An edition of Gary Cooper, American Hero (1998)

Gary Cooper

American hero

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An edition of Gary Cooper, American Hero (1998)

Gary Cooper

American hero

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Jeffrey Meyers creates a portrait based on the full cooperation of the actor's daughter as well as such colleagues and close friends as Arlene Dahl, Patricia Neal, and Fay Wray, with whom Meyers conducted extensive interviews.

He examines every aspect of Cooper's life, beginning with his youth in England and Montana where he was a real cowboy before making the leap to Hollywood to create some of the quintessential western characters in movie history - awkward, honest men who captured America's imagination with an irresistible air of simplicity.

As this meticulously researched book tracks his film career in detail, it also chronicles his tempestuous relationships with Clara Bow, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, and Patricia Neal (to name only a few of the many women in his life); explores his long friendship with Ernest Hemingway; and takes a clear-eyed look at his controversial involvement with the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood blacklist.

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Publisher
Morrow
Language
English
Pages
379

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Gary Cooper
January 31, 2003, Robert Hale Ltd, The Crowood Press
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Gary Cooper: American hero
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Gary Cooper: American hero
1998, Morrow
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-367) and index.
Filmography: p. [361]-362.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/028/092, B
Library of Congress
PN2287.C59 M49 1998, PN2287.C59M49 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 379 p. :
Number of pages
379

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL701491M
ISBN 10
0688154948
LCCN
97049959
OCLC/WorldCat
37966521
Library Thing
1595748
Goodreads
769503

Work Description

Una biografía de Gary Cooper, el lacónico actor que llegó a simbolizar los ideales americanos de confianza en sí mismo, independencia y honestidad en películas clásicas como Solo ante el peligro y Juan Nadie, pero cuya turbulenta vida privada estuvo reñida con frecuencia con su impecable imagen pública.

El escritor Jeffrey Meyers, entre cuyas obras se encuentran las afamadas biografías de Bogart, Hemingway y Fizgerald, construye aquí otro extraordinario retrato basado en una estrecha en cooperación con la hija del actor y la de destacados colegas e íntimos amigos como Arlene Dahl, Patricia Neal y Fay Wray, con quienes Meyers mantuvo largas entrevistas. El autor examina cada aspecto de la vida de Cooper, empezando por su infancia en Inglaterra y Montana en donde fue un auténtico cowboy antes de dar el salto a Hollywood para crear algunos de los personajes más característicos de la historia del cine: hombre honestos y desmañados que atraparon la imaginación de toda América con un irresistible aire de simplicidad.

Aunque, en privado, callado y solitario, el Cooper de fuera de la pantalla era todo menos sencillo. Era un sofisticado y elegante hombre de mundo, con deseos e ideas acordes con su carisma. El libro, escrupulosamente documentado, no solo sigue la carrera del actor con meticuloso detalle, a la vez que relata sus tormentosos idilios con Clara Bow, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly y Patricia Neal —por nombrar solo algunas de las muchas mujeres de su vida—, sino que también analiza su larga amistad con Ernest Hemingway y arroja una lúcida mirada sobre su controvertida implicación con el Comité de Actividades Antiamericanas y la lista negra de Hollywood.

Gary Cooper, el héroe americano es el retrato definitivo de una gran estrella, cuyas contradicciones no hacen más que realizar la genialidad de un hombre que dio vida a algunos de los personajes más inolvidables y perdurables de la Edad Dorada de Hollywood.

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