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Gary Cooper as the Texan, The Saturday Evening Post, May 24, 1930 oil on canvas In 1930 Rockwell had a chance to visit Hollywood. He was thrilled. He wanted to do a picture of a "rawboned, glamorous cowboy." The publicity director at Paramount Pictures suggested Gary Cooper, who was about to begin shooting The Texan. Although now mostly forgotten, the movie was a hit when it was released. Westerns like The Texan that were billed as "expressing the spirit of America" provided escape from the…