A Gentleman's Agreement

OK. So the year is 1947. Out comes a little controversial movie about anti-sematisim staring no other than the divine Mr. Peck. (Put his name behind anything and I'd consider it gold). The movie in which I speak of is "A Gentleman's Agreement" which about a single father (god he plays being a single father so well!) who is a journalist woking in NYC. He is given the assignment to write about antisemtatism which was a pretty risky movie for Fox studios seeing as how this was an incredibly sensitive subject at the time in our country-WWII going on and Hitler taking over Europe whilst killing millions upon millions of Jews. And only Mr. Peck could carry it with such passion and grace. This is probably my second most favorite movie of his because he has such a fervor to convey all the emotions that went on back then and how it must felt to be called "dirty Jew" or have your son come home crying because the boys at school wouldn't let him play dodgeball because he was jewish. Rather than just write the facts about how it must feel, Philip Green (Peck) pretends to be Jewish for two months and finds out how ostricized and how unfairly the Jews were being treated at this time in history. Great film. Great message. Great acting.
**Side note***
The leading lady is none other than Dorothy McGuire who later went on to play the Swiss Family Robinson mother as well as Old Yeller's mother in the Disney hit films that I grew up loving. I KNEW SHE LOOKED FAMILIAR!!!

**Side note**
Favorite scene I do believe would have to be Green consoling his son in the bathroom. Awww!! That's the kind of parent I want to be

So in conclusion, can any film with Gregory Peck be bad? Nope. Sorry. It can't. So watch the movie. It was great.

Until we meet again...expect my next review to be a Cary Grant film because he pretty stellar as well. I'm in the mood for a little Grant