High Noon 1929 film version of "The Virginian" in which Cooper also starred. The film was criticized in the Soviet Union as "glorification of the individual". The American Left lauded it as an allegory against blacklisting and McCarthyism, but it gained respect in the conservative community as well. It has been cited as a favorite by several U.S. presidents. Dwight Eisenhower screened the film at the White House, and Bill Clinton hosted a record 17 White House screenings. "It's no accident that politicians see themselves as Gary Cooper in "High Noon"," Clinton said. "Not just politicians, but anyone who's forced to go
High Noon (2013 short film) High Noon (2013 short film) High Noon (Original Spanish title: "La Hora Señalada") is a 2013 Venezuelan drama short film about bullying, directed by Ivan Mazza. In a school playground, a small and lonely child, is walking by the group of popular kids of his class when someone pushes him accidentally against the biggest boy of the group, making him drop a pack of gum in the wet and dirty floor. The boys around them decide they should fight, so it’s decreed the two of them must face each other outside the school, when the noon bell rings. When the