Perhaps the most enduring scene in “Giant,” the 1956 movie based on Edna Ferber’s novel of the same name, is the moment when Jett Rink, played by James Dean, strikes oil on his bleak West ...

and the Making of a Classic American Film refers, of course, to Giant, Ferber’s groundbreaking work about the state of Texas that is the basis for the 1956 hit movie starring James Dean ...