Of All The Gin Joints – guest post by actor and author Rick Lenz

I was in school when James Dean died. It seemed like such a big deal. He only made three movies, but he got through to millions of young people on a gut level, far beyond what the usual Hollywood hype could have generated. A few years after acting with John Wayne, another star who had risen into something approaching mythological status, it occurred to me how cool it would be to bring them together into one story. Since they never worked together, I had to find a meeting ground. A lost film work...