“Natalie Spoke With Brides Magazine On Set [of Kings Go Forth] And Admitted That She Listened Only

Natalie Wood photographed in 1945 by Martha Holmes and in 1960 by Allan Grant. 

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Sex and the Single Girl (1964) dir. Richard Quine

Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas in voice lessons for “West Side Story,” 1960.

Natalie Wood photographed during a telephone conversation. Bill Ray, 1963.

“In July, [Frank] Sinatra cohosted with R.J. an extravagant surprise twenty-first birthday party for Natalie at Romanoff’s, serenading her in song with Dean Martin.”

Excerpt from Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad; Natalie Wood photographed at her 21st birthday party, 1959.

He arrived late for the first rehearsal, roaring in on his motorcycle, dressed in jeans, a dirty T-shirt, and a large safety pin holding his fly together. “He was exactly what I expected. A junior version of Marlon Brando. He mumbled so you could hardly hear what he was saying, and he seemed very exotic and eccentric and attractive.” Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad.

Sex and the Single Girl | 1964 dir. Richard Quine

Natalie Wood photographed attending the premiere of “My Fair Lady,” 1964.

Natalie Wood photographed in the French countryside during the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.