Monday 13 August 2018

Movies I Watched in July & Visiting Gary Cooper's Grave


Another light movie month as I went on vacation. And then my cousin introduced me to Chuck (2007-2012).
  1. Annapolis Salute (1937) - Marsha Hunt, Van Heflin
  2. A Damsel in Distress (1937) - Fred Astaire & Joan Fontaine, George Burns & Gracie Allen
  3. Petticoat Larceny (1943) - Joan Carroll
  4. Four Jill’s in a Jeep (1943) - Carole Landis, Kay Francis
  5. The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) - Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Faye Emerson 
  6. Merton of the Movies (1947) - Red Skelton & Virginia O'Brien, Gloria Grahame
  7. The Inside Story (1948) - Marsha Hunt
  8. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1951) - Lee J. Cobb & Jane Wyatt
  9. Dangerous When Wet (1953) - Esther Williams & Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson
  10. The Girl He Left Behind (1956) -Tab Hunter & Natalie Wood, James Garner
  11. Zero Hour! (1957) - Dana Andrews & Linda Darnell
  12. The Honeymoon Machine (1961) - Steve McQueen, Jim Hutton & Paula Prentiss, Dean Jagger
  13. The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) - Jim Hutton & Paula Prentiss
  14. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Harrison Ford & Karen Allen
  15. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - Harrison Ford
  16. Thor (2011) - Chris Hemsworth & Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins
  17. Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Chris Hemsworth & Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston
  18. Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Mark Ruffalo 
Least Favorite Movie: There were several movies that, while not unwatchable, were not exactly amazing experiences. They were just ok.

Favorite Movie: The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) had a bit of a slow start but an exciting finish. The on-location shooting really added to the atmosphere of the film and it was nice to see Lee J. Cobb in a leading man role instead of playing somebody's father. I also enjoyed the first Indiana Jones movie (I'd only seen the snake pit part before - I have also already seen the Holy Grail one) and the Thor Trilogy (I'm not really a comic book movie person. If Hollywood stopped making them I wouldn't be upset at all).

Full movie - not great quality though

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I visited my aunt on Long Island and while I was there I drove out to Montauk Lighthouse. On my way back I stopped by Gary Cooper's grave at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery in Southampton. He was moved there from Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California when his wife remarried in 1974 and moved to New York. Here is the  Find a Grave entry.




Here's the coordinates so you can see exactly where his grave is located within the cemetery.

I picked a couple flowers off his grave to press. Someone else had left a nickel on his grave so I left a dime. It seemed the most appropriate coin since he played characters affected by the Great Depression and one of the popular songs of the time was "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?"


I felt kind of weird taking a selfie but I was by myself and if I didn't take one was I even there??

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