Any Gary Cooper Fans?

[CineMaven]

Monday nite at the Lighthouse International on 59th Street in Manhattan, (an organization that deals with the blind) they showed "Hollywood Home Movies." Among the scenes showed during the two hour program, one lady brought movies taken back in the 30's by her Uncle Cedric Gibbons and his wife, her aunt Dolores Del Rio. Her parents were in the home movies too. She was tall statuesque and dressed to the nines in white slacks and blue blazer. She got a big round of applause when she was introduced. Her name is Maria Cooper Janis and she was Gary Cooper's daughter. Whoa!!!

[CineMaven]

Monday nite at the Lighthouse International on 59th Street in Manhattan, (an organization that deals with the blind) they showed "Hollywood Home Movies." Among the scenes showed during the two hour program, one lady brought movies taken back in the 30's by her Uncle Cedric Gibbons and his wife, her aunt Dolores Del Rio. Her parents were in the home movies too. She was tall statuesque and dressed to the nines in white slacks and blue blazer. She got a big round of applause when she was introduced. Her name is Maria Cooper Janis and she was Gary Cooper's daughter. Whoa!!!

[Senta]

Hi Angie, Thanks for the article, it is very interesting what he says about The Fountainhead.

[coopsgirl]

April:

 

I noticed the April Showers thing too and thought it was funny. I didn?t notice though that Alan Ladd and Gary are the same height in that pic. Clearly, there is something going on there. Maybe it's a forced perspective thing and Gary's really far away from the camera so they appear the same height .

 

Jenny:

 

*Wow. Great article. It's interesting that he sense the Fountainhead would illicit strong reactions for and against and that's what made him do it. I wonder if he felt the same about High Noon?*

 

I just think it?s sad that his wife suggested he make *The Fountainhead* and that?s where he met Patricia Neal which started several years of troubled times for all three of them.

 

That?s an interesting question about *High Noon*. At the time, Westerns still weren?t taken very seriously by the critics. The movie goers loved them but they kinda had the same image as sci-fi and horror films; fun movies the public liked but were not usually taken too seriously by the Academy or critics.

 

Of course, it ended up being hugely successful and was praised by critics. I think if circumstances had been different it could have won Best Picture for that year. Westerns didn?t win a lot of Oscars back then and also the controversy around screenwriter Carl Foreman may have put voters off. I read too that they may have given the award to *Greatest Show on Earth* b/c it was looking like it might be DeMille?s last chance to have a film win Best Picture which is just ridiculous. Give it to who you think deserves it (which is still very subjective), not out of pity.

 

I would say *High Noon?s* only real competition that year was *Singing in the Rain* which didn?t even get a nomination. I would give it to *High Noon* though b/c as much as I love *SitR*, the Broadway Melody scene drags the film to a near halt for me and *High Noon* doesn?t have anything that isn?t necessary and is a very well made film which the Academy did recognize with a Best Editing award at least.

 

 

I also liked in the article where Gary talked about Hollywood?s image of the movie going public as a bunch of 12 year olds. I thought that was kinda spooky since that seems to be the demographic many movies are geared toward today . He pointed out the adults just don?t write a lot of fan letters but they do go to the movies in droves. I loved how he said Hollywood often underrates the intelligence of people they say are from ?the sticks?. Where I grew up is the absolute personification of living in the sticks (or the boonies as we also called it) and we?re regular people too. Yeah I have eaten fried squirrel but still, I?m just like everybody else .

 

I'm pretty sure I would freak out if was just walking down the street in my little town and I saw Gary Cooper walking my way. I laughed when it said the girls turned around and followed him .

[MissGoddess]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}

> Monday nite at the Lighthouse International on 59th Street in Manhattan, (an organization that deals with the blind) they showed "Hollywood Home Movies." Among the scenes showed during the two hour program, one lady brought movies taken back in the 30's by her Uncle Cedric Gibbons and his wife, her aunt Dolores Del Rio. Her parents were in the home movies too. She was tall statuesque and dressed to the nines in white slacks and blue blazer. She got a big round of applause when she was introduced. Her name is Maria Cooper Janis and she was Gary Cooper's daughter. Whoa!!!

 

I was supposed to go to that myself and at the last minute something came up. Wasn't

there supposed to be a home movie shown with Gary and Marlene Dietrich? I reckon that's

why Maria was there.

[coopsgirl]

That stinks that you missed it April.

