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"Kiss me." The 1955 East of Eden Screen Test with Paul Newman and James Dean

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Aloysius J. Gleek:


In 1955, James Dean had his first major screen role as Cal Trask in East of Eden.  Here, he and Paul Newman shoot a screen test in New York for the lead roles of the Trask brothers. (The character of Aron Trask went to actor Richard Davalos.)



omg.


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1sLlcarbu4[/youtube]

(wait for the sound at 00:07;
Dean says "Kiss me." at 00:14.)
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejILKc1QrcM&NR=1[/youtube]



(in a few years, with the way technology is going, can you imagine an alternate Brokeback Mountain with...Paul Newman and James Dean?   :o

Monika:
wow - that´s a good looking pair. And they got chemistry too! Very cool, thanks John.

Aloysius J. Gleek:



--- Quote from: Buffymon on January 08, 2011, 11:16:17 am ---wow - that´s a good looking pair. And they got chemistry too! Very cool, thanks John.

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You're welcome, Monika!

Can't you see Paul as Ennis and James as Jack?

I'm convinced it's going to happen.


(BTW--in the screen test, Paul was 30 years old, James was 24.)

Monika:

--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on January 08, 2011, 11:31:02 am ---Can't you see Paul as Ennis and James as Jack?


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I can, especially James as Jack. James had such an expressive face and eyes.
It would have been interesting to have seen James tackle the role of Ennis as well - to try to rein all his emotions in and bottle it all up. Could have been quite something too.

Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on January 08, 2011, 10:53:41 am ---(In a few years, with the way technology is going, can you imagine an alternate Brokeback Mountain with...Paul Newman and James Dean?   :o

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I'll take a pass on that, thank you, but I'd sure like to see Jake and Heath as Butch and Sundance.  :-\

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