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Narrator: Hollywood, that great maker of myths, taught straight people what to think about gays and gay people what to think about themselves.
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Harvey Fierstein: There are lots of needs for art and the greatest one is the mirror of our own lives and our own existence. And that hunger that I felt as a kid, looking for gay images, was to not be alone.
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (Gary Cooper, May 7, 1901-May 13, 1961), was born in Helena, Montana, USA, a well-known American actor.
Won 5 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role nominations, 2 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (" Sergeant York " and " High Noon ") and 1 Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor, Participated in " Mr Deeds goes to town " in 1936 and won the Academy Honorary Award in 1961 . He is nicknamed "Coop" by his colleagues, and he can be called a heroic star. He has been in film for more than 30 years and has made hundreds of films. Perseverance, boldness, and simplicity are the impressions of Gary Cooper in the hearts of fans. He redefined the heroic image of Hollywood on the screen .
He died of illness on May 13, 1961.
Personal Life
married family
Gary Cooper married the socialite Veronica Balfe. Veronica Balfe briefly acted as an actor under the stage name Sandra Shaw. Her most famous performance was in the movie " King Kong. " In the show, the woman caught by King Kong. Cooper believed in Catholicism at the request of his wife . They have a daughter. But he often has scandals with cooperating actresses, including Marlene Dietrich , Grace Kelly , Patricia Neal , and the Coopers have separated for several years.
Friendship
Gary Cooper and Ernest Ernest Miller Hemingway are friends, and they sometimes go on vacation together; Cooper is the star of the movie adapted from Ernest Miller Hemingway 's " For Whom the Bell Tolls ".
Gary Cooper and James Stewart are also friends, and the Stewart couple was brought together by Cooper. In April 1961, Gary Cooper was critically ill with prostate cancer, and Stewart received the Academy Honorary Award on his behalf and delivered a touching speech, but also hinted that he was already exhausted. Gary Cooper passed away the following month, a few days after his 60th birthday.
political standpoint
Gary Cooper's political stance leans towards Republican Party conservatism.
Passed away
In 1960, Gary Cooper suffered from cancer. On May 18, 1961, the sixth day after his 60th birthday, shortly after Cooper finished filming the last film of his life, "The Mystery of the Sixth Year," he passed away like a hero.
Gary Cooper was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, State of California after his death . However, his body was moved to South Cape Town, New York a few years later.
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