James Dean - 30th September, 2022 - Update

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Re: James Dean

Postby Colin B » Wed Sep 30, 2020 1:31 pm

WalterHaleJnr wrote:Good on you Colin.


Here's a James Dean Quiz i hope you and all the members (as in JD fans) will give a try and enjoy. As for me i got 25 out of 30 correct and below average at 83 %:

https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/too ... -dean-quiz


Well, it's been a long time !

Got 87% which is at least above average...
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Re: James Dean

Postby purity » Wed Sep 30, 2020 3:31 pm

I scored 67% and according to that site I am an expert and scored better than 8% of the quizzers.
I think some cheated with looking online while doing the quiz.
But maybe not.


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Re: James Dean

Postby John » Wed Sep 30, 2020 6:36 pm

67%. Should have gone with my gut on 3 questions I got wrong. They would have been right. Oh well.


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Re: James Dean

Postby WalterHaleJnr » Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:11 pm

John wrote:67%. Should have gone with my gut on 3 questions I got wrong. They would have been right. Oh well.


John did you see his Pepsi add from 1950 i posted last night?


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Re: James Dean

Postby John » Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:50 am

WalterHaleJnr wrote:
John wrote:67%. Should have gone with my gut on 3 questions I got wrong. They would have been right. Oh well.


John did you see his Pepsi add from 1950 i posted last night?

I didn't see it last night but I have seen it before.


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Re: James Dean

Postby Colin B » Thu Sep 30, 2021 1:50 pm

Update - 30th September, 2021:

James Dean died 66 years ago today !

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Still fondly remembered...
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Re: James Dean

Postby Colin B » Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:52 pm

Update: 30th September, 2022.

James Dean died 67 years ago today.


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James Byron Dean - US actor.
He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark.
The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).

After his death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, he became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role in East of Eden.
Upon receiving a second nomination for his role in Giant the following year, Dean became the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations.
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 18th best male movie star of Golden Age Hollywood in AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.
February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955
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Re: James Dean - 30th September, 2022 - Update

Postby Private Presley » Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:05 pm

I never understand the fuss about him!
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Re: James Dean - 30th September, 2022 - Update

Postby Colin B » Mon Oct 03, 2022 5:07 pm

Private Presley wrote:I never understand the fuss about him!


It must be an age thing, I was just into my teenage years when James Dean died & Elvis hit the scene !

For my generation, the two 'heroes' of the day !

The 'heroines' were Marilyn Monroe & Brigitte Bardot !
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Re: James Dean - 30th September, 2022 - Update

Postby Sunguy » Mon Oct 03, 2022 6:04 pm

I was just in California and made a visit to the site of the crash. I was quite underwhelmed by the area. It’s a busy intersection and you can see how things possibly transpired.
I came to it from the same direction as Turnipseed the fellow who caused the crash. Because I was looking left to merge with traffic I missed the ‘memorial’ to the right on a fence of a ranch. I drive a few miles craning my neck for signs of anything before my go’s announced to do a u-turn. I went to a rest area and found a series of notice boards with pictures and copies of the crash reports.
Then I went back to the site. If there is a plaque or anything I missed it, as I walked the length of fence. There were all manner of items placed in tribute. From photos to beer bottle to Bras, it just to me look like a collection of trash. It seemed so not befitting the legend that is James Dean.


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