Gary Cooper
Subtitle: American hero
By: Jeffrey Meyers.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
Subjects: Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961.; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-367) and index.
Filmography: p. [361]-362.