COOPER GARY: (1901-1961) American Actor. Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1941 for his role as Sergeant Alvin York in Sergeant York and again in 1952 for his role as Will Kane in High Noon. A.L.S., with his initials G.C., one page, 8vo, Rue de Berri, Paris, n.d. (´Monday´; mid-May 1953), to Miss. Smith, on the printed stationery of the Hotel Lancaster. Cooper informs his correspondent that he has just returned from Brussels, will go to Germany on Wednesday, and then return to Paris again, remarking ´Everything is fine, especially the food´. With a date received stamp and single file hole to the upper margin. VG

Cooper flew into Paris in late April 1953 to attend the 6th Cannes Film Festival, spending the spring there. His European trip continued into early summer where he promoted High Noon and met with Pope Pius XII in Vatican City in June.