James Dean (1976)

A CGI James Dean is cast in new film, sparking an outcry

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On this day in 1955, James Dean attended the Santa Barbara Road Races with his Porsche 356 Super Speedster. (This particular footage shows both Santa Barbara and a previous race at Palm Springs.) Jimmy had recently begun racing his Speedster- this was his third big race after Palm Springs and Bakersfield. A blown piston ended his day early. He'd soon replace the 356 with the Porsche 550 Spyder. | James Dean

James Dean – biography, cause of death, age, was he gay?

The James Dean Story (1957) documentary

James Dean