James Dean with His Porsche 356 Speedster and at the Race Track (8 works), . They began shooting in California in September 1955 and two days later the 24-year-old star was killed in a car crash.
Before shooting began on the movie “East of Eden,” director Elia Kazan reportedly sent James Dean off to Palm Springs to gain some weight and get some sun so that he looked like a “real” farm boy. The ...