CoopsGal

No problem! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159369/ IMDB - Internet Movie Database; just type in the title at the top. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000011/

lol, This is the best I've got, but it isn't a smiley....*ahem* she's SMILING though: Ooooops,

lol, Yes! Just like that! *Sigh* I know I'm strange...I'm the only one who has Clark Gable as a smiley...though I have Gary, too!

lol, Thanks! For some strange reason it reminds me of Gable! I haven't the faintest idea as to why

Wow, I loved that email, Dan. Now I wanna see it ASAP! I still wish I knew if it would be released on DVD or shown on television (and on which channel). The reason I keep thinking it's going to be shown on television is because they've played so many specials that aren't available ANYWHERE on DVD; like the Martin and Lewis show. I do hope they release it out to DVD; although, with my luck I probably couldn't find it in any stores and I don't think Wal*Mart would have it (sick joke, I know). Oh well, I guess I have a few months yet to get my bearings. I'll keep my ears open

Thank you so much!

"That book by Kirk Douglas has really piqued my curiosity! I might try to look it up in the library." Once you get it, Miss G, let me know! 'Cause I'd like to get it as well, but I don't have the money quite yet...

Echo...echo...echo... Hiya Shearer

Absolutely. I thought it was very sincere as well; I mean, the two looked so happy together. though I know appearances can be decieving, these two reeked of love. It's sad that his mother told her something like that; the woman has a right to be angry at the mother! But I heard somewhere that he was a momma's boy, so maybe he did take sides with her... That's what really irritates me about this whole thing; I'm obsessed with details, I love getting the scoop on these people's lives, but the sad part is...I'll never truly know--none of us will truly know what really happend or what was really said, because that time has already passed, and those who know the truth are already dead. There will always be speculation, but I guess our job is to stick as close to the truth as possible and share it with others, trying not to lead any others astray with weirdos like the folks on IMDB... I think that's why I appreciate this thread more than any others, because this place is where the true fans hang out....others are liable to be a place where the weirdos hang out, just to irritate and stir up strife between each other. Again, I'm rambling on, I know. I just wanted to say I appreciate you guys...it's so wonderful to come to a place and actually talk about Gary; not a lot of places allow just one topic, and such a wonderful topic he is

A few Gary Cooper quotes... "He was a student of human nature. Natural and unassuming, he could spot a phony across a country mile. It was said of Gary Cooper that ten minutes after meeting the man, you felt he'd been your friend for years. And once he was your friend, he was your friend for life." -- John Mulholland "You're positive he's going to ruin your picture. I froze in my tracks the first time I directed him. I thought something was wrong with him, and I saw a million dollar production go glimmering. I was amazed at the results on the screen. What I thought was underplaying turned out to be just the right approach. On the screen he's perfect, yet on the set you'd swear it's the worst job of acting in the history of motion pictures." -- Director Sam Wood He was tall, lean, handsome, soft-spoken, courteous, the American male. No other actor in the history of film so personified the ideal of the American male as Gary Cooper. For 35 years and 92 films, Gary Cooper was America's Everyman. -- John Mulholland "Gary Cooper was the symbol of trust, confidence and protection. He is dead now. What a miracle that he existed." -- Upon his death in 1961, the German newspaper Die Welt said it best. "Perhaps with him there is ended a certain America: that of the frontier and of innocence which had or was believed to have an exact sense of the dividing line between good and evil." -- Rome newspaper Corriere Della Sera "I'm not good enough for him, I know that. But I tried to make him happy. I did make him happy. I would have done anything in the world for him. His mother--I hope she never cries the tears that I have cried. I hope she never knows the suffering I have known. I don't hate her, that much. She said I wasn't good enough for Gary. She told him that when I was in New York, I was seeing other men. She told him that I wasn't faithful to him. He believed what she told him." -- Actress Lupe Velez "He was a poet of the real. He knew all about cows, bulls, cars, and ocean tides. He had the enthusiasm of a boy. He could always tell you his first vivid impression of a thing. He had an old-fashioned politeness, but he said nothing casually." -- Poet Clifford Odetts "I liked Gary very much, but you know...He was a doll, he really was, a very nice guy...Gary was very nice, but the women were so crazy about him. ' More than any other man I knew. I think what attracted people was he had a great shyness, he kept pulling back, and it intrigued people. He really was a very quiet, quiet guy." -- Evelyn Brent Whomever he played -- soldier, cowboy, adventurer, lounge lizard, lover -- Gary Cooper became that character. The artistry was seamless, so natural that it was impossible to tell where the man left off and the actor began. As Charles Laughton put it: "We act, he is." John Barrymore put it another way: "This fellow is the world's greatest actor. He does without effort what the rest of us spend our lives trying to learn - namely to be natural." -- John Mulholland "His death left a void no other actor can fill." -- Gary Cooper biographer Homer Dickens

