TCM Star of the Month: Gary Cooper

The June Star of the Month on Turner Classic Movies is Gary Cooper.

Two dozen Cooper films plus a documentary will be shown on Wednesday evenings and into the early hours on Thursdays.

There are many wonderful movies on the schedule; my favorites include DESIRE (1936) and LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957).

Please check out my full-length reviews at the hyperlinked titles listed on the schedule below.

June 4th

MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)

THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (1952)

THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO (1938)

SERGEANT YORK (1941)

THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949)

GARY COOPER: AMERICAN LIFE, AMERICAN LEGEND (1991)

June 11th

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (1943)

MOROCCO (1930)

DESIRE (1936) (also here)

A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1932)

LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON (1957) (also here)

June 18th

HIGH NOON (1952)

THE HANGING TREE (1959)

FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)

TASK FORCE (1949)

DALLAS (1950)

SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (1952)

BRIGHT LEAF (1950)

June 25th

BLUEBEARD'S EIGHTH WIFE (1938) (also here)

BALL OF FIRE (1941)

MEET JOHN DOE (1941)

SARATOGA TRUNK (1945)

TODAY WE LIVE (1933)

THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE (1959)

IT'S A BIG COUNTRY (1951)

It's noteworthy that while DESIGN FOR LIVING (1933) isn't showing under the Star of the Month banner, it will air as one of this month's "Summer Romance" titles on Sunday, June 22nd. Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins costar with Cooper in this Lubitsch comedy.

There are a number of other excellent Cooper films which TCM won't be showing this month, and I'm linking the reviews below to encourage further exploration of Cooper's filmography. These titles encompass Westerns, adventure, suspense, and comedy, and all of them are available on DVD or Blu-ray.

Reviews: THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH (1929), THE LIVES OF A BENGAL LANCER (1935), THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN (1936), BEAU GESTE (1939), THE COWBOY AND THE LADY (1941), ALONG CAME JONES (1945), CLOAK AND DAGGER (1946), and YOU'RE IN THE NAVY NOW (1951).

YOU'RE IN THE NAVY NOW is an all-time favorite "movie comfort food" military comedy which I especially recommend.

I also found CLOAK AND DAGGER, which I recently saw for the first time, to be very underrated Fritz Lang.

For more on TCM in June 2025, please visit my posts TCM in June: Highlights and Quick Preview of TCM in June, along with TCM's online schedule.

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