Gary Cooper: American Hero - Couverture souple

Meyers, Jeffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0815411405 ISBN 13 : 9780815411406

Editeur : Cooper Square Press, 2001

Synopsis

Book by Meyers Jeffrey

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The first definitive biography of Gary Cooper, national icon of the American Dream, from one of our most distinguished biographers.

In classic films such as "High Noon," Gary Cooper came to symbolize American ideals of self-reliance, independence, and integrity, but his turbulent private life was often at odds with his squeaky-clean public persona.

The off-screen Cooper was anything but simple -- behind Gary Cooper's American Dream facade lay a tempestuous life. As this meticulously researched book tracks his film career in fascinating detail, it tells the parallel tale of his complicated relationships with Marlene Dietrich and Patricia Neal (to name only two of many), his involvement with the House Un-American Activities Committee and the Hollywood black-list, and his long friendship with Ernest Hemingway.

With the full cooperation of the actor's daughter as well as such colleagues and close friends as Arlene Dahl and Fay Wray, Meyers examines every aspect of Cooper's life, beginning with his youth in Montana where he was a real cowboy before making the leap to Hollywood. There he created some of the quintessential screen westerns in movie history -- awkward, honest men who captured America's imagination with an irresistible air of aw-shucks simplicity. Gary Cooper is a robust portrait of a great star whose contradictions only enhance the artistry with which he created some of the most unforgettable and enduring characters of Hollywood's Golden Age.

Biographie de l'auteur

Jeffrey Meyers, a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, has written fifty-two books, including Samuel Johnson: The Struggle, The Genius and the Goddess: Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe, Orwell: Life and Art, John Huston: Courage and Art, Remembering Iris Murdoch, and Thomas Mann's Artist-Heroes. His books have been translated into fourteen languages and seven alphabets, and published on six continents.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cooper Square Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0815411405
• ISBN 13: 9780815411406
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 414