Tag Archives: James Dean

Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

‘If you must get into trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont’ – Harry Cohn, Columbia Pictures – Los Angeles is one of my favourite cities. But as the second most populous city in the United States, after New York, … Continue reading →

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James Dean And The ‘Little Bastard’.

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

This was the nickname which James Byron Dean gave to his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder. He purchased the ‘Little Bastard’ new from Competition Motors in Hollywood just as he was wrapping up the filming of Giant. Even though the actor was a novice racer, he … Continue reading →

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Glamour of the Gods

Posted on July 29, 2011 by

Almost all the photographs in the exhibition are vintage prints collected from the archive of the John Kobal Foundation. There are the familiar iconic shots of stars such as Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Rita Hayworth, Vivien Leigh and James Dean, but there … Continue reading →

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