[TRIBUTES]
- The James Dean Story (George Robert Productions; 79 min; black & white) / Cast: Interviews with Lewis Bracker, Marcus and Ortense Winslow / Narrator: Martin Gabel / Director: Robert Altman / Writer: Stewart Stern / Producers: Robert Altman and George W. George (Released: August 13, 1957)
- James Dean - The First American Teenager (Visual Programme Systems, Ltd.; 83 min; color and black & white); Documentary / Cast: (interviews with Dennis Hopper, Corey Allen, Leslie Caron, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood, Kenneth Kendall, Gene Owens, Christine White, Carroll Baker, Peter Witt, Leornard Rosenman, Hal Owens, Maila Nurmi, Nicholas Ray, Jack Larson, Sammy Davis, Jr., Captain E. Tripke / Narrator: Stacy Keach / Director: Ray Connolly / Writer: Ray Connolly / Producers: David Puttman and Sandy Lieberson (Released: 1976)
- September 30,1955 (Universal; 107 min; color) / Cast: Deborah Benson, Lisa Blount, Dennis Christopher, Mary Kai Clark, Tom Hulce, Dennis Quaid, Richard Thomas, Susan Tyrrell / Director: James Bridges / Writer: James Bridges / Producer: Jerry Weintraub / Music: Leonard Rosenman (Released: 1977)
- Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Viacom; 109 min; color) / Cast: (in credits order) Sandy Dennis, Cher, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Kathy Bates, Marta Heflin, Mark Patton, Caroline Aaron, Ruth Miller, Gena Ramsel, Ann Risley, Dianne Turley Travis / Director: Robert Altman / Writer: Ed Grazyck (based on his play) / Producer: Scott Bushnell (Released: 1982)
- James Dean (1983)
- James Dean Meets Yves Montand Directors: Branko Andrie and Otto Reiter (Released: 1995)
- James Dean - A Race With Destiny (Capstone Film Company; color) / Cast: Casper Van Dien as James Dean; also Carrie Mitchum, Diane Ladd, Mike Connors, Casey Kasem, Robert Mitchum, Monique Parent / Director: Mardi Rustan (Released: Oct 3, 1997)
- James Dean At High Speed (Whitestar; 50 minutes; color and black & white; documentary) / Cast: (interviews with Marcus Winslow, Jr., Mildred Carter, Liz Sheridan, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Kessler, Betsy Palmer, John Gilmore, Eartha Kitt, Joe Playan, Julie Harris, Leonard Rosenman, Lew Bracker, Lee Raskin, Max Bachowsky, Zaz Vignole Clark, George Barris, Bill Watkins, Lewis Markoff, Rod Steiger, James Sheldon, Brent Baillie / Narrator: Tom Cochrum / Producers: Lee Raskin and Brock Yates / Writers: Brock Yates and Ben Strout (Released: 1997)
- James Dean - Rebels
- The Colgate Variety Hour (NBC-TV) - Modern Screen magazine presents a postumous award to James Dean (Aired: Nov 27, 1955)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS-TV) - "Special salute to James Dean" (Aired: Oct 14, 1956)
- The Steve Allen Show (NBC-TV)- "A Tribute to James Dean" (Aired: Oct 14, 1956)
- A Tribute to James Dean (CBS-TV) "The James Dean Legend" (Aired: 1957)
- Wide World of Entertainment (ABC-TV) - "Memories of a Gentle Giant" / Cast: (Interviews with Steve Allen, Sammy Davis Jr., Sal Mineo, Leonard Rosenman, Natalie Wood) / Narrator: Peter Lawford / Director: Jack Haley, Jr. Writer: Al Ramrus / Producers: Al Ramrus and Ronald Lyon (Aired: Nov 13, 1974)
- James Dean (NBC-TV; 99 min.; color) - "The Legend" / Cast: Stephen McHattie as James Dean; also (in credits order) Michael Brandon, Brooke Adams, Julian Burton, Candy Clark, Dane Clark, Meg Foster, Katherine Helmond, Amy Irving, Robert Kenton, Jayne Meadows, Heather Menzies, Jack Murdock, James O'Connell, Leland Palmer, Christine White; also (uncredited) Robert Foxworth, Wes Parker, Rita Taggart / Director: Robert Butler / Writer: William Bast / Producers: William Bast and John Forbes (Aired: Feb 19, 1976)
- Hollywood Close-Up (syndicated-TV) - James Dean on the twenty-eighth anniversary of his death (Aired: Sept 30, 1983)
- Entertainment Tonight (syndicated-TV) - "The Legend That Won't Die" (Aired: Sept 30, 1985)
- Show Biz Today (CNN-Cable) - A thirtieth anniversary of James Dean's death tribute (Aired: Sept 30, 1985)
- Forever James Dean (Cinemax-Cable; 69 minutes; black & white; documentary) / Cast: (interviews with William Bast, Bob Roth, Frank Worth, Jack Grinnage, Steffi Sidney, Julie Harris, Adeline Nall, Rex Bright, Bob Pulley, Kenneth Kendall, Frank Mazzola, Beverly Long, Corey Allen, George Barris / Narrator: Bob Gunton / Director: Ara Chekmayan / writer: Ara Chekmayan / Producer: Ara Chekmayan (Aired: 1988)
