Natalie Wood only starred in original productions.
She was known for her screen roles in Miracle on 34th Street , Splendor in the Grass , Rebel Without a Cause , The Searchers , and West Side Story .	Miracle on 34th Street	Miracle on 34th Street	Splendor in the Grass	Splendor in the Grass	Rebel Without a Cause	Rebel Without a Cause	The Searchers	The Searchers (film)	West Side Story	West Side Story (film)
The Searchers is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford , based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May , set during the Texas -- Indian Wars , and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece -LRB- Natalie Wood -RRB- , accompanied by his adoptive nephew -LRB- Jeffrey Hunter -RRB- .	John Ford	John Ford	Alan Le May	Alan Le May	John Wayne	John Wayne	Jeffrey Hunter	Jeffrey Hunter	Natalie Wood	Natalie Wood	Technicolor	Technicolor	VistaVision	VistaVision	Western	Western (genre)	Civil War	American Civil War
The film is an adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name , which in turn was inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet .	musical	Musical film	adaptation	Film adaptation	Broadway	Broadway theatre	musical of the same name	West Side Story	William Shakespeare	William Shakespeare	Romeo and Juliet	Romeo and Juliet
