One scene that stuck in my mind from the 1955 viewing was the moment when Dean broke into her office and she wasn't wearing her gloves. As he looked at her gnarled, arthritic hands, she reacted so violently that she yelled repeatedly: "Get out, get out" with such venomous fury. Even if I didn't...
And Julie Harris; and in a very small role, the great Lois Smith, still with us, performing in films and on the stage.
I saw this film in 1955 in Brooklyn, no subtitles, so I just drank those images on a huge screen. Some were etched indelibly in my memory. When I saw it again 10 years later...
Come visit Texas. Things haven't changed. I've been here since '88 and can attest that Giant reflects the Lone Star state very well as it was then and as it is now.