Hollywood and The Beats
Oakland 1965
At CCAC one day, McClure introduced me to Russ Tamblyn, an amazing actor, singer and dancer. After seeing him (and others) in West Side Story, I took jazz dancing for over a year while in high school. Therefore, you can imagine how powerful it was to meet him, especially before meeting any of the Beat poets or artists. Russ told me he was not acting but he had become a filmmaker. I did not realize how many Beat actors there were: Russ Tamblyn, Dean Stockwell, James Dean, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn and Peter Coyote are a few that come to mind.