Details Writers: Leith Adams, Keith Burns, Dennis Hopper; Genres: Biography, Nonfiction; Publisher: Birch Lane Press

Possibly the best James Dean book to date, James Dean: Behind the Scene is crammed with movie stills, location shots, and assorted Dean trivia culled from Warner Bros.' files: the budget for Giant (Elizabeth Taylor got $175,000, Rock Hudson $100,000, and Dean $21,000); an ad for Rebel Without a Cause(''James Dean! Juvenile Delinquent! Just Dynamite!''); a telegram detailing Dean's truculence about doing publicity for East of Eden(''He needs good scrubbing behind ears''). A

Originally posted Nov 30, 1990 Published in issue #42 Nov 30, 1990 Order article reprints

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