Edna Ferber did not want James Dean to play Jett Rink, the brutish ranch hand turned dissolute millionaire oil magnate from her 1952 novel “Giant.” ‘ She had imagined someone brawnier for the movie ...
Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film, a new book by Edna Ferber’s great-niece Julie Gilbert, is out now and offers an intimate look into ...