Gary Cooper to be Commemorated on U.S. Stamp

'High Noon' legend honored at 11 a.m. event

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following advisory is
being issued by the U.S. Postal Service:

What: Gary Cooper commemorative stamp dedication.

Who:
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin
Gary Cooper's daughter Maria Cooper Janis
Gary Cooper Scholarship Recipient Sonya Oberly
USPS Board of Governor member Alan C. Kessler
President and CEO of the Autry National Center John Gray

When: 11 a.m. Sept. 10, 2009

Where: Autry National Center of the American West, Heritage Court
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, CA 90065

Background: Leonard Maltin will emcee the event that includes a special film
tribute to Gary Cooper. Cooper's daughter will speak about the iconic actor as
a father and be available for interviews on his 20-year friendship with Ernest
Hemingway. The two outdoorsmen often hunted and fished together. Hemingway
had Cooper in mind when writing For Whom the Bell Tolls. Native American
Sonya Oberly will highlight Cooper's contributions to Native Americans.
Cooper's Oscar(R) for High Noon (1952) will be on display in addition to High
Noon and Along Came Jones movie posters and a Norman Rockwell painting of
Cooper that was commissioned for the Along Came Jones advertising campaign.

SOURCE U.S. Postal Service

Los Angeles: Richard Maher, (O) +1-714-662-6350, (C) +1-714-307-0202,
richard.j.maher@usps.gov, or National: Mark Saunders, (O) +1-202-268-6524, (C)
+1-202-320-0782, mark.r.saunders@usps.gov, both of U.S. Postal Service