GARY COOPER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 86721

GARY COOPER
Gary Cooper signs a black and white publicity photograph of an older Gary Cooper smoking a cigarette.
Photograph inscribed and signed:"Thanks/Tony/Coop". B/w, 7¼x9¼ attached to 10x12 board (two surfaces). Gary Cooper's (1901-1961) acting career, which began with bit parts in 1925, was firmly established with his role in The Winning of Barbara Worth(1926). He steadily rose to superstar status with his screen persona of a strong, silent man of action and few words. Nominated for Academy Awards five times, Cooper won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Actor for the title role in Sergeant York, and he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1953 for the role of Marshal Will Kane in High Noon. He was also nominated for the role of Longfellow Deeds in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Lou Gehrig in The Pride of the Yankees and Robert Jordan in For Whom the Bell Tolls. Cooper was awarded a Special Academy Award in 1961 "For his many memorable screen performances and the international recognition he, as an individual, has gained for the motion picture industry." Cooper was too ill to accept the Oscar in person and his close friend, a tearful Jimmy Stewart, accepted it in his name. A month later, Cooper died of cancer at the age of 60. Board has scalloped edges. Vertical crease through signature. Ink has faded but impression from signature and inscription remains and can be seen when holding the photograph at an angle.