Rebel Without A Cause In Los Angeles
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Although hundreds of films, television shows, and commercials have used the picturesque surroundings of Griffith Observatory, none have featured the building more prominently or brought as much international attention as the Warner Brothers production of Rebel Without a Cause in 1955.
When Jim, Judy, and Pluto run away to an abandoned mansion, they actually sought temporary refuge in the now demolished Getty Mansion that was once located at 641 S. Irving Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.
The mansion 'near the Observatory', in which Jim, Plato (Sal Mineo) and Judy (Natalie Wood) play house in the 'sunken nursery', was the old Getty Mansion used in Sunset Boulevard, which stood at 641 Irving Boulevard at Wilshire Boulevard, midtown Los Angeles – and, no, it couldn't be seen from the Observatory.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) – This classic film starring James Dean features several scenes filmed at the Griffith Observatory, including the famous scene on the observatory steps.
"You're tearing me apart!" Taken from an early scene in "Rebel Without a Cau... I was a teenager the first time I watched Rebel. Jim Stark said it for me: “If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace.
The film was banned in New Zealand in 1955 by Chief Censor Gordon Mirams, out of fears that it would incite "teenage delinquency", only to be released on appeal the following year with scenes cut and an R16 rating.
When Jim, Judy, and Pluto run away to an abandoned mansion, they actually sought temporary refuge in the now demolished Getty Mansion that was once located at 641 S. Irving Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA.
"You're tearing me apart!" Taken from an early scene in "Rebel Without a Cause," this is one of Jimmy's most famous film quotes. Which of James Dean's movie lines are you drawn to when thinking of him? ?: "Rebel Without a Cause" (Warner Bros.)
CinemaScope in Rebel Without a Cause is exploited primarily to express the themes of loneliness, connection, intellectual level and power of the film's characters, through the use of extremely wide spaces and the position of characters in them, but also, being less important for Ray, spectacularly: showing the Los ...
