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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated July 25, 1961 reads "Remember the 'chicken race' in 'Rebel Without a Cause?' Here, in order to give his part more authenticity, Les Wieder, 18 of North Hollywood, foreground, swerves to avoid colliding with the car driven by Mike Hardstack, 18, who takes James Dean's movie role in the North Hollywood Playhouse production of 'Rebel.' The frightened little gal in that car is Linda Henning, a 16-year-old Toluca Lake actress who looks scared silly even though neither car was really moving. (That's show biz.) They didn't want to risk ramming each other and CERTAINLY didn't want to drive off the story's cliff, figuring no one would be out of the hospital by the Aug. 4 opening of the smash drama."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Teenagers--California--San Fernando Valley Actors--California--San Fernando Valley Automobiles--California--San Fernando Valley Cigarettes--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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