As revealed by Robert Osborne on a TCM airing of this installment, both Paul Lukas and Mary Astor (Oscar-winners in their own right) found working with Method-acting adherent James Dean troublesome. He would mumble lines and ad-lib during rehearsals, "saving" his performance for the live broadcast. In Astor's autobiography, she quoted Austrian Lukas as having referred to Dean "dat inconsiderate vhippersnapper!"
End credits: The United States Steel Hour; We Salute The YWMC's 100th Birthday...Forever Young and Brave.