Natalie Wood Photographed By Bill Ray On A Phone Call While The Artist Don Bachardi, “immortalizes

“The next day, she ... went to see Dean in “East of Eden,” which had opened at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. “She walked out and said, ‘I’m gonna marry him.’ Natalie later admitted she had ‘a big crush’ on Dean. “I remember going with my school girlfriends to see East of Eden like fifteen times, sitting there sobbing when he tried to give the money to his father. We knew every word by heart.”

Natalie Wood in a film still from “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.

Natalie Wood photographed in London by Terry O’Neil for Vogue, circa 1966.

Natalie Wood photographed by Bill Ray for Life Magazine, 1963.

Natalie Wood photographed in between takes of “Love With the Proper Stranger,” 1963. Photo by Bill Ray.

Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray

Natalie Wood and her newborn daughter Natasha photographed by Orlando Suero, 1970.

Caption from LIFE. "Natalie’s big brown-black eyes grow larger with delight seeing costumes sketched by Edith Head for Sex and the Single Girl.“

Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Nick Adams review their notes behind the scenes of “Rebel Without a Cause,” 1955.

Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind… and that’s what’s been changing. That’s why I’m glad I’m here, maybe I can do something about it. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) dir. George Seaton