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September 28, 1943
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
What is this article about?
Biographical sketch of Gary Cooper's early struggles: from Montana cartoonist to jobless in Los Angeles, working as a photo salesman, then debuting as a film extra and rising to stardom.
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PHOTO SALESMAN
He was long, lean and lanky, and someone had added 'hungry looking' - that adjective would have fit, too. He had holes in his shoes as he went trudging from house to house as a salesman for a cut-rate portrait photographer. He had been a newspaper cartoonist in a small western town, where his father was a judge and owned a little ranch. He had left Montana for Los Angeles, hoping to make a name for himself. But editors just were not interested in his cartooning talents.
Jobless and dejected, he went to work for the portrait photographer on a commission basis. He was flat broke when he met an old pal from Montana, who told him one of the film studios was looking for movie extras who could ride.
He made his film debut as a cowboy extra at $5 a day. The door-to-door salesman for a cut-rate portrait photographer who became one of Hollywood's brightest stars - Gary Cooper.
He was long, lean and lanky, and someone had added 'hungry looking' - that adjective would have fit, too. He had holes in his shoes as he went trudging from house to house as a salesman for a cut-rate portrait photographer. He had been a newspaper cartoonist in a small western town, where his father was a judge and owned a little ranch. He had left Montana for Los Angeles, hoping to make a name for himself. But editors just were not interested in his cartooning talents.
Jobless and dejected, he went to work for the portrait photographer on a commission basis. He was flat broke when he met an old pal from Montana, who told him one of the film studios was looking for movie extras who could ride.
He made his film debut as a cowboy extra at $5 a day. The door-to-door salesman for a cut-rate portrait photographer who became one of Hollywood's brightest stars - Gary Cooper.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Gary Cooper
Hollywood Star
Early Career
Cartoonist
Salesman
Cowboy Extra
What entities or persons were involved?
Gary Cooper
Where did it happen?
Montana, Los Angeles, Hollywood
Story Details
Key Persons
Gary Cooper
Location
Montana, Los Angeles, Hollywood
Story Details
A former newspaper cartoonist from Montana, jobless in Los Angeles, works as a door-to-door salesman for a portrait photographer before entering films as a cowboy extra and becoming Hollywood star Gary Cooper.