Author(s): G. Bruce Boyer

Gay Male & Bi Biography/Memoir | New Releases

Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper, Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper, Super duper - 'Puttin' on the Ritz,' Irving Berlin (revised lyrics, 1946). 1940s heartthrob Gary Cooper never goes out of style (just ask your mother or your grandmother). He's got that straightforward, honest, effortless handsomeness. No matter the costume he donned, he owned it. The camera loved him, and so did the box office. This collection of images, taken from his personal scrapbook, proves that the Gary Cooper we knew and loved on the silver screen was as much a style icon off the red carpet as he was on. He perfected his own debonair style by combining a perfectly tailored European wardrobe with all-American casual sportswear to produce the first - and still finest - example of elegant, international, masculine style of the 'American Everyman' ideal. From the most laid-back activewear to the most ceremonious of coat and tails, Cooper carried himself with uncontrived conviction. An inspiration to th

January 2024