“Natalie [Wood] Started “Splendor” With The Mingled Fear And Pleasure She Had With “Rebel”...

Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen behind the scenes of “Love With the Proper Stranger,” circa 1963.

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

Natalie Wood photographed for “the Great Race,” 1965.

She always seemed a little tentative, a little frightened. She was sweet and lovely, and I never heard her say a bad word about anybody, but she was not a boisterously happy person. She was kind of delicate, I always felt she was vulnerable, and sensitive,- which she was. Bev Long on Natalie Wood.

Natalie Wood photographed by Earl Leaf at Malibu Beach playing a game during the 1956 Thalian Beach Ball.

Natalie Wood photographed holding a baby bird, 1962.

James Dean and Natalie Wood on the set of Rebel Without A Cause, 1955.

SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, 1961

Natalie Wood photographed by James Dean on the set of Rebel Without a Cause. Upper left: A crew member, also shot by Dean. 

Natalie Wood photographed by Ernst Haas at singing rehearsals for “West Side Story,” circa 1961.