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“Natalie [Wood] started “Splendor” with the mingled fear and pleasure she had with “Rebel”... She would recall [Elia] Kazan encouraging her, “Don’t be afraid to make a fool of yourself,” to be bold, be free, to “shock herself.”

Natalie Wood and director Elia Kazan photographed behind the scenes of “Splendor in the Grass;” Excerpt from “Natalie Wood” by Suzanne Finstad.

Natalie Wood photographed getting her makeup adjusted behind the scenes of “Gypsy,” 1962.

Natalie Wood photographed by Earl Leaf at her Laurel Canyon home, 1957.

Natalie Wood in a film still from “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.

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

Natalie Wood photographed in between takes of “Love With the Proper Stranger,” 1963. Photo by Bill Ray.

Natalie Wood photographed during the filming of “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice,” 1969.

Natalie Wood photographed sunbathing in between takes of “the Burning Hills,” 1956.

James Dean & Natalie Wood in Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Natalie Wood rehearsing a striptease number for her 1962 film, “Gypsy.”