Gary Cooper Events

1932 Dec 8 The Film Version of 'A Farewell to Arms' Is Released
Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes play Frederic and Catherine, a soldier and nurse who fall for each other in wartime, and they are matched perfectly. They bring Borzage's liking for towering, ...
1933 Apr 14 'Today We Live' Premieres in Theatres
Writing Credits: William Faulkner - (story "Turn About") Edith Fitzgerald - (screenplay) Dwight Taylor - (screenplay) William Faulkner - (dialogue) Cast (in credits order) ...
1935 Jan 11 "The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer" Is Released
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 adventure film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown. The plot of the movie, which bears little resemblance to ...
1936 Apr 16 "Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" Is Released
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is a 1936 comedy film directed by Frank Capra, based on the story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland that appeared in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post....
1941 Jul 2 "Sergeant York" Is Released
Sergeant York is a 1941 biographical film about the life of Alvin York, the most-decorated American soldier of World War I. It was directed by Howard Hawks and was the highest-grossing fi...
1941 Dec 2 "Ball Of Fire" Is Released
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 comedy film about a group of professors laboring for years to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a...
1942 Feb 26 14th Academy Awards
The 14th Academy Awards may be most infamous, in retrospect, as the year in which Citizen Kane (consistently regarded as one of the greatest films ever made) did not win Best Picture. Rat...
1942 Jul 14 "The Pride Of The Yankees" Is Released
The Pride of the Yankees is a 1942 biographical film directed by Sam Wood about the New York Yankees baseball player, first baseman Lou Gehrig, who had his career cut short at 36 years of...
1943 Jul 14 "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Film Is Released
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a 1943 film in Technicolor based on the novel by Ernest Hemingway. It stars Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff and Katina Paxinou. This was Ingrid Bergm...
1952 Jul 24 "High Noon" Is Released
High Noon is an American 1952 western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang of ...
1953 Mar 19 25th Academy Awards
The 25th Academy Awards honoring the best movies of 1952, were held on March 19, 1953, from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California and the NBC International Theatre, New York, ...
1956 Nov 25 "Friendly Persuasion" Is Released
Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 Palme d'Or-winning Civil War film starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton and Phyllis Love. The screenplay was...
1957 Jun 30 "Love In The Afternoon" Is Released
Love in the Afternoon is a 1957 romantic comedy starring Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, and Maurice Chevalier, and directed by Billy Wilder. It should not be confused with Love in the After...