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GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT

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Fri 28 Dec 2007

Gentlemans Agreement

Posted by blank blank under GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT
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I am really suprised that this movie is not on the top 100…it is better than half of the movies on the list. I was captivated the first time I saw it, shocked, uncomfortable and touched at the end…yet it doesn’t just end there, but keeps me thinking about my own responsibility in regards to discrimination, antisemitism and racism - it makes me look into myself. Gregory Peck, Celeste Holm (oscar), Dean Stockwell, Dorothy Mcguire, John Garfield, Anne Revere - all the performances by all the characters are wonderful. This movie deserves a place in the top 50.

 

Tue 26 Jun 2007

GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT(1947) AND THE BLUE VEIL (1951)

Posted by Edward Greenspan under GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT , THE BLUE VEIL
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To me, it’s a tie for my favorite movie. “Gentleman’s Agreement,” the Oscar winner for 1947’s best picture was terrific because it hit religious prejudice right on the head. If we saw what prejudice was as depicted by the film, the entire idea of anti-semitism and other forms of hatred would wither away.
For those who love the tear-jerkers, Jane Wyman’s “The Blue Veil” (1951) was magnificent. What Wyman went through in rearing other people’s children. The film was memorable. Sadly, it’s not available on VHS or DVD and hasn’t been shown in years.

 

Thu 21 Jun 2007

THE BLUE VEIL and GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (TIE)

Posted by Edward Greenspan under GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT , THE BLUE VEIL
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My vote for my favorite film is a tie.
“The Blue Veil” (1951) conveys the torment that a woman goes through by raising other people’s children after she loses her newborn in childbirth and her husband has been killed in World War 1. Jane Wyman, as Louise Mason, was never better.
“Gentleman’s Agreement,” the Oscar winner of 1947 for best picture was so good because it hit it on the head regarding religious prejudice.