 

I heard this new song from Brad Paisley and it cracked me up. This is so Gary .

 

*I'm Still a Guy*

 

When you see a deer you see Bambi, and I see antlers up on the wall.

When you see a lake you think picnics,and I see a large

mouth up under that log.

You're probably thinkin that you're gonna change me. In some ways well maybe you might.

Scrub me down, dress me up, oh but no matter what, remember I'm still a guy.

 

When you see a priceless French painting, I see a drunk naked girl.

You think that riding a wild bull sounds crazy, and I'd like to give it a whirl.

Well love makes a man do some things he ain't proud of and in weak moment I might, walk your sissy

dog,hold your purse at the mall, but remember I'm still a guy.

 

I'll pour out my heart, hold your hand in the car, write a love song that makes you cry.

Then turn right around knock some jerk to the ground 'cause he copped a feel as you walked by.

 

 

I can hear you now talkin to your friends, sayin, "Yeah girls he's come a long way from draggin his knuckles and carryin a club and buildin a fire in a cave."

But when you say a back rub means only a back rub and you swat my hand when I try. Well,at

the end of the day all I can say is,"Honey,I'm still a guy."

 

I'll pour out my heart, hold your hand in the car, write a love song that makes you cry. Then turn right around knock some jerk to the ground 'cause he copped a feel as you walked by.

 

These days there's dudes gettin facials, manicured, waxed, and botoxed. With deep spray-on tans and creamy lotiony hands, you can't grip a tackle box.

 

Yeah,with all of these men lining up to get neutered, it's hip now to be feminized. I don't highlight my hair. I've still got a pair. Yeah, honey I'm still a guy.

 

Oh, my eyebrows ain't plucked there's a gun in my truck. Oh, thank god, I'm still a guy.

[MissGoddess]

ha ha haaaaaaa!!!! those lyrics broke me up! is that country song? I never heard of the singer....

[coopsgirl]

Yeah he?s a country singer and he?s been around for several years and has won a few awards. He has some serious songs but his funny ones like this one are what he?s more famous for b/c they?re always really good.

[Jennythenipper]

The whole Gary Cooper and small towns thing got me to thinking about gary and his hometown, Helena, Montana. It's one of my favorite places. It's a small town, looks like a storybook western town since it's built into the hills and canyons. It's also the state capital so it's got a touch of the urbane about it as well, just like Gary. I've often been amazed thinking that both Gary Cooper and Myrna Loy came from the same tiny place in the middle of nowhere. A year or so ago, some Cooper owned ranch land outside Helena came up for sale. I really wanted it, but I think my husband and I both realized in the end it was a lot of money for a piece of property we'd hardly ever get a chance to enjoy until we were retired. Still, though it was fun to daydream...

[coopsgirl]

I want to go to Helena so bad!! . That's neat that y'all almost bought that land. Y'all sound like me, too practical to do anyything that's really out there. It's nice to hear that it's kinda the way I picture it. I think it's crazy too that two big movie stars both came from the same town in a state that isn't even that heavily populated, especially back then when there just weren't as many people around as there are now. I've read too that Helena was pretty ahead of its time when he was growing up there and it sounds like it was and still is a pretty nice place.

 

I liked your blog entry about trying to find movies for your son. The part about him watching *Cars* over and over reminded me of when I was about 7 and I watched *The Parent Trap* (the original one) six or seven times in a row one day. After that, my mom couldn't take anymore and made me watch something else . It's still one of my faves though and I never get tired of it.

[coopsgirl]

I love finding old makeup in antique stores and a few weeks ago I found a cute unopened box of face powder. I was looking through one of my movie mags a little while ago (Photoplay 1929) and I found an ad for it. Too neat!! It's funny that they advertise it as black and white powder; I'm not sure where the black comes in but the powder is stark white. It's even too white for me and that's really saying something .

 

 

 

[CineMaven]

Hi there Ms.Goddess: "I was supposed to go to that myself and at the last minute something came up. Wasn't there supposed to be a home movie shown with Gary and Marlene Dietrich? I reckon that's why Maria was there."

 

Sorry you missed it. I saved a seat for a friend, but becuz she didn't get her ticket earlier, she could not be seated. That was a bummer. The home movie that Coop's daughter showed did include Dietrich. And there wasn't a seat to be had. I just barely made it in the nick of time.

 

Next time.

