r/OldSchoolCool • u/eaglemaxie • 2d ago

1950s James Dean visibly resentful of a studio-mandated date to escort Academy Award-nominated actress Terry Moore to the premiere of Sabrina in Los Angeles, 1954

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u/mivrafox 2d ago

Apparently they had only met the day before. The studio put Dean in a tux and sent them to the premiere together
His face makes a lot more sense with that context

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u/danieljeyn 2d ago

They realized they had to do something to publicly beard his gayness lest rumors start getting around.

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u/Orange-V-Apple 2d ago

He wasn’t gay, he was bi

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u/EclecticLandlady 2d ago

I love this quote, attributed to him in regard to his bi-sexuality, “I’m not going to live with one hand tied behind my back.”

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u/TonginTozz 2d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/8JgN7HzC7CEs8mdJOJ

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u/Any-Cranberry-6305 2d ago

He must've crawled under there for warmth.

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u/Dummydumboop 2d ago

Was he barking?

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u/Jiggerjuice 2d ago

I fell asleep

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u/techman710 2d ago

He went by by.

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u/Orange-V-Apple 2d ago

*bye bye 

Or

*bi bi

Yours is wrong either way :p

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u/lastseenhitchhiking 2d ago

Yep, his most significant relationship was with Pier Angeli.

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u/cavity-canal 2d ago edited 2d ago

80/20 gay/bi

EDIT: damn, guys should really watch season 2 of English teacher. This is a quote from a great ep.

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u/Orange-V-Apple 2d ago

“Purple is 80% blue and 20% purple” type comment 

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u/cavity-canal 2d ago

it’s a quote from a show

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u/CatchAlarming6860 2d ago

Now I understand the color purple a lot better!

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u/Feisty_Swordfish_660 2d ago

Omg is this a reference to English Teacher that no one is understanding

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u/rage__gage 2d ago

omg not the downvotes for quoting a show

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u/HerRoyalRedness 2d ago

The lead of that show was exposed as a rapist, and the redhead woman on the show shamed the victim (who was her then-boyfriend).

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u/daddy_tops 2d ago

Unsubscribe

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u/cavity-canal 2d ago

‘exposed as a rapist’ as if it’s on the same level as Diddy is wild work.

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u/only_zuul21 2d ago

"So you're 10% straight"

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u/2ndprize 2d ago

before like 2007 bi was gay. For dudes, for women that line was probably in like 1991

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u/awry_lynx 2d ago

his quote regarding his sexuality was "I’m not going to live with one hand tied behind my back."

don't erase this man lol

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u/halfsherlock 2d ago

You have to be so careful with this narrative. Bi people exist and shouldn’t be erased. Bi men aren’t “easing” into being gay, and bi women aren’t just playing for male attention.

I don’t think that was your intention with your comment, but bi-erasure and condemnation is so rampant despite the “b” in LGBT being the largest group under the umbrella.

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u/danieljeyn 2d ago

Yeah, yeah. They can downvote me. Whatever.

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u/Scherzoh 2d ago

He preferred a different kind of mandate.

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u/Weaubleau 2d ago

I was going to say, was he gay or something because, c'mon!  Wow!