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/naughtyobama 2d ago

She's lived that long precisely because she doesn't give a darn tootin' to things like this

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u/HipsterQueer 2d ago

According to Maila "Vampira" Nurmi's diaries, Terry was a ... a'hem, loose woman. A real, C U Next Tuesday. Then again Maila had the hots for Jimmy.

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u/ScalpelCleaner 2d ago

A woman being catty about a romantic rival? No way!

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u/im_dead_sirius 2d ago

I am reminded by your comment of two best friends, A* and M*, that had the hots for me when I worked in a bar. Both pulled me aside on different occasions to tell me the other had herpes. They were both 18-20, I'd say.

I was 10 years older than them, so I wasn't really interested in either (A* had beautiful silvery-grey eyes though). After hearing/learning that, and considering how they treated "friends", even if both were lying, both were absolutely a no-go zone for a discerning gentleman.

I ran into A* a few years later. She was working as a waitress in a breakfast diner and told me she was a mom now. Her eyes had faded to a flat grey, though she was still in her 20s. I recall thinking "she looks like her mom now", who I vaguely recall having met, and who must have been about 10 years older than me.

Time and memories are weird. I hope their lives turned out fine, one's 20s can be a hard decade.

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u/Rickhwt 2d ago

Meow