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The Best Actors
The Best Actors is an informational podcast dedicated to the winners of a Best Actor Academy Award. Going in sequence by year, I examine an actor's biography, filmography, winning performance, movie history, acting styles, and more.
The Best Actors
Gary Cooper, Oscar Goes to War, 1941
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Chuck Latovich
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Season 1
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Episode 13
Gary Cooper, one of Hollywood's most handsome leading men, won the first of his two Academy Awards for playing Alvin York, a much-decorated hero of World War I. this episode, we learn about the path that led Cooper to Hollywood, and how his Oscar victory coincided with the changing mood of America.