The Best Actors

Gary Cooper, Oscar Goes to War, 1941


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Gary Cooper, one of Hollywood's most handsome leading men, won the first of his two Academy Awards for playing Alvin York, a much-decorated hero of World War I.  this episode, we learn about the path that led Cooper to Hollywood, and how his Oscar victory coincided with the changing mood of America. 

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The Best ActorsBy Chuck Latovich