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Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-five years, from 1925 to 1960, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his appearing natural and authentic on screen. The screen persona he sustained throughout his career represented the ideal American hero.
Cooper began his career as a film extra and stunt rider and soon landed acting roles. After establishing himself as a Western hero in his early silent films, Cooper became a movie star in 1929 with his first sound picture, The Virginian. In the early 1930s, he expanded his heroic image to include more cautious characters in adventure films and dramas such as A Farewell to Arms (1932) and The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935). During the height of his career, Cooper portrayed a new type of hero—a champion of the common man—in films such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), Meet John Doe (1941), Sergeant York (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943). In the post-war years, he portrayed more mature characters at odds with the world in films such as The Fountainhead (1949) and High Noon (1952). In his final films, Cooper played non-violent characters searching for redemption in films such as Friendly Persuasion (1956) and Man of the West (1958).
Actors: Debi Mazar (actress), Ione Skye (actress), Jennifer Tilly (actress), Maria Conchita Alonso (producer), Alan Heim (actor), Tippi Hedren (actress), Maria Conchita Alonso (actress), Laura Harring (actress), Phillip Bloch (actor), Phillip Bloch (producer), Marion Ramsey (actress), Rolonda Watts (actress), Stanley Sheff (writer), Stanley Sheff (producer), Stanley Sheff (actor),
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History,Actors: John McDonnell (actor), John McDonnell (producer), Christopher Fulford (actor), Sara Curran (miscellaneous crew), Mark Foligno (producer), Steve Milne (producer), Niall Byrne (composer), Al Mackay (miscellaneous crew), David Johnstone (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Figg (producer), Jane Hooks (producer), San Davey (miscellaneous crew), Gareth Lewis (miscellaneous crew), Mark Birmingham (miscellaneous crew), Douglas Rae (producer),
Plot: Pelican Blood tells the story of Nikko, a funny but left-of-center young man living in London. Following a disastrous break up with his girlfriend, Stevie, he's taking life one day at a time, throwing all his energy into his hobby: bird spotting Just as life becomes bearable, Stevie arrives back on the scene, causing a rift between Nikko and all his friends, who warn him she will destroy him. They are fully aware of how the couple first met: on a suicide website, pledging they will 'end it all together'. As their intense, disturbing and highly sexual connection resumes, the relationship between Nikko, Stevie, his friends and his hobby are thrown into questionable chaos. Pelican Blood is a funny and passionate look at the things that make us tick, and the things we tick off the list.
Keywords: animal-in-title, bare-breasts, based-on-book, bird-in-title, birding, birdwatching, breasts, female-frontal-nudity, topless-female-nudityActors: Sandra Lee (miscellaneous crew), Greg Nemer (actor), Seth Tonk (editor), Seth Tonk (producer), Jamie Pelz (editor), Jamie Pelz (director), Jamie Pelz (producer), Jamie Pelz (writer), Matt Willocks (actor), Devin Hume (writer), Devin Hume (producer), James Clark (producer), Karen Ross (miscellaneous crew), Jake Swain (actor), Saam Katz (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Dov Tiefenbach (actor), Matias Masucci (producer), Matias Masucci (editor), Matias Masucci (director), Matias Masucci (actor), Matias Masucci (writer), Ugo Bianchi (actor), Erica Howard (actress), Travis Case (actor), Luciano Mancinoni (actor),
Plot: The story revolves around the life of an aging man faced with the disappointment of a life spent chasing a dream. The ambition to become a star was what drove him to Hollywood but broken dream after broken dream turned him into a helpless clown reduced at holding a sign on a street corner advertising fried chicken. Glimpses of his life as he rubs elbows with the stars are only a distant memory from his past that are of no consolation to him anymore. His crazy drunken landlord makes it a habit to pester him in any way possible. And his boss at work is not too happy about the way he holds the sign and threatens to fire him. Even suicide fails when a stranger interferes. As a last resort he hopes to find some consolation between the arms of a prostitute. Will he get his "Happiending"? Not before the man who saved his life realizes that by interfering with death he will get a first hand taste of the old man's life and sorrows.
