Modern Screen (Jan-Nov 1956)

Record Details:

Title:
Modern Screen
Date:
Jan-Nov 1956
Publisher:
Dunellen, N.J. : Syndicate Pub. Co
Volume:
Modern screen
Leaf #:
000250
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2022
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photo by Roy Schatt The editors were so moved by the many, many letters written to us about Jimmy that we wanted to share them with the rest of you. We only regret not being able to print all of them, they were so wonderful Dear Editor: I was the president of a James Dean fan club and I and my members would like a special favor from you. You can imagine how we felt when Jimmy met his painful death recently. You see we felt very close to Jimmy because we used to see him a lot when he was in N. Y. before East Of Eden. 1 would like to tell you he was sweet, kind and good and that is the honest truth. 66 In the December issue of Modern Screen you printed such beautiful photos of him, some of the best ever taken of him. Could you please send us a copy of one — we haven't any pictures of him because he never let us take any. If you only knew how we felt about him you would understand us wanting these pictures. We haven't any pictures at all to remember him by and we never, never want (Continued on page 68) The page, opposite, was Fairmount's farewell to the boy whose tragic death was mourned by the whole country. But to one small Indiana town Jimmy Dean was a teammate, a classmate, a son. Others may write of artistic talent lost, of awards unearned. To Fairmount, this was a beloved friend, who is gone.