I'd have to agree with Dan on the list of movies; but the reason why I think they wore makeup back then was because the film is so light and such, that they needed lipstick so their lips would show up; and their eyes had mascara so the intensity of emotion would show up more. I mean, I know that's why a lot of women wear makeup, to bring out the intensity of their eyes, make it more dramatic looking. Otherwise, they blend into the rest of the face and hide the emotion. It probably makes no sense at all, that's just how I figure it.

Wow, I don't think it's possible (for me) to choose just one favorite... Though watch out; those who watch a movie or two are bound to become die hard fans

No, actually that was Angie. She scanned the image; but I also found another version. I thought it was interesting... The Bio Channel is airing Gary's biography on the 28th...I may have to buy the channel, but that's $15 for a bio I may already have...

Does anyone here have the BIO channel?

Awww, you're welcome girls! I can't get enough of these photos myself...he's just so....*sigh* perfect

*Dies*

You're welcome, Miss G! I got it from "The Films of Gary Cooper"; it really is very helpful in times like these

lol, I love the tub scene; my mom was like, "what IS this?!" It's Gary in a kilt, mother...isn't he purdy. She was like..."wow, yeah, he really is!" But I thought this movie was hilarious; with kilt and all. I can't wait to get the rest of the DVDs that are due out soon; thanks so much for the information, Dan! "Although Cooper thought this filmization of Barrie's play to be a "woman's picture," (could it quite possibly have been because of that kilt?) he gave one of his best performances as the ne'er-do-well kiltie. Beryl Mercer, who originated the role in the 1920 Broadway version, recreated her role with the right touches of humor and pathos. Richard Wallace, fresh from his success with The Shopworn Angel, was assigned on Seven Days Leave by John Cromwell, who later directed Cooper in The Texan. Mordaunt Hall in The New York Times noted, 'Miss Mercer's performance is faultless. And there is no failing to find with Mr. Cooper's impersonation, for, as in his other films, he lends a lifelike quality to the role.' Richard Watts, Jr., in the New York Herald Tribune, wrote, 'The portrayal of Gary Cooper is a bit puzzling. He constantly underplays his roles, with the result that you frequently feel that he is injuring the production, and yet he is so attractive a player and, in his later emotional scenes, so enormously real and honest, that you realize in the end how helpful he has been.' Martin Dickstein in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle told his readers, "Gary Cooper's characterization of the soldier is a faultless exhibition, which, coming so soon after his magnificent performance in The Virginian, must establish this player as one of the most satisfying actors on the audible screen.' Seven Days Leave was one of the earliest of Paramount's 'all-talking' films, and during production was called Medals. It was completed in the early months of 1929 but was not, however, released to the public until January of 1930." ---Homer Dickens

When will Gary's MGM set be released? I know this sounds absolutely rediculous and silly, but I was just looking through some photos and noticed the photo of Gary and Tallulah's outfits in "Make me a Star" looked a little similar to "Devil and the Deep"; well, I flipped a page further and noticed, "HA! That little cameo was seriously in between takes for Devil and the Deep. Same clothes, same year, same stars." Again, I know it may not seem uncommon, but I found it amusing

