Nice someone remembers this movie and Alvin... I used to show it when I taught school..
I believe Alvin would not let his story be glamorized, and he had a hand in picking Cooper to play him in the film...
I never read a great deal about Cooper, but have read much on Hemingway.. He and Cooper were pals and hunted quite a bit in Idaho... Cooper needed glasses but his contract prevented him from wearing them in public..
