Models for this giant were just 18 inches high…

1931 – James Dean was born on this day in Marion, Indiana. Dean’s breakout role in “East of Eden” (1955) earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, but it was his next film, “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955) which would present his face as the disenchanted and defiant embodiment of a generation. Unfortunately, it was his untimely death from a high speed auto accident in 1955 that would ultimately cement this reputation. His final film, "Giant" ... more 

1931 – James Dean was born on this day in Marion, Indiana. Dean’s breakout role in “East of Eden” (1955) earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, but it was his next film, “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955) which would present his face as the disenchanted and defiant embodiment of a generation. Unfortunately, it was his untimely death from a high speed auto accident in 1955 that would ultimately cement this reputation. His final film, "Giant" (1956), secured Dean a second straight posthumous Best Actor nomination, making that same generation, as well as many others, wonder "what if?" less