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The Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper

The Pride of the Yankees

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The Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper

Synopsis of The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees is the life of Yankee baseball great Lou Gehrig.  Known as the ‘Iron Horse’ from his childhood, through his baseball career, battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to his final tribute where he declared that he was “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, by Frank Capra

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, by Frank Capra

Synopsis of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Small-town innocent Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) heads to New York to collect a $20 million inheritance. There, he ends up a target of ridicule thanks to Babe Bennett (Jean Arthur). She’s a cynical reporter whose demeaning stories have made him the joke of the city. Then, he discovers his sweet and unassuming new girlfriend is actually the hard-boiled Bennett in disguise.

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The Fountainhead (1949) starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith

The Fountainhead [Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey]

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The Fountainhead (1949) starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas

In The Fountainhead, Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal star in this adaptation of Ayn Rand’s groundbreaking novel. It’s about an architect who refuses to compromise or accept the status quo. And he’ll sacrifice anything to preserve the integrity of his work.

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A Farewell to Arms (1932), starring Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou

A Farewell to Arms

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A Farewell to Arms (1932), starring Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, Adolphe Menjou

Synopsis of A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms is the tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry (Gary Cooper) and Nurse Catherine Barkley (Helen Hayes) during World War I. Set in Italy, the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. His jealous commanding officer, Major Rinaldi (Adolphe Menjou), transfers Catherine to a different hospital. But an injury on the battlefield takes Frederic to Catherine’s new hospital in Milan. The film also analyses Lt. Henry’s feelings on war and the purpose of fighting.

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Sergeant York (1941) starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie

Sergeant York

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Sergeant York (1941) starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie

Synopsis of Sergeant York

Sergeant York is the story of World War I hero who captured German position single-handedly. It begins with his early life, and conversion, and his inner conflict over going to war.

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High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Ian MacDonald

High Noon

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High Noon (1952) starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Ian MacDonald

Buy from Amazon High Noon – starring Gary Cooper & Grace Kelly. Cooper won an Academy Award for his role as the aging lawman who stands alone to defend his town from hardened outlaws.

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Alias Jesse James, starring Bob Hope and Rhonda Fleming

Alias Jesse James

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A very funny Bob Hope movie, set in the American old west, with Bob Hope playing an inept insurance salesman.  He’s sold a life insurance police to Jesse James, and now needs to keep him alive.  But Jesse James has other plans …. Culminating in a big gun battle with cameos from virtually every western star of the day

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