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Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck ) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut .
Summaries. 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. Philip Green is a highly respected writer who is recruited by a national magazine to write a series of articles on anti-Semitism in America.
Gentleman's Agreement: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm. 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.
When journalist Phil Green (Gregory Peck) moves to New York City, he takes on a high-profile magazine assignment about anti-Semitism. In order to truly view things from an empathetic...
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In producer Darryl F. Zanuck's and director Elia Kazan's serious, preachy Best Picture-winning social drama - a landmark film - and an historically-significant and tough expose of post-war anti-Semitism:
The spectacular critical, popular and financial success of Laura Z. Hobson’s “Gentleman’s Agreement” as a novel should be repeated by Darryl F. Zanuck’s brilliant and powerful film version.
Brief Synopsis. A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism.
Overview. A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism. Elia Kazan. Director. Laura Z. Hobson. Novel.
Oct 23, 2006 · Gentleman’s Agreement,a term used late in the film to describe the unspoken rule of keeping Jews out of certain neighborhoods, tells the story of someone searching for a way to end the cycle of hate. Philip Schuyler Green (Gregory Peck) was a famed journalist who wrote stories that were a marked departure from traditional journalism at the time.
Original title: Gentleman's Agreement. Synopsis: Gregory Peck is an investigative journalist assigned to write about anti-Semitism. Frustrated with cold facts and statistics, he decides to get an insider's view by telling people he is Jewish.
