Natalie Wood In A Film Still For “Splendor In The Grass,” 1961.

Natalie Wood photographed with a guinea pig behind the scenes of “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.

“She was incredibly sweet, left me thinking what a lovely person she was, and I felt genuinely attracted to her.” - Richard Beymer on Natalie Wood

“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.”

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961) “The way Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty are carrying on, it’s a wonder they have time to eat.” - Dorothy Kilgallen

“She had a great sense of humor. Her humor was cute, really cute. There was nothing stuck-up about Natalie. She never had the attitude of a movie star—and I have seen some mean divas. I was spoiled by Natalie. Like I said, she was my first star. I thought all the rest of the stars would be like that, but they never were. They never were. . . .”

Photographer Michael Childers on Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood rehearses “the Sweetheart Tree,” on set of “the Great Race,” 1965.

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, 1961

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) dir. George Seaton

Dominick, I really owe you an apology, you know? I really do. All this time, I’ve been blaming you for everything. You ruining my life and all that. Well, that’s over now. You know why I’ve never been able to leave home? I just suddenly figured it out. Very complicated. I was scared. And I’m not scared anymore. I’m terrified. Funny?

NATALIE WOOD as Angie Rossini in Love with the Perfect Stranger (1963) dir. Robert Mulligan

Natalie Wood at the Cannes Film Festival (by Paul Schutzer. France, 1962).