- James Dean - A Portrait(TV?; 55 minutes; color; documentary) Cast: (interviews with Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Graham Nash, Joan Winslow Peacock, Bob Pulley, Rod Steiger, Jayne Meadows, Steve Allen, Don Medford, Eli Wallach, Leonard Rosenman, Katherine Dunham, Dick Van Patten, Monty Roberts, Nick Ray, Floyd McCarty, Corey Allen, Steffi Sidney, Jack Grinnage, Frank Mazzola, George Barris, Beverly Long, Jesse Kornbluth, Lew Bracker / Narrator: Rip Torn / Director: Gary Legon / Writers: Gary Legon and David Dalton / Producers: Gary Legon and Sarah Legon (Aired: 1996)
- James Dean and Me (Learning Channel; 50 minutes; color; documentary) Cast: (interviews with David Dalton, Rod Steiger, Leonard Maltin, Sheila Benson, Martin Landau, Dennis Hopper, Liz Sheridan, Eartha Kitt, Betsy Palmer, Steve Allen, James Sheldon, Dick Van Patten, Leonard Rosenman, Roy Schatt, Marcus Winslow, Jr., Julie Harris, David Anspaugh, Casper Van Dien, Angelo Pizzo, Maxwell Caulfield, Ken Kendall, Dr. James Hopgood, Luke Williams, Jim Davis, Phil Jones, Thommy Burns, Marvin Runyon / Director: Ben Strout / Producer: Tom Alvarez (Aired: August, 1996)
- Dean (London Casino Theatre - London, England. Seven performances) Cast: Glenn Conway as James Dean; also Marc Anthony, Betty Benfield, John Blythe, Robert Booth, Ken Caswell, Jane Egan, Beverly Elman, Lesley Hand, Oscar James, Jill Jarress, Peter Karrie, Murray Kash, Alastair Kerr, Anna Nicholas, Anthony O'Keeffe, Dudley Rogers, Matt Zimmerman. Director: Robert H. Livingstone. Writer: John Howlett. Producer: Steven Bentnick. Music: Robert Campbell (Opened: Aug 30, 1977)
- The Death of James Dean (The Bliss Theatre - Munich, Germany) (Opened: Feb 7, 1981)
- Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (The Martin Beck Theatre - New York City. On Broadway) Cast: Kathy Bates, Karen Black, Sudie Bond, Cher, Sandy Dennis, Marta Heflin, Ruth Miller, Mark Patton, Gena Ramsel, Ann Risley, Dianne Turley Travis. Director: Robert Altman. Writer: Ed Graczyk. Producers: Joel Brykman, Joseph Clapsaddle, Dan Fisher and Jack Lawrence (Opened: Feb 18, 1982)
- James Dean: A Dress Rehearsal (Regional theatre - Denver, Colorado) Cast: Stephen Brannan as James Dean. Writer: Patricia Leone. Producer: Patricia Leone (1984)
- Musical Selections From Rebel: The James Dean Musical (The Eighty-Eights Theatre - New York City (May 15 - June 16, 1989)
- James Dean: The Night Before (The Kafe Kafka Bistro Dinner Theatre - CA) Cast: Wil Hall as James Dean; also Dan Sefton. Director: Dan Sefton. Writer: Dan Sefton. Producer: Dan Sefton (Opened: Nov 18, 1993)
- James Dean: The Boy From Fairmount (Part of the American Classic Summer Theater series at IU-Purdue in Fort Wayne, IN) (June, 1996)
- The James Dean Story (Coral Records, 1956)
- The James Dean Story (Capitol Records, 1957)
- September 30, 1955 (MCA Records, 1977)
- James Dean: He Never Said Goodbye (Caprice Records)
- James Dean on Conga Drums in an Ad-Lib Jam Session (Romeo Records)
- Music James Dean Lived By (Unique Records)
- Theme Music From The James Dean Story (World Pacific Records)
- A Tribute To James Dean (Columbia Records)
- A Tribute To James Dean (MGM Records)
- A Tribute To James Dean (Imperial Records)
- U.S. Postal Service - (Burbank, CA) Nationwide release of the James Dean 32¢ commemorative stamp as part of its "Legends of Hollywood" series. The stamp's image is based on a photograph taken by Roy Schatt. According to figures released by the U.S. Postal Service, the stamp proved to be the "most popular single issue of 1996". (June 24, 1996)
- A Tribute to James Dean - (Samuel Goldwyn Theatre, Beverly Hills, CA) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sponsored an evening of discussion, film clips, and a screening of REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. The guests included Jim Bachus, Bill Bast and Martin Landau (Jan 24, 1983)
- James Dean Day - (Los Angeles, CA) On the thirtiest anniversary of James Dean's death, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared the day to be "James Dean Day". (Sept 30, 1985)
- Museum of Broadcasting Tribute - (Separate ceremonies were held at 1 East 53 Street, New York City and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angels, CA) Highlights included screenings of James Dean's early television appearances. (Feb-Mar, 1986)
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