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We continue our series on Hollywood Goes Fishing with a photo of Gary Cooper, the legendary star of movies such as High Noon and Pride of the Yankees, holding a stringer of fish in the late 1950s, not long before his passing. Cooper was a dedicated fisherman who spent as much time outdoors as he could. I must confess that Cooper is one of my favorite actors, and his portrayal of Alvin York--for which he won an Academy Award--is one of the great performances in Cinema history.



-- Dr. Todd

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Continuing our theme "Hollywood Goes Fishing" we get this nifty press wire photo of the legendary actor Mickey Rooney and the actress Martha Vickers. This Thanksgiving holiday I was able to go and see the new Muppet Movie (it was outstanding, by the way) and I was shocked to see a cameo from the ninety-one year old Mickey Rooney. Born in 1920, Rooney was already a film star by age eight and by his teenage years was one of the most famous people in the world. Martha Vickars was an actress who had some major roles in the post-war era. Mostly, however, she was famous for being married to Mickey Rooney from 1949-1951. Presumably this was the period this photo was taken, with its Pflueger reel (complete with Comfo grip).

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This week in 1000 Words we continue our "Hollywood Goes Fishing" theme with a great studio photograph of starlet Leila Hyams. Hyams was one of those silent film stars who transitioned into talking pictures. Beginning in 1924, she began as a supporting character in silent films but by the late 1920s had graduated to speaking leads. In 1930, she co-starred with Robert Montgomery and Wallace Beery (both ardent anglers) in The Big House. She retired from films in 1936 but remained active in Hollywood as the wife of noted agent Phil Berg. Here she poses for a studio still ca. 1930 with an Ocean City surf reel.

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This week in 1000 words we continue our series of "Hollywood Goes Fishing." Today our subject is Robert Taylor. Taylor was a Nebraska-born actor who starred in over 100 movies between 1934-1968. He is probably best known for his role opposite Elizabeth Taylor in the 1951 period drama Ivanhoe. Here he is ca. 1940 with a fly rod and Pflueger fly reel posing for a studio photographer.



-- Dr. Todd