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Gary Cooper. Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, as well as an Academy Honorary Award in 1961 for his career achievements.
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Gary Cooper. Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) [1] was an American actor. Cooper received five Oscar nominations for Best Actor, and won it two times, in 1941 and 1952. He also received an Honorary Award from the Academy in 1961. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cooper among the Greatest Male Stars of ...
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; Mey 7, 1901 – Mey 13, 1961) wis an American film actor. Notit for his stoic, unnerstatit style, Cooper foond success in a nummer o film genres, includin wastrens ( High Noon ), crime ( City Streets ), comedy ( Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ) an drama ( The Pride of the Yankees ).
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Just before America's entry into World War I, Alvin York is a poor, young farmer in rural Tennessee, near the Kentucky border, living with his widowed mother, sister, and brother. Alvin's leisure time is spent fighting and getting drunk with friends. The community's poverty and isolation force them to live a 19th-century lifestyle. Alvin's goal is ...
Sergeant York was a success at the box office and became the highest-grossing film of 1941. It benefited from the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred while the film played in theaters. The film's patriotic theme helped recruit soldiers; young men sometimes went directly from the movie theater to military enlistment offices.:156–157After its init...
At the 14th Academy Awards, the film won two Oscars: 1. Best Actor – Gary Cooper 2. Best Film Editing – William Holmes It was also nominated for: 1. Outstanding Motion Picture – Warner Bros. (Hal B. Wallis and Jesse L. Lasky, producers) 2. Best Director – Howard Hawks 3. Best Supporting Actor – Walter Brennan 4. Best Supporting Actress – Margaret W...
Michael E. Birdwell, Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign against Nazism(NY: New York University Press, 1999)McCarthy, Todd, Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood(NY: Grove Press, 1997), ch. 22: "Sergeant York"Robert Brent Toplin, History by Hollywood: The Use and Abuse of the American Past(Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1996)Sergeant York essay by Donna Ross at National Film RegistrySergeant York at the TCM Movie DatabaseSergeant York at IMDbSergeant York at AllMovieGary Cooper was born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana, one of two sons of an English farmer from Bedfordshire, who later became an American lawyer and judge, Charles Henry Cooper (1865-1946), and Kent-born Alice (née Brazier) Cooper (1873-1967).
Jan 18, 2019 · Gary Cooper's stardom faded somewhat in the late 1930s, but he came roaring back in 1941 when he appeared in the title role of World War I hero "Sergeant York" and the lead in Frank Capra's anti-corruption classic "Meet John Doe." "Sergeant York" was the top money-making film of the year and earned Gary Cooper his first Academy Award for Best ...
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