Título: Gary Cooper
Seção: Friendships, interests, and character
Background: Cooper was born on May 7, 1901, in Helena, Montana to Alice (nee Brazier, 1873-1967) and Charles Henry Cooper (1865-1946). His father had emigrated from Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire and was a prominent lawyer, rancher, and (later) a Montana Supreme Court justice. His mother had emigrated from Gillingham, Kent and married Charles in Montana. In 1906, Charles purchased the 600-acre (240 ha) Seven-Bar-Nine cattle ranch about fifty miles (eighty kilometers) north of Helena near the town of Craig on the Missouri River.

Conteúdo: For me the really satisfying things I do are offered me, free, for nothing. Ever go out in the fall and do a little hunting? See the frost on the grass and the leaves turning? Spend a day in the hills alone, or with good companions? Watch a sunset and a moonrise? Notice a bird in the wind? A stream in the woods, a storm at sea, cross the country by train, and catch a glimpse of something beautiful in the desert, or the farmlands? Free to everybody ...  Cooper's twenty-year friendship with Ernest Hemingway began at Sun Valley in October 1940. The previous year, Hemingway drew upon Cooper's image when he created the character of Robert Jordan for the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls. The two shared a passion for the outdoors, and for years they hunted duck and pheasant, and skied together in Sun Valley. Both men admired the work of Rudyard Kipling--Cooper kept a copy of the poem "If--" in his dressing room--and retained as adults Kipling's sense of boyish adventure. As well as admiring Cooper's hunting skills and knowledge of the outdoors, Hemingway believed his character matched his screen persona, once telling a friend, "If you made up a character like Coop, nobody would believe it. He's just too good to be true." They saw each other often, and their friendship remained strong through the years.  Cooper's social life generally centered on sports, outdoor activities, and dinner parties with his family and friends from the film industry, including directors Henry Hathaway, Howard 

user: Who did Cooper become friends with?

assistant: Cooper's twenty-year friendship with Ernest Hemingway began at Sun Valley in October 1940.

user: How did he become friends with Hemingway?

assistant: The two shared a passion for the outdoors,

user: Where did they meet?

assistant: Sun Valley

user: What were some of Cooper's interests?

assistant: for years they hunted duck and pheasant, and skied together

user: Did he have any other interests?

assistant: admired the work of Rudyard Kipling--Cooper kept a copy of the poem "If--" in his dressing room--

user: What else did he do in his free time?

assistant: Cooper's social life generally centered on sports, outdoor activities, and dinner parties with his family and friends from the film industry,

user: What was his character like?

assistant: He never abandoned his early love for art and drawing, and over the years, he and his wife acquired a private collection of modern paintings,

user: What were some of his favorite artist?

assistant: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Gauguin, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

user: Was he a good person overall?

assistant: He's just too good to be true.