Gentleman's Agreement: Best Picture 1947

GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (Drama - NR) PRODUCER: Darryl F. Zanuck ABOUT THE FILM About a non-Jewish reporter (Peck) who poses as a Jew to do stories on discrimination, in the USA, and in the process discovers that racial and religious prejudice exists on several levels. DIRECTED BY: Elia Kazan (who also won the Oscar for direction).

THE CAST INCLUDES Gregory Peck / Nominated (SPELLBOUND DUEL IN THE SUN, TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH, ROMAN HOLIDAY, MOBY DICK, PROK CHOP HILL, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, CAPE FEAR, HOW THE WEST WAS WON, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE OMEN, MACARTHUR, THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL) Dorothy McGuire / Nominated (A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE, THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN, A SUMMER PLACE, THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON, THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD) Celeste Holm / Oscared Supporting Actress! (COME TO THE STABLE, ALL ABOUT EVE, THE TENDER TRAP, HIGH SOCIETY, TOM SAWYER) Anne Revere / Nominated Supporting Actress (NATIONAL VELVET, THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, DRAGONWYCK, THE GREAT MISSOURI RAID) John Garfield (THE SEA WOLF, TORTILLA FLAT, AIR FORCE, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, BODY AND SOUL, FORCE OF EVIL) With June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, and Sam Jaffe. ABOUT THE PRODUCER Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979), produced three films that won the Best Picture Oscar: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (41), GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT (47), and ALL ABOUT EVE (50). He started as a writer in the twenties, and then becan Production chief for Warners Brothers in 1931, then in 1933 he co-founded 20th Century, which merged with Fox in 1935. He was Production VP of 20th Century-Fox from 1935 to 1952, and then he became an independent producer. In 1962 he returned as executive president. Darryl F. Zanuck is considered by some as Hollywood's most efficient mogul. His other works include: IN OLD CHICAGO, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH, VIVA ZAPATA, ISLAND IN THE SUN, and THE LONGEST DAY. NOTES & TRIVA Based on Laura Z. Hobson's best seller. OTHER NOMINATIONS Direction (*) Supporting Actress (*) Actor Actress Supporting Actress (2) Writing Editing OTHER "BEST PICTURE" NOMINATIONS THE BISHOP'S WIFE CROSSFIRE GREAT EXPECTATIONS MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET GO TO: Next Year

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