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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. The film is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck ) who pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut .
Filming locations. Darien, Connecticut, USA. NBC Building, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Stage 16, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA. (Studio)
Overview. A magazine writer poses as a Jew to expose anti-Semitism. Elia Kazan. Director. Laura Z. Hobson. Novel.
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Seventy years later, in 2017, a march by neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA brought to light that Antisemitism is still alive in America. Though this fascist march was certainly not the first of its kind in the U.S., nor likely the last, it became a flashpoint because a counter-protester was murdered, and because the so-called ...
Here’s an excerpt from a piece titled “Reflections on Gentleman’s Agreement” by Ben Tousman in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, April 1947, published shortly after the film was released: Gentleman’s Agreement is a thoughtful, direct approach to the normal prejudices which lodge in the minds of many persons … it leaves a profound impression that hate...
Gentleman’s Agreementon IMDbDec 13, 2005 · The 1947 Oscar-winning film was Elia Kazan’s Gentleman’s Agreement, based on Laura Z. Hobson’s novel and adapted to the screen by Moss Hart, which illustrated the cruelties and injustices of anti-Semitism. Although “Gentleman’s Agreement” seems tame and naïve by today’s standards, it was definitely a big step in the maturation of ...
Oct 1, 2016 · Though Laura Z. Hobson (1900 – 1986) is no longer a well-known name among today’s readers, her blockbuster 1947 novel, Gentleman’s Agreement, and its award-winning film adaptation are both classics. The storyline tackles “polite” antisemitism in post-World War II New York City and environs.
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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.
