DIED ON THIS DAY: NATALIE WOOD (NOVEMBER 29, 1981)
Natalie Wood drowned on this day 40 years ago. Her death is one of Hollywoodβs most enduring mysteries.
BOTD: NATALIE WOOD (July 20, 1938)
BOTD: Natalie Wood would be 83 today, July 20. Tomorrow morning I leave for Catalina Island to retrace Natalie Wood's last steps and Marilyn Monroe's first. I hope to get a lot of really great footage for my next video "The Drowning of Natalie Wood" (Episode 8). Be sure to catch on the 1-7.
Sal Mineo: Hollywood's First Gay Teenager (Episode 3)
Forty-five years ago, on February 12, 1976, "Rebel Without a Cause" actor Sal Mineo was murdered outside his carport in West Hollywood, CA. Go behind the sign to the alleyway where the Switchblade Kid met his match. I hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it. Like and Subscribe to my channel!
45 YEARS AGO TONIGHT...
Forty-five years ago, on February 12, 1976, "Rebel Without a Cause" actor Sal Mineo was murdered outside his carport in West Hollywood, CA. Go behind the sign to the alleyway where the Switchblade Kid met his match. I hope you guys enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it. Like and Subscribe to my Youtube channel!
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ISSUE No. 1: Sal Mineo
Hollywoodβs βFirst Gay Teenager,β Sal Mineo, was born on this day in 1939. Ahead of his time and taken way too soon. Sal was the youngest person nominated for an Academy Award for 1955βs βRebel Without a Causeβ where Sal played Plato, a lonely gay teenager in 1950βs America. He was nominated once again a few years later for his role in βExodusβ - the epic film on the founding of the modern State of Israel. By the early 1960s, Sal was becoming too old to play the type of role that had made him famous, and his rumored homosexuality led to his being considered inappropriate for leading roles. Sal's last role in a motion picture was a small part in the film Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); he played the chimpanzee, Dr. Milo. In a 1972 interview, Sal openly discussed his bisexuality. At the time of his murder, he was in a six-year relationship with male actor Courtney Burr III. On the night of February 12, 1976, the actor returned home following a rehearsal for the play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. After parking his car in the carport below his West Hollywood apartment, the 37-year-old was stabbed once in the heart by a mugger who quickly fled the scene. Police pursued multiple leads but assumed the crime to be the result of some sort of βhomosexual motivation.β In March of 1979, Lionel Ray Williams was sentenced to 57 years in prison for both killing Mineo and committing ten robberies in the same area. Lionel was paroled in the 1990s. CLICK HERE for the issue that started it all DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: SAL MINEO (Issue no. 1).
BOTD: SAL MINEO (Jan. 10, 1939)
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HERE LIES NATALIE WOOD. OUT NOW!
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DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: ALL ROADS LEAD TO DEAN (Issue 27)
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Natalie Wood: A Slideshow (November 29)
I have some exciting news to announce. I will be presenting a unique slideshow on the life of Hollywood actress Natalie Wood on the anniversary of her death!
The American Teenager: Natalie Wood
βRebel Without a Causeβ defined both popular and youth culture upon its release in 1955, giving voice to the American teenager of the 1950βs. Even though Wood has starred in 20 films before turning 16, she is desperate to transition to adult roles. She sees the part of Judy as her ticket into adulthood. Complicating matters is that every actress from Debbie Reynolds to Jayne Mansfield is being considered for the role. Wood's mother pushes her into "dating" the 44-year-old "Rebel" director, Nicholas Ray - her mother waits in the car during Wood and Ray's romps at the Chateau Marmont. Sleeping with the director doesn't even work! It's not until a drunken car crash on Laurel Canyon with Dennis Hopper that Ray to cast considers Wood for the role. Ray visits Wood at the hospital, where the doctor calls Wood a "goddamn juvenile delinquent." Wood yells: "Did you hear what he called me, Nick? He called me a goddamn juvenile delinquent! Now do I get the part?" Wood deserves the credit for transforming Rayβs vision of Woodβs character Judy from a trashy teen to a confused, hurt kid like Wood herself.
Seeing Stars
"There's the Hollywood sign; there's Griffith Observatory; there's the great, amazing Los Angeles Basin. It's 465 square miles of insanity and the best food on the planet." -Robert Crais
James Dean on the set of βRebel Without a Causeβ at the Griffith Observatory.