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Loading... Gentleman's Agreement [1947 film] (1947)by Elia Kazan (Director), Laura Hobson (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred. (IMDb) ( ) NO OF PAGES: 0 SUB CAT I: Anti-Semitism SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Elia Kazan directed this sometimes powerful study of anti-Semitism in nicer circles, based on Laura Z. Hobson's post-World War II novel. Gregory Peck is a hotshot magazine writer who has been blind to the problem; to ferret it out, he passes himself off as Jewish and watches the WASPs squirm. Seen a half-century later, the attitudes seem quaint and dated: Could it really have been like this? Yet the truth of the story comes through, in the wounded dignity of John Garfield, the upright indignation of Peck, and the hidden ways bigotry and hatred can poison relationships. That's particularly true in the Oscar-winning performance of Celeste Holm, who finds more layers than you'd expect in what seems like a stock character. --Marshall FineNOTES: Purchased from Amazon.com. SUBTITLE: Winner Best Picture 1947 no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained in20th Century Fox Best Picture Collection: All About Eve / The Sound of Music / How Green was My Valley / Gentleman's Agreement / The French Connection by Elia Kazan Leading Men Collection, Vol. 2: A Farewell to Arms / Gentleman's Agreement / The Grapes of Wrath / Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison / The Hustler by Charles Vidor Is an adaptation ofAwards
A writer who is assigned to do a magazine series on anti-Semitism decides to pose as a Jew, and soon discovers what it is like to be a victim of religious intolerance. No library descriptions found. |
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