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.
James Dean & Natalie Wood in Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
“She would just hold the knife horizontally across the front of her eyes,” [a friend] recalls, “and move her face up and down so she could see everything on the blade. I thought that was rather cute.” Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad.
NATALIE WOOD and RICHARD BEYMER in WEST SIDE STORY (1961) l love him, l’m his - tomorrow and all of my life.
“She continued to seek solace in her menagerie of pets, including a new bird she named “Gregory Peck-wood,” after her favorite actor.” Natalie Wood by Suzanne Finstad.
We have to be straight about this. Now, I’m beginning to feel something. I am beginning to feel excited. And do you want me to deny that? Natalie Wood as Carol Sanders in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) dir. Paul Mazursky
Natalie Wood photographed during the filming of “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.
Natalie Wood photographed at the Cocoanut Grove Club, 1963.
- Why do you do that? why are you so fanciful? why do you make everything special? -Because it is.
— Natalie Wood in This Property Is Condemned (1966).
Natalie Wood at a director’s guild dinner in Los Angeles, circa 1956.
NATALIE WOOD’S pink party dress in SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS (1961)
Natalie Wood on the set of LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER (1963)
everyone tell me about a romance film scene that makes you feel absolutely insane in the tags please 💕
Natalie Wood in a film still from “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.
happy valentine’s day!
Sex and the Single Girl (1964) dir. Richard Quine
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray
Natalie Wood photographed holding a baby bird, 1962.
“Dear Audrey,
I just wanted to tell you again what a fabulous evening you gave me the night of the premiere of “My Fair Lady.”
Your performance was absolute perfection and I watched your work with great joy and admiration.
You have won my heart and my vote in March.
Love, Natalie”
Natalie Wood’s personalized note to Audrey Hepburn, dated October of 1964. (x)
Natalie Wood photographed attending the premiere of “My Fair Lady,” 1964.
WEST SIDE STORY (1961) — dir. Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins
Natalie Wood photographed by Earl Leaf at her Laurel Canyon home, 1957.
You can wake up now, the universe has ended.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
Natalie Wood in West Side Story (dir. Robert Wise/Jerome Robbins, 1961)
Natalie Wood rehearses “the Sweetheart Tree,” on set of “the Great Race,” 1965.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947), dir. George Seaton
Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to. Don’t you see? It’s not just Kris that’s on trial; it’s everything he stands for. It’s kindness and joy and love and all the other intangibles.