Based off the second half of John Steinbeck’s novel and directed by Elia Kazan, East of Eden is a retelling of Cain and Abel set around the beginning of World War I. The biblical references are easy to notice; Cal and Aron are sons of Adam, competing for their father’s love. What is surprising, read more
Today’s pic is another from Elia Kazan‘s East of Eden (1955). What is interesting about this still is that it depicts a scene that is not in the final version of the film. When Joe the bouncer (Timothy) removes Cal (James Dean) bodily from Kate’s room, the scene ends with Joe strug read more
Today’s pic (and don’t forget about clicking for embiggening) revisits the television miniseries East of Eden, first broadcast on February 8, 1981. Based on the epic novel by John Steinbeck, it features a much-too-short cameo by Timothy as a fire-and-brimstone circuit-riding preacher. A read more
Since yesterday’s pic was from the 1981 miniseries, today’s pic needed to be from the 1955 film. In fact, this is a candid behind-the-scenes shot of Tim and James Dean on the set, discussing something obviously very important.
I found this image on a nifty Tumblr blog dedicated to James read more
Happy Memorial Day! To help us get into the proper spirit of reverence, today’s pic (and you know you need to click to embiggen) is from the TV miniseries of John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, first broadcast on February 8, 1981. Tim is pictured in his memorable cameo role as a tent-revival- read more
East of Eden (1955) To call East of Eden a great film is as much of an understatement as to declare James Dean a great actor. Thanks in large part to Dean’s role in this film, both he and the picture are worthy of far greater renown. A couple years ago I had no interest in Dean because read more
