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Gary Cooper's Academy Award - Details

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Category:Performing/Visual Arts Sunday November 8, 2009 at 10:11am
The National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial
100 W 26th St
Kansas City, MO 64108

Gary Cooper's Academy Award:Gary Cooper was the only person that Alvin York trusted to portray his story from the Great War. York insisted that if Cooper was not part of the movie, he would not authorize the film. Cooper's 1941 portrayal of the World War I hero is considered one of his finest -- and for his exceptional work he was awarded his first Academy Award(R) for Best Actor.

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