Tag: gary cooper
-
Morocco (1930) Review
Morocco (1930) Director: Josef von Sternberg “Every time a man has helped me, there has been a price. What’s yours?” ★★★★☆ Morocco is a classic film – the first of six collaborations between Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich in Hollywood (1930-1935) not including the German The Blue Angel which was also released in 1930 but […]
-
The Virginian (1929) Review
The Virginian (1929) Director: Victor Fleming ★★☆☆☆ The Virginian is an important film in the history of Gary Cooper’s career, as well as in the history of western films. Cooper plays a Virginia man (filmed in California) as the foreman in Wyoming. He gets into a scuffle with a cattle rustler named Trampas who routinely […]
-
A Farewell To Arms (1932) Review
A Farewell to Arms (1932) Director: Frank Borzage “The Greatest Love Story of the War” ★★★☆☆ This interpretation of Hemingway’s famous novel stars Gary Cooper -who also starred in the 1943 version of Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls– and Helen Hayes, and is directed by Frank Borzage. The film won Academy Awards for Best Cinematography […]
Great Books Guy 