"He was a student of human nature. Natural and unassuming, he could spot a phony across a country mile. It was said of Gary Cooper that ten minutes after meeting the man, you felt he'd been your friend for years. And once he was your friend, he was your friend for life." -- John Mulholland He was tall, lean, handsome, soft-spoken, courteous, the American male. No other actor in the history of film so personified the ideal of the American male as Gary Cooper. For 35 years and 92 films, Gary Cooper was America's Everyman. -- John Mulholland "Gary Cooper was the symbol of trust, confidence and protection. He is dead now. What a miracle that he existed." -- Upon his death in 1961, the German newspaper Die Welt said it best. "Perhaps with him there is ended a certain America: that of the frontier and of innocence which had or was believed to have an exact sense of the dividing line between good and evil." -- Rome newspaper Corriere Della Sera "I'm not good enough for him, I know that. But I tried to make him happy. I did make him happy. I would have done anything in the world for him. His mother--I hope she never cries the tears that I have cried. I hope she never knows the suffering I have known. I don't hate her, that much. She said I wasn't good enough for Gary. She told him that when I was in New York, I was seeing other men. She told him that I wasn't faithful to him. He believed what she told him." -- Actress Lupe Velez "He was a poet of the real. He knew all about cows, bulls, cars, and ocean tides. He had the enthusiasm of a boy. He could always tell you his first vivid impression of a thing. He had an old-fashioned politeness, but he said nothing casually." -- Poet Clifford Odetts "I liked Gary very much, but you know...He was a doll, he really was, a very nice guy...Gary was very nice, but the women were so crazy about him. More than any other man I knew. I think what attracted people was he had a great shyness, he kept pulling back, and it intrigued people. He really was a very quiet, quiet guy." -- Evelyn Brent Whomever he played -- soldier, cowboy, adventurer, lounge lizard, lover -- Gary Cooper became that character. The artistry was seamless, so natural that it was impossible to tell where the man left off and the actor began. As Charles Laughton put it: "We act, he is." John Barrymore put it another way: "This fellow is the world's greatest actor. He does without effort what the rest of us spend our lives trying to learn - namely to be natural." -- John Mulholland

"If there'd been no Coop, Hemingway would've had to invent him." Alistair Cooke On paper, the friendship between these two celebrated American icons would seem to have been impossible. But Coop and ?Papa? became the best of friends, right up to their deaths seven weeks apart in 1961. Today, 40 years after their deaths, their intriguing and at times contentious friendship ? which roamed from Idaho and New York to Cuba and Paris -- resonates on fascinating and diverse levels. And, as the extraordinary popularity of "Saving Private Ryan" proved, Americans are looking back to another time to understand what real heroism is, to come to grips with what courage means. Ernest Hemingway and Gary Cooper dealt with this very subject, as no one had before, as no one has since. Hemingway?s fiction and Cooper?s persona was not about masculinity as a one-note, smash-mouth force of nature; rather, it was about the self-respect that comes from comporting oneself with courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But COOPER AND HEMINGWAY: THE TRUE GEN is far more than just a study of these two extraordinary men. It is also a study of America in this century. For their internationally renowned careers were played out over the same five turbulent decades. For 35 years, through the hedonistic 20s ... the grim Depression 30s ... the war-ravaged 40s ... and the deceptively slumbering 50s, their public and private lives connected, parted, reconnected, intertwined, over-lapped, and collided ... ... Smack into the erupting 60s ? a decade which challenged many of the very ideals and precepts which both men so prominently represented. Their torch was passed to a generation with new ideas about masculinity and heroism. And yet, with the popularity of "Saving Private Ryan" on film and Stephen Ambrose?s Citizen Soldiers and Tom Brokaw?s Greatest Generation on the page -- and all that their popularity says about a new look at heroism and masculinity -- perhaps Cooper and Hemingway hadn?t so much passed the torch, as merely lent it. http://www.cooperandhemingway.com Release date for Documentary: September 15, 2007. (Years in the making)