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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:48:40 GMT -5
"Gary Cooper acts Wild Bill Hickok with considerable force, humor and salty flavor." --- New York World-Telegram review of The Plainsman (1936)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:49:19 GMT -5
"Mr. Cooper's [Cole] Hardin is excellently done in this actor's easy, laconic style. Mr. Cooper is an economical player who can accomplish much with the flicker of an expression." --- Christian Science Monitor film reviewer John Beaufort on The Westerner (1940)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:49:45 GMT -5
"Gary Cooper plays the Texas Ranger with all the ease and charm and dry humor that have made him one of the cinema's outstanding leading men. --- New York World-Telegram review of North West Mounted Police (1940)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:50:20 GMT -5
"While [director Frank] Capra has never been more knowing and sincere in his direction, he has had invaluable support from Gary Cooper in the central role. The part was hand-tailored for the actor, but he does much more than just fit it. He gives a splendid and utterly persuasive portrayal. Only Cooper, I believe, could have so completely fulfilled Capra's conception." --- New York Herald-Tribune film reviewer Howard Barnes on Meet John Doe (1940)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:50:46 GMT -5
"[T]he performance of Gary Cooper in the title role holds the picture together magnificently." --- New York Times film reviewer Bosley Crowther on Sergeant York (1941)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:51:19 GMT -5
"Suffice it to say that it is one of extraordinary versatility and conviction. Whether he is being the gangling hell-raiser of the opening sequences, the hard-working fanatic of the middle portion, or the shrewd fighter of the Argonne section, he is always utterly right in the part." --- New York Herald-Tribune film reviewer Howard Barnes on Sergeant York
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:51:51 GMT -5
"Mr. Cooper has seldom been better than he is as [Lou] Gehrig. His performance grows, as the character grows, from shy gawky undergraduate to modest, unassuming hero of millions." --- New York World-Telegram review of The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:52:29 GMT -5
"There is something about the sadness that appears in Mr. Cooper's eyes, something about the slowness and the weariness of his walk, something about his manner that is not necessarily in the script which reminds the middle-aged observer that Mr. Cooper has been at it a long time." --- New York Times film reviewer Bosley Crowther on Dallas (1951)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:52:53 GMT -5
"Gary Cooper, who has stalked desperadoes down many a deserted cowtown street, never took a more effective stroll." --- The New Yorker film reviewer John McCarten on High Noon (1952)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:53:22 GMT -5
"Gary Cooper as the loving and loved Quaker husband and father has never more aptly utilized his great American face, nor acted more ably." --- Films in Review review of Friendly Persuasion (1956)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:53:44 GMT -5
"Not only does he still ride as if a horse taught him, but he also mops up the prairie in one of the meanest fist-scrounging duels we've seen in years." --- New York Times film reviewer Howard Thompson on Man of the West (1958)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:54:07 GMT -5
"Cooper has one of his best roles. His mystery and tight-lipped refusal to discuss it [his past] perfectly suit his laconic style." --- Variety review of The Hanging Tree (1959)
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Post by Miss Retro on Mar 24, 2007 10:54:34 GMT -5
"Naked Edge, the whodunit that is the late Gary Cooper's last picture, is a waste of a good man." --- Time magazine review of The Naked Edge (1961)
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Post by coopfan on May 4, 2007 1:28:22 GMT -5
"Naked Edge, the whodunit that is the late Gary Cooper's last picture, is a waste of a good man." --- Time magazine review of The Naked Edge (1961)"
That is a horrible review to a very well done movie.
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on May 4, 2007 1:33:25 GMT -5
Grrr, I wanna see this movie so badly! But I'm afraid I'll go into a deep depression... I mean, after ALL of this...that's the end; there aren't any more movies to watch, because I've seen them all!
I did, however, find "The Texan" kit on ebay. It's selling for a fair price, but I'm not sure what's included (probably just images and the script); but boy...wouldn't that be a treasure?
The bidding ended, but I should have saved the images!
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Post by coopfan on May 4, 2007 1:40:29 GMT -5
It is not the end as you can always go back and start up with the silents again. It just goes round and round again with the magic of dvds.
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on May 4, 2007 1:48:56 GMT -5
Yep, I'll have to start all over again and wait...(hopefully not TOO dreadfully long) until those lost movies are found. But golly, I'm only a dreamer...that may never happen
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Post by coopfan on May 4, 2007 1:54:42 GMT -5
What movies are you still missing of Cooper's. I have every talking picture except for some of his cameo one's and The Spoilers, I Take This Woman, and The Texan. Do you have ALL of his later films like Blowing Wild and some of the other harder to find movies?
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