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1955 studio publicity portrait of James Dean for the 1956 Warner Bros. film 'Giant.'

James Dean Gallery back in star’s Ind. hometown

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
1955 studio publicity portrait of James Dean for the 1956 Warner Bros. film 'Giant.'
1955 studio publicity portrait of James Dean for the 1956 Warner Bros. film ‘Giant.’

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. (AP) – A gallery devoted to the life of James Dean is back in the Hollywood icon’s Indiana hometown a quarter of a century after it opened its doors.

The James Dean Gallery has moved twice since it opened in Fairmount in 1988, but it’s now back in a Victorian home in the town about midway between Fort Wayne and Indianapolis.

Owners David Loehr and Lenny Prussack moved the gallery back to Fairmount after a move to a site in Gas City shortly before the recession left Loehr saddled with debt.

Loehr tells The News-Sentinel he now feels like he’s starting all over.

He sold some of his big-ticket Dean memorabilia to pay off his debts, but the gallery still contains plenty of items.

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Information from: The News-Sentinel, http://www.news-sentinel.com

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1955 studio publicity portrait of James Dean for the 1956 Warner Bros. film 'Giant.'
1955 studio publicity portrait of James Dean for the 1956 Warner Bros. film ‘Giant.’