dreaminginthedeepsouth:Follies of GodPhoto of Barbara Baxley and James Dean on the set of “Eas

dreaminginthedeepsouth:

Follies of God

Photo of Barbara Baxley and James Dean on the set of “East of Eden”

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“There is not enough cocaine in the world that could provide as much energy and wild happiness as that set [of “East of Eden”], those people, that feeling that everything was possible. [Elia] Kazan gave us freedom and Jimmy [Dean] was the bright comet we all had prayed we could be, or that we could be near.“

–Barbara Baxley/Interview with James Grissom