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He had a long career and a long wedding, but beforeGary Cooper met his wife,Veronica Balfe, he had a number of relations and business with co-stars. He first came to glory as a silent movie star before moving to Talkies in the late 1920s. At that time, he started a romance with a casting comrade who lasted almost three years and was volatile until the very end. This co-star which has become girlfriend even had a weapon on Cooper after leaving it. Read on to find out more.

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Cooper played oppositeLUPE Vélez In the west of 1929Wolf song. The silent film speaks of a white man traveling through the West in the 1840s, who fell in love and married a Mexican woman. He must then choose between life with his bride or an adventure life.

At this point, Cooper has been working on the screen for a few years. His role of escape inThe Virginian, a talkie, also arrived in 1929. Vélez had been stage interpreter until 1927. He was the first feature filmThe Gaucho in which she played withDouglas Fairbanks.

After meeting the shooting ofWolf song, Cooper and Vélez started to see each other. As indicated byLos Angelesmagazine, decades after their ensemble,Cooper wrote, "You could not prevent yourself from being attracted by Lupe Véz. She flashed, stormed and triggered, and on the set, she was likely to throw things if she thought it would do good. But she opposed to being called Wild. "Will say:" I'm not wild! I'm just read. ""

AccordingMichelle Vogel, the author ofLUPE VEZ: The life and career of "Mexican Spitfire" of Hollywood (Going throughCloser), "A journalist asked Gary who was the" greatest thrill "he had obtained to make films. Without a second thought, he said:" LUPE "."

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Cooper and Vélez 'relationship was passionate but not always positively. Vogel saidCloser This vez "once stabbed Gary during a fight. He needed stitches." The actor herself said, "I think I'm going to kill my Gary. Because he doesn't get angry when Lupe is angry with him." As for Cooper, he would have deceived Vélez.

Cooper's mother was also in the mixture and exchanged words with Vélez in the tabloids. "It was an interracial relationship at a time when society did not accept very," said Vogel. "[Cooper's mother] thought LUPE was weak, vulgar and tasteless."

In 1931, the tumultuous affair of Cooper and Vélez ended, but she did not pastor quietly. AccordingCloser, Cooper tried to end the relationship by fleeing to Europe, but Vélez followed him to a station and pulled a weapon over him. He was not struck by the ball.

"It was not a lasting love," said VogelCloser. "But Lupe wore a torch for Gary until dying day."

After their relationship, Cooper married Balfe, worldly and actor, in 1933. They remained married until his death in 1961; Although there was a separation period. Vélez married swimmer and Olympic actorJohnny Weissmuller, also in 1933. They divorced in 1939. Vélez died five years later from a drug overdose at the age of 36.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB