Natalie Wood, and Natalie with James Dean's close friend and former New York roommate Perry Lopez, at a party held at the Director’s Guild of America building on Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles, photos by Earl Leaf, June 5th, 1955. Jimmy introduced Perry to director Nicholas Ray while the screenplay for Rebel Without a Cause was being worked on, believing Lopez, who grew up in a rough, gang-riddled section of East Harlem, could provide insight derived from his experiences. Perry frequently visited Jimmy on the set of Rebel Without a Cause while the film was being shot in the spring of 1955, and his friendship with Natalie, who also starred in the movie with Dean and Sal Mineo, blossomed while he was there.
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