Then and Now photos by Barry Mcmahon.

Natalie Wood as Judy and Sal Mineo as Plato during Rebel screen tests at Griffith Park Observatory and Barry at same spot in 1997.

Observation Window, Rebel Without A Cause: Jimmy and Sal. Below is Barry in same window 1997.

Blackwell's Corner in 1955, Jimmy's last stop.

After July 1968 fire
 

Barry's 1997 shot

Blackwell's September 30th 2007

 The Cast of Rebel Without A Cause

Above is Schwab's Pharmacy circa 1955. The small building next to it was a diner called "Googies" where Dean spent many late nights with friends Maila Nurmi and Jack Simmons during the shooting of Rebel.

Front of Schwabs next to Googies circa 1976

Same location today at Sunset and Cresent Heights in Hollywood, California.

 James Dean's roomate and UCLA buddy, Bill Bast (Surviving Dean) recommended Jimmy for a job as an Usher in 1951 at CBS Studios (above).  The job was short-lived. Jimmy called the mandatory uniform a "monkeysuit" and hated the job.

The same building below as it appears today at 6121 Sunset in Hollywood. 

Barry walks in Jimmy's foots steps!

Jimmy in Screen test 1955 Rebel Without and Cause and Barry on same spot 1997.

Competition Motors in Jimmy's day and same location during Barry's 1997 vacation to Hollywood from Canada with his son.

Competition Motors 1997

Below is Opening scene, East of Eden in 1997 is a clothing store. In the film is was the bank Cal's Mother visits to deposit cash and gets a compliment from the banker.

At 7:45 am September 30, 1955, James Dean left his house for Salinas. He would never return. The house was at 14611 Sutton Street, Sherman Oaks, California.

Below on the same lot is a new house in progress (1997).

The Finished House 2007

Please consider resident's privacy

 The Knife Fight by the Telescope!

The Telescope in 1997

Barry at the site in 1997! 

The above area at Griffith Park in 1997 is where Jim Stark (James Dean) in Rebel Without A Cause got his 1949 Customized Mercury's tires puntured by Buzz (Corey Allen).

Maila Nurmi (Vampira). Maila was a television hostess of horror films. She would spend many nights with Jimmy during the making of Rebel. Jimmy put her dabblings in the occult to the test by frightening her with his bent toward self-destruction.

Approaching the intersection

The intersection of Highways 41 and 46 (in 1955 466).