Keywords: actor, clown, failure, hollywood, independent-film, neorealism, prostitution, regret, starActors: Sandy Martin (actress), Enjott Schneider (actor), Monica Bleibtreu (actress), Katja Flint (actress), Armin Rohde (actor), Jürgen Schornagel (actor), Otto Sander (actor), Heiner Lauterbach (actor), Ben Becker (actor), Heinrich Schafmeister (actor), Heino Ferch (actor), Herbert Knaup (actor), Götz Otto (actor), Christiane Paul (actress), Katharina Müller-Elmau (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Roger Birnbaum (producer), Henry Winkler (producer), Viveca Lindfors (actress), Tim Robbins (actor), Daphne Zuniga (actress), Nicollette Sheridan (actress), Helen Kelly (actress), Garry Goodrow (actor), John Cusack (actor), Larry Hankin (actor), Anthony Edwards (actor), Fran Ryan (actress), John Putch (actor), Rob Reiner (director), Tom Scott (composer),
Plot: College freshman Walter (Gib) Gibson decides to go cross country to visit his friend in California during winter break. Awaiting there is a bikini-clad babe whom his friend assures him is a "sure thing". Meanwhile, Allison, a cute (but somewhat anal retentive) girl at Gib's college has also decided to head out to Cal. to see her boyfriend during break. Gib and Allison are thrust together on a road trip from hell, and somewhere along the way, they find each other's company to be tolerable. Now, what will become of Gib's "sure thing?"
Keywords: attempted-rape, beer, beer-drinking, bikini, brat-pack, breast-flashing, california, card-game, college, college-professorActors: Gene Nelson (actor), Peter Marshall (actor), Ray Montgomery (actor), Robert Karnes (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), James Brown (actor), John Maxwell (actor), Tommy Farrell (actor), James Cagney (actor), Rodney Bell (actor), Creighton Hale (actor), Don Beddoe (actor), Phil Harris (actor), William Hudson (actor), Tommy Noonan (actor),
Plot: Air Force fliers Rick Williams and Mike Nolan attempt to meet film star Nell Wayne, with whom Rick shares a hometown but not much else. Fellow film stars Doris Day and Ruth Roman mistakenly believe Rick to be very close to Nell and arrange for him to meet her. The pair begin to form a match, especially after Nell, Doris, and Ruth arrange for Hollywood stars to perform for G.I.s in transit to and from the Korean War, at Travis Air Base. But Nell thinks Rick is getting ready to ship out to the war, when in reality, he and Mike ferry troops part of the way then return to Travis Air Base with returning soldiers. Nell is furious with Rick for letting her believe he was headed to a war zone, especially because the press has made a huge story of their romance. Meantime, a new program, Operation Starlift, has been set in place by the Air Force and the Hollywood studios, whereby stars are flown to San Francisco to perform for the outbound and inbound troops. Movie stars such as Randolph Scott, Phil Harris, and Jane Wyman pitch in to entertain the troops. Rick volunteers for duty in a combat zone, and Nell begins to think she's been wrong about him.
Keywords: air-base, deception, gin-rummy, korean-war, military-airlift, military-hospital, movie-making, movie-premiere, patriotism, reference-to-youngstown-ohioActors: Franklyn Farnum (actor), Dudley Dickerson (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Tom Dugan (actor), David Butler (actor), Frank Cady (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Paul Bradley (actor), Edward Clark (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Michael Curtiz (actor), Marcel De la Brosse (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor),
Plot: A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
Keywords: faked-pregnancy, filmmaking, hollywood, studioActors: William Demarest (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), Walter Abel (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Eric Alden (actor), Frank Butler (actor), Macdonald Carey (actor), Stanley Clements (actor), Charles Coleman (actor), Pinto Colvig (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), William Bendix (actor), Bing Crosby (actor), Howard Da Silva (actor), Cecil B. DeMille (actor),
Plot: Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Keywords: variety-club