Gary cooper

The second of two children born to a British lawyer and an American housewife, Frank James Cooper was born in Helena, Montana, on May 17, 1901. Fearing that his son would only be taught to throw the lasso, the father took him to a British boarding school. Upon returning to the United States after World War I, he suffered a car hit from which his hip would never recover, causing that characteristic “cowboy” type of gait that many have tried to imitate without success. While working as a broker, he meets some buddies dressed in cowboys, who explain that they act as extras on various filmings. Not being a movie fan, Cooper ends up joining the group. The day was so exhausting that he decided not to work on any shoot again. But the director called him to offer him a contract with Paramount, because it was clear that the camera adored him. There was only one problem, that another Frank Cooper had become famous for his criminal career, so he had to change his name, so he would finally adopt the pseudonym Gary Cooper. InIt , finally plays a role with dialogue, falling in love with the protagonist, Clara Bow , with whom he had a romance that was aired in the press. This gives the actor some unexpected publicity that helps him land the lead role in Arizona Bound. Faced with the rude cowboys of the time, Cooper composed honest characters with a point of shyness, reluctant to take up arms, with which he earned the public’s favor. This was the co-star of The Virginian , his first sound film.

Although his romance with the actress Fay Wray did not work out, Cooper was doing well professionally, who shot two of his best titles with the actor Adolphe Menjou : Morocco , by Joseph Von Sternberg and A Farewell to Arms (1932) , by Frank Borzage . During the filming of the latter, Cooper became close friends with Hemingway, author of the original work and of For Whom the Bell Tolls , which Cooper would also star in on film. His marriage to Veronica Balfe, a Catholic from a good family, suited Cooper so well that he went on to film several of his best works: Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife , The Jungle at Arms , Desire, Beau Geste , The Outsider and Fireball . Cooper himself would eventually become a Catholic. He incidentally became the ideal actor for the cinema of Frank Capra , who directed him in El secreto de vivir and Juan Nadie . He also makes him his favorite actor Cecil B. De Mille, with whom he starred in The Unconquerables , Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Buffalo Bill . Cooper especially embroiders real characters, such as those from The Adventures of Marco Polo , Sergeant York or The Pride of the Yankees . Although his career takes a downturn afterThe spring , the success of Solo ante el peligro consolidated him as a mature heartthrob.

His latest relevant titles are Ariane , The Man of the West and The Hanged Tree . Although his health subsequently deteriorated and he was diagnosed with lung cancer, he continued to work in films such as They Reached Sanity or Shadows of Suspicion . He passed away on May 13, 1961.