinking...And if you new who I was talking about you would agree I spoke out as a fool to an actor of great esteem...Never again and haven't...
You people are so in love with james dean. You all forgot what this episode was about. The drama being caught cheating on exams. Then to live with the shame of it. The happy ending running to the one you love. Its sooo 1950's😆. Now it would all of that. To make it more of drama he will find his girl/boyfriend in de arms of someone else how is that compare with cheating on school lol
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Actually the school system in America has been a joke for age's. The somewhat recent crackdown on moving monies around letting rich parents manipulate our educational system is just the tip of the iceberg. And unfortunately the business of bringing out all children showing desire to better themselves is still left wanting except for a few quota markings for appearance sake. I see a continuation of haves moving forward and the have nots still being left behind and have watched with a fine eye the continued abuse of just a few hand picked people moving forwards and upwards while most have to stay behind because of a jury-rigged educational system left as is except for a couple hands getting slapped...Money and connection's are still the same. I have personally seen college education being manipulator by racism and sexist acts by Dean's sorrowful actions of disgrace. The system of keeping cost so high that only the chosen few attain prestige, in the law, medical and government. The actions of LBJ setting up quotas and affirmative reverse discrimination is as always the same. The leaders of America are chosen from their position in life not the worth of their need and desire to make change and so as said things stay the same regretfully...Look who are running the halls of leadership from the house of Representatives to the U.S. Senate you judge for yourself and remember that most are lawyers and look in the phone book directory and study well...As much as we are told of change the more it stays the same...If not worse...
It's 1953 and he's painfully thin (not receiving steady paid work in television, he had next to no money). But his hair looks great. Typecast as a deviant test cheater, but a cunning one- his grieving dark-eyed good looks always make him appear the forsaken victim of circumstance, not responsible for his own selfish actions. Of course, he cries too; kid was always crying about something. The honor committee almost fell for his schtick, and the public grew to love it, as many still do today. Don't get it, but I do, somehow. James Dean- one fascinatin' Dead Boy.
Maybe thats true Monique Thomas but every actor has a box of tricks and mannerisms that work for them so i would ask you not to be so harsh on the boy please......
Dead boy? Wow! Heartless. He was a good actor who didn't get the chance to move on through the years and show more. He was handsome, photogenic and extremely sexy. Too bad you missed it all. R.I.P. James Dean
@@dmars7264 You missed my point completely. International icon that he is, it's the fact that he died so young that created the legend. "Dead Boy" is just a blunt reality; in fact, he is more than alive. Figuratively, he's immortal.
FANTASTIC COPY...MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF OF KINESCOPE AS VIDEO TAPE HAD NOT BEEN USED AT THE TIME...AND INTERESTING TO SEE HOW JAMES DEAN STANDS OUT IN HIS ACTING STYLE FROM THE OTHERS...DIED SO YOUNG...WHAT A WASTE AND LOSS...
@@fernandomaron87 I read that Rod Serling knew Dean. He selected Dean specifically to star in at least one TV drama--wish I could remember which one. An aside, James Dean knew that to captivate the public he had to serve as his own $MM PR agency. Dean worked fever pitch to attract, form relationships with all the right folks--leading actors, top photogs, writers, talent advisors. They were with him constantly off the set. He was also accepted into prestigious intellectual NY circles and made lifelong friends there. His ability to choose good associations no doubt helped him and I believe this is the reason we have so many photographs of him in his later years.
@@glenndrexler1677 Wow, if we played the what if game....and 9/30/55 didn't end up in a car crash, Jimmy could have been in those two movies instead of MR Newman. We'll never know.
When I was 4 years old my mother became pregnant with my sister and I suggested to my father we name her Sally, as a result I was shunned until my 6th birthday……….
If the actors - all of them 10 years over the ages they were playing - had spoken up as if they were performing a play in front of an audience, they would have been more audible. Then 45:18 you add the train sound effects and it gets surreal. 😵💫
The argument they have at 35:30, if they thought logically they would just punish the cheating students by making them resit the test with new questions and, if necessary, drop them back a year so they have to rebuild their credits 🤷♂️ is it really that hard?
Seeing Dean have to play by the rules of this college fraternity is rather amusing. Also that woman underminding her accemdemic skills is cringe worthy but it was the 50s! Too bad we don't see him much in this one.
Obviously, dad is a democrat. Why son, its alright to cheat to get what you wan’t. James Dean always plays the same part. A guy who had lot’s of opportunity but screwed his life up. I was seven years old when I saw Rebel. My impression then was he was a crybaby loser, it hasn’t changed.