[Jennythenipper]

Love the face powder. I'm not sure why it's called "black and white" either. Lots of people collect face powder though, so maybe someday you'll have an answer. I collect old compacts just because I like the design of them. I keep planning to fix them up and fill them with new makeup but that never happens.

 

Helena is a pretty progressive town, I think because it's the capital. Also they've taken care to preserve some of the older parts of the city which are a hundred and fifty years old, which is ancient for that part of the world.

 

Thanks for the comment on my blog. I remember really liking the Parent Trap when I was a kid. I should watch it again sometime.

[coopsgirl]

I love old compacts too and so far I only have one but I?m sure that will change. I would also love to have some beautiful art deco cigarette cases. Smoking is a terrible habit, but dang it, the cases and so cool .

[coopsgirl]

I have some exciting news y?all!!! I found copies of three of Gary?s films that we don?t have. They are *Make Me a Star* (1932), *Hollywood Boulevard* (1936) and *Starlift* (1951). He only has cameos in these, but he?s in ?em so that?s all that matters . I found out about them through one of the posters at the Silver Screen Oasis message board. He had *Make Me a Star* and told me where he got it. It?s a site called www.ioffer.com. I?d never heard of it before but it?s kind of like ebay except there aren?t auctions. You can either buy, sell, or trade and everything I?ve looked at so far is very reasonably priced (around $10 a movie). I just bought *Make Me a Star* and the other two were set up where you put in an offer and then once you hear back from the seller you can buy them. I?ve done that for the others and as soon as I get them, I?ll make copies for everybody. I?m so excited!!!

[MissGoddess]

That's marvelous news, Angie!

[debra71]

Gary Cooper clip.

Short but to the point!

I've replayed this about 50 times already!

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgXRPkHsjEk

[brandoalways4ever]

Coop is one of the all time best. He's such a marvelous natural actor. You really bel;eive him i neach of his roles. and he was a true gentle kind generous man.

[Film_Fatale]

> {quote:title=brandoalways4ever wrote:}{quote}

> Coop is one of the all time best. He's such a marvelous natural actor. You really bel;eive him i neach of his roles. and he was a true gentle kind generous man.

 

Yes indeed he was one of the very best.

[CelluloidKid]

*Gary Cooper can be seen (Summer Under The Stars: Ingrid Bergman!) in the film "_Saratoga Trunk_" Mon, Aug 25, 7:45 AM (Eastern Time..Check Local Listings!)*

 

After Cooper and Bergman scored in _FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS_ at Paramount, this film was rushed into production in February 1943 and finished in late May. It was not released to the general public until after the end of WW II but had been seen for almost two years by members of the armed forces. It was one of several movies made but not released during the war by Warner Brothers. The others were _DEVOTION,_ _MY REPUTATION_, and _THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS_, which didn't come out until 1947.

 

Here, screenwriter Robinson took Ferber's best-seller, an essentially shallow romance novel, and adapted it well enough for the two stars to merit a huge box-office return for the time, upwards of $5 million.

 

[coopsgirl]

Here's an article I got in a clippings packet with Maria around 12 or 13 talking about her dad (I think this may have come out sometime after May 1950 b/c on the other side is an article about Elizabeth Taylor's first marriage). It's so cute b/c she's kinda defensive about him at first wanting everyone to know he's more than just a cowboy.

 

[JakeHolman]

I had the *privilege* to see some of Gary Cooper's movies as a young man in my formative years.

 

I consider Gary Cooper's on screen persona to have been a role model for me and millions of other Americans.

 

I could and can count on Cooper to *do* the following in his movies...

 

1. To take action...

 

2. To tell the truth...

 

3. To do the right thing regardless of personal consequences to him...

 

Gary Cooper represents the American Hero to millions of Americans and his *acting skills* few gave any consideration to because they were so absorbed with his persona no one gave that a thought.

 

We just enjoyed his movies and what he represented.

[coopsgirl]

Here's a pic I scanned from the Aug 1934 issue of Photoplay.

 

 

*Desire*

 

[MissGoddess]

Looks like Coop still rules with movie fans and he's still winning awards!

 

http://www.redorbit.com/news/entertainment/1537444/ava_and_gary_couldnt_be_here_tonight_to_accept_/

 

Of course, I also heartily approve of their other choice as well as the _director_ of the movie

they chose. :x :x :x

[coopsgirl]

That is so funny that you found that. John just sent that to me and I was gonna post it later. I thought it was cool too and I think it's great how successful the festival was. It just shows how much of an audience there still is for the classics.