movieman1957 wrote:They are easy to tell apart. Cooper is at least two inches taller.

I may end up getting the Fleming book and I definitely want to know what turns up about Clara .

I just remembered somebody I left out - Glenda Farrell. Sorry Glenda!

Hey April! How can you not see the similarities between these two? :wink: http://www.stinalisa.com/GaryCooperHighNoon.jpg http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTU5NjY2NDY4NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDQxOTQ3MQ@@._V1._SX317_SY400_.jpg I’ve been watching reruns of The Andy Griffith Show since I was a kid and...

Fave Actresses: Clara Bow – she’s my number 1! Like Gary Cooper as my fave actor, Clara had a very natural, real style and is also a fascinating person. She was born and raised in such dire poverty with a terrible home life and she rose above it to become one of the biggest stars Hollywood ever had....

Making lists, one of my favorite things to do! :D Fave Actors: Gary Cooper – hands down the best actor I’ve ever seen and an endlessly fascinating person William Powell – he was just so suave, charming and funny; like Gary he never really gave a bad performance Don Knotts – just looking at him crack...

I just got the Murnau/Borzage at Fox set and so far I have watched After Tomorrow and Bad Girl . After Tomorrow was released in 1932 and stars Charles Farrell as Peter Piper (but nowhere in the film does he pick a peck of pickled peppers :wink: ), Marian Nixon as his fiancée Sidney Taylor, Minna Gom...

Those are beautiful paintings by O’Keefe. I don’t like The Fountainhead either. It’s a good basic plot but like you said, Rand carried the idea too far and made her characters insufferable (that is the perfect word for it). I don’t think anyone will mourn Roark’s buildings either after he blows ‘em ...

I realized that I forgot to point out that Joel also had a copy of the Sgt. York script b/c he was being possibly considered for the role if Gary wouldn't do it. He knew it would be great and encouraged Gary to do it instead of taking it for himself. Joel had a lot of character and actors like him a...

As has already been pointed out, McCrea and Cooper were quite similar and that’s why they were both offered so many of the same roles. They were also good friends and Gary asked Joel’s advice about playing Sgt. York when it was offered to him as he was reticent to play a part based on someone who wa...

I also can’t stand his hair. It’s hard to pay attention to what he’s saying while all I can think is how much I want to cut and wash his hair. I caught about the last fifteen minutes of the Richard Gere one before Sgt. York and I agree with Bogie, he was kinda full of crap. He seemed so pretentious ...

That is just beautiful!! I can't wait to get this set; should only be around 3 weeks now. :D I really enjoyed City Girl a lot. Charles Farrell makes the perfect kinda naive, sweet country boy and Mary Duncan was spot on as the girl fed up with city living. The scenes where they meet in the diner whe...

mrsl,
My grandma picks on me about loving Coop so much and she always tells me that Robert Mitchum is the one she likes the best so you're not alone in thinking he's dreamy.

Randolph Scott was a big, attractive man but I'll stick with lean, lanky Coop .

I'm excited that they are showing Friendly Persuasion . It is a wonderful, moving, thought provoking story about a family of Quakers trying to stick by their peaceful faith in the midst of the Civil War. Directed by William Wyler and starring (my fave) Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire it has bits of ...

That's great Jeff, thanks for sharing. I often email back and forth with a couple of classic film historians and it really is neat to be able to discuss this stuff with them since they really have the inside track.

I know April (Miss Goddess) has said before that stylistically, The Fountainhead plays somewhat like a silent movie. It is well filmed and even without the sound, you would still get a very strong impression of what the film is about. This no doubt is tied to Vidor’s experience with silents. It’s an...