Gregory Peck tells a story about Harper Lee while filming TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

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4 жыл бұрын

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In this clip from the AFI Archive, Gregory Peck tells a story about Harper Lee while filming TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.
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@sunny_zeddy_cy
@sunny_zeddy_cy 4 жыл бұрын
The most ruggedly beautifully handsome actor EVER with such a grand stature and his mountain-thunder voice always expressing himself so eloquently, Greg was a real intellectual and such a social & organizational leader in his industry, and he gave so many superb iconic screen portrayals.
@lahaza6515
@lahaza6515 3 жыл бұрын
I agree completely! Years ago I BRIEFLY:)) tried online dating & in my profile I wrote that "the quiet, intelligent authority of Atticus Finch would be the sort of man I'd like to go to dinner with." Needless to say I never met an Atticus on there!
@lahaza6515
@lahaza6515 3 жыл бұрын
Gary Cooper had that similar type of look & elegant, quietly masculine way about him.
@sunny_zeddy_cy
@sunny_zeddy_cy 3 жыл бұрын
I would have LOVED to date Greg : the GREAT GRAND & GORGEOUS Gregory Peck the most ruggedly soulfully beautifully handsome & thoroughly incomparably magnificent. He is the one & only cinematic love of my life, for 44 years now since I was 10 y/o. Its his birthday tomorrow
@TedsHoldOver
@TedsHoldOver 3 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@peggypeggy4137
@peggypeggy4137 3 жыл бұрын
@@lahaza6515 Yes , you are totally right. Hate to say it but that seems rare these days in Hollywood. Maybe Harrison Ford?
@umeshchandrasharma314
@umeshchandrasharma314 4 жыл бұрын
My most favorite Hollywood actor talking about one great movie based on a great novel - To kill a mocking bird.
@NicoLoveswater
@NicoLoveswater 4 жыл бұрын
One of the Greatest Films of All Time!
@rkninrknin4610
@rkninrknin4610 3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest actors rip gregory peck
@ronlacker326
@ronlacker326 3 ай бұрын
Nah. Just more Marcist, anti-white racist propaganda.
@odysodys1098
@odysodys1098 Жыл бұрын
Cute story! Gregory Peck was an impressive man. A childhood hero.
@Susanluc59
@Susanluc59 3 жыл бұрын
I just listented to the audiobook, and my heart broke at how many comments were from high school kids that were grousing about 'having' to read the book. I read it in grade 10, in 1980, and have probably read it a good twenty times since then, and I fall in love with it again every time I do.
@kellyford5903
@kellyford5903 2 жыл бұрын
Sue…..Man ‘O Man I’m with you!! I STILL read it at least twice a year - WONDERFUL!!!
@BBQ_Jackfruit
@BBQ_Jackfruit 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t enjoy very many of the assigned readings in high school, but I adored “To Kill a Mockingbird.” I think it’s the greatest American novel. My heart breaks at school districts removing the book from the curriculum because of “racism.” Way to miss the point.
@flannerymonaghan-morris7461
@flannerymonaghan-morris7461 2 жыл бұрын
@@BBQ_Jackfruit I do too, and I was one of those weird kids who loved assigned reading in high school. It was/is one of my mom’s favorite books, and it pains me to see it being removed because people miss the point of it all. Thankfully, that has never really happened in my high school-we haven’t had many books banned or removed.
@RiceBBinka
@RiceBBinka 2 жыл бұрын
That feels so weird for me as only last year I was in 10th grade, I read this book too. At first I was a little annoyed from having to read it but now I don’t think its so bad and I’m glad I read it. I find it amazing I read this the same age a whole 41 years later than you.
@bonnischnabel2026
@bonnischnabel2026 Жыл бұрын
Me too……
@Brough1111
@Brough1111 2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest movies and books, Harper Lee and Gregory Peck pure genius
@TheStockwell
@TheStockwell 2 жыл бұрын
During a public appearance by Peck, an audience member said that he became a lawyer because of seeing Gregory Peck's performance in "To Kill a Mockingbird." It gets even better than that: he named his son Atticus. You can't make up things like that!
@TrequartistaFM
@TrequartistaFM Жыл бұрын
I’m not in law, but my boss named his son atticus too.
@ericfreund3496
@ericfreund3496 2 жыл бұрын
Great Story !!! I can’t image anybody else playing Atticus Finch…he was incredible.
@moon75866
@moon75866 4 жыл бұрын
Gregory a legend of classic Hollywood
@patriciagraham2287
@patriciagraham2287 3 жыл бұрын
Gregory the Great! A true gentleman and a gentle man - I loved him! ------still do!
@sunny_zeddy_cy
@sunny_zeddy_cy 3 жыл бұрын
yes !!! the GREAT GRAND & GORGEOUS Gregory Peck the most ruggedly soulfully beautifully handsome & thoroughly incomparably magnificent of all filmstars. He is the one & only cinematic love of my life, for 44 years now since I was 10 y/o. Its his birthday tomorrow
@Naila.360
@Naila.360 3 жыл бұрын
The Million Pound Note (1954) I watched it today and I love him so much, can't believe he is no more, ... he will be missed always and forever
@sunny_zeddy_cy
@sunny_zeddy_cy 3 жыл бұрын
nobody and I mean NOBODY EVER looked as gorgeous as Greg did in that movie. WOW. He really is the GREAT GRAND & GORGEOUS Gregory Peck the most ruggedly soulfully beautifully handsome & thoroughly incomparably magnificent of all filmstars. He is the one & only cinematic love of my life, for 44 years now since I was 10 y/o. I've seen all his films and there's over a dozen of them I've rewatched multiple times. Its his birthday tomorrow
@DATo_DATonian
@DATo_DATonian 2 жыл бұрын
For those who may be interested: There is a marvelous book called simply, 'Mockingbird' by Charles J. Shields which is a biography of Harper Lee's life. Of course it contains a ton of details concerning Harper Lee's early life as well as the writing of the book and the making of the movie. It was an absolutely fascinating and illuminating read and I can heartily recommend it to anyone who is a fan of this story or Harper Lee.
@americanwoman7078
@americanwoman7078 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@davidp4043
@davidp4043 2 жыл бұрын
A very fine actor.
@SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal
@SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal Жыл бұрын
Miss such old charm in our times 😪
@joevasquez6375
@joevasquez6375 18 күн бұрын
A very humble and personable actor.
@onetrueslave
@onetrueslave 3 жыл бұрын
Another reason why it may have felt like swimming downstream for him while making this film was likely because, as someone who knew him well once put it (paraphrasing here...) "Gregory didn't need much acting for his portrayal of Atticus Finch because that was simply who he was in real life." -Likely referring to his being a humble, soft spoken, decent and honorable man.
@carefulpilgrim
@carefulpilgrim Жыл бұрын
I love that he could laugh at himself and tell an unflattering story!
@flaviagoncalves8215
@flaviagoncalves8215 Ай бұрын
I could hear his voice forever
@kj6216
@kj6216 2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the book and movie
@Anonymous-ng4wc
@Anonymous-ng4wc 3 жыл бұрын
Tbh the pot belly makes him even hotter
@MyLateralThawts
@MyLateralThawts 3 жыл бұрын
A little pot belly? “Well Harper, that’s just good acting.” A quote from Greg giving another interview.
@captainmw8885
@captainmw8885 Жыл бұрын
That voice! He was truly Atticus!
@rmm1774
@rmm1774 2 жыл бұрын
If Clarke Gable was 'the King', Gregory Peck was the heir apparent.
@stevewilliams3850
@stevewilliams3850 Жыл бұрын
I wish I could have gotten to meet HarperLