Above, what’s on the cover of the Mirror? The Cold War? The space race? The Dodgers? No! It’s Gary Cooper’s face lift!

So let’s go into the archives and get a better look.

Here are the before and after shots from 1958.

Here’s "Coop" in 1956.

A 1959 shot from "They Came to Cordura."

Another shot from "Cordura," 1959.

Here’s a still, probably taken in late 1960, from "The Naked Edge," Cooper’s last film.

Isn’t this an amazing discovery? Gary Cooper’s co-star in "Good Sam" was painted out of the picture! Is it Ann Sheridan under all that goop?  This is the most excessive example of retouching I’ve found … so far.

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