Gary Cooper News

Those looking to celebrate Memorial Day by watching war movies should tune in to Turner Classic Movies this weekend.

Cooper's low-key, it's- not -all-about-me demeanor, whether playing an inspiring everyman like Longfellow Deeds or a real-life hero like Alvin York, resonated with audiences.

Brennan's, a New Orleans restaurant that famously invented the Bananas Foster dessert six decades ago, is more recently known for a long-running family clash over ownership of the French Quarter eatery.

The second of the four films that Burt Lancaster and Robert Aldrich made together is the story of two mercenaries in Mexico after the American Civil War who are hired by Emperor Maximillian to safely bring a countess to Vera Cruz.

As they are walking back to the house the next morning, he asks, "Can we go back there again sometime?" She just looks at him and smiles as she pulls a piece of straw from his shirt.

CLASSIC CINEMA: "The Winning of Barbara Worth," a 1926 silent drama starring Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky, chronicles the tale of pioneer settlers who dreamed of irrigating California's parched Imperial Valley in the early 20th century.