You're right! It's that strong profile and the piercing eyes. I was crazy about Gary Cooper when I was a girl. I thought he was the sexiest thing alive.He was in a movie with Marlene Dietrich about the French Foreign Legion - don't remember the title. Wow!

....I got a secret thing for Gary Cooper.....he's a smarty, but real subtle-like.....

heh heh.....

Did you ever see "Love in the Afternoon" with Gary Cooper and Audrey Hepburn? Wonderful role for Audrey, and Maurice Chavalier (sp?) played her father. As much as I always loved Gary Cooper, though, he was just too old for her and the part - so sad and too bad, as it just ruined what could have been such a delightful movie. He was almost 30 years older than she was.

My God, just realized Audrey Hepburn would be 80 years old if she were alive today! Doesn't seem possible - she will always be Holly Golightly young and beautiful to me.

Right on, z (about Audrey) -- forever young and lovely.

That was a great movie (Love in the Afternoon), but the age thing was a bit glaring.

Also, a similar role for Gary was with Suzy Parker in "Ten North Frederick" also with Diane Varsi.
That one was somehow more believable (he and Suzy having an affair) ~ still a very good movie, rather soapy -- but good.

I won't go into the bit (I won't??) about GC looking so much like my grandpa (I got flamed once on here for mentioning my "good-looking relatives" -- but, it is true just the same. Yes, the man was a dead ringer for him, said so by many) I have the wedding pic of he and my grandma (my mom's parents) and it is undeniable. My Mom said once as we were watching "Friendly Persuasion" that he even had the same personality (I barely remember him, since he died so young, & I was a toddler) Spoooooky...but nice, I must say (the similarity) She had mixed feelings about watching Gary's movies because of this, since he died at only 56. He was out fishing on his farm pond and it started to rain and he got a bad chill, caught pneumonia and died a week later....sorry to babble, but the mention of GC got me rememberin' (he died in the month of April in the mid-1950's)

memory lane is now concluded. ha

SC I'm sorry you didn't get to know your grandpa. I didn't know my paternal grandpa either. He died when I was a year old. I do have a great picture of him, though, that I cherish.

I would guess many of us had a crush on Garry Cooper. When I saw him in For Whom the Bell Tolls with Ingrid Bergman it was love at first sight.

I don't really see his resemblance to Jon Hamm, though, except they are both tall and very good looking. I read somewhere that when Love in the Afternoon was made a fine mesh was used over the camera lens to make Mr. Cooper look less aged. But he seemed rather awkward in that movie. Maybe he was not very well at the time. He was younger, of course, in The Fountainhead with Patricia Neal and what chemistry they had!!! It's pretty well known that they were actually having an affair when they made that movie. May he RIP

Thanks, rozsie...those pics are precious, aren't they?

I don't see a lot of resemblance in GC to JH either, myself. JH does remind me quite a lot of William Holden, though (think "Picnic" and "Executive Suite") Wow...sigh....

I think ol' Coop was one of the very best to ever come out of Hollywood, Wm. Holden, as well. As far as THE best, though, I love Jimmy Stewart.

I think some of the appeal of both Gary C. and Jimmy S. to me is that "aw shucks" thing they had going...so appealing! (even if it was acting!)

I don't see any similarities between JH and GC and I'll be honest with you, aside from "Friendly Persuasion" and MAYBE "High Noon", I think GC was rather dull. He spoke in a monotone and every character he played was similar in demeanor. He was HORRIBLY miscast in "The Fountainhead." I know I won't be very popular on this thread, but I think GC was over-rated.

Alan Ladd might have been closer to the "Don Draper" persona. He was drop-dead gorgeous, sexy and very classy looking .... but he could carry off the lethal and treacherous roles very well.

That's perfectly fine, MicheleKay...you're entitled to your opinion... most of us are pretty open-minded and accepting of different viewpoints on here most generally.

If everyone liked the same "type" movies wouldn't be very much fun, IMO.

I like Alan Ladd, too...esp. in Shane and The Carpetbaggers...very talented and appealing.

alan ladd was cute but sorry too short

Never did know if the "short" stuff you'd hear were true, cad, about him standing on a box (or his leading ladies standing in a ditch) ~~ anyone know for sure? I have even heard they made the doors/doorways smaller/shorter in his movies....??