Gary Cooper, casually astride his Rollfast and costumed in his Sergeant York uniform, chats with co-stars Walter Brennan (the bowtie) and Joan Leslie (the bike). The Warner Bros. war drama, directed by Howard Hawks and released in 1941, was nominated for eleven Academy Awards. Cooper won the best actor Oscar. Photo by Mac Julian.

Here’s the snipe: “Where do I come in?” asks Walter Brennan of Gary ‘Sergeant York’ Cooper and Joan Leslie. Cooper and Miss Leslie have bicycles. Brennan, their co-player in Warner Bros.’ SERGEANT YORK, has none. Which just isn’t fair, says Walter.