Fay Wray Biography

Gary Cooper and Fay Wray filmed the (now lost) silent film The First Kiss along the Chesapeake Bay in 1928. They attended the film premiere in Easton, Maryland's Avalon Theater together. Gary was also Fay's best man in her wedding to author John Monk Saunders. Saunders' life sadly ended in suicide after the 1939 divorce from Wray, but their marriage had many ups and downs along the way. Learn more about Fay Wray and her tumultuous life in 1928 in this production by Radio WhoPoo.

Sources:

https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2013/04/civil-war-the-four-tupper-brothers.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1928/08/20/archives/the-screen-a-soldier-in-love-a-welldressed-gangster-four-brothers.html

http://allanellenberger.com/fay-wrays-extortion-attempt/

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