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/outlier74 2d ago edited 2d ago

He looks like I did when I was persuaded into taking a girl I really didn’t want to go with to my junior prom. My mother didn’t like the look on my face when we were taking pictures and took me into the back yard and whisper bitched me out. She said “You wanted to go with someone else but you were too afraid to ask her. That’s not this girl’s fault. You WILL treat her like a lady! You can wipe that God Damn look off your face!”

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u/Gabagooligan99 1d ago

Have you ever seen Mad Men? There is a quote there along the lines of “sometimes you gotta dance with the one that brung ya”

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u/outlier74 1d ago

That is a very old saying and I danced only with her that night.