The Story of James Dean and the Shamrock Hotel

from Texas Standard » Stories from Texas · host W.F. Strong

James Dean – in the movie “Giant” – tells Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor that he has struck oil. And not only that, it’s payback time. James Dean was playing Jett Rink, a hard drinkin’, brawlin’, tough-talkin’ uncultured Texas wildcatter who struck it rich. But everybody in Texas knew that he was really playing Glen […] The post The Story of James Dean and the Shamrock Hotel appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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