d less attention outside California is indicated in the stories themselves. The AP version notes that Dean had only starred in one released film at the time of his death--East of Eden. He had also starred in Rebel Without a Cause, which was not yet released, and Giant, which he had just completed. He was therefore not the kind of star he would be within a few months when his other two films were in theaters. Indeed, it may be that those films were as successful and affecting as they were because the audience knew of his death and considered him a tragic figure. The Houston Post indicates much the same thing:
Dean shot to film prominence with the leading role in John Steinbeck's East of Eden. He had been working for several months on the as yet uncompleted Giant, film version of Edna Ferber's book about Texas.
The paper finds a relationship to its locale in Texas to feature at the last of the story.
The story in The Houston Post is on the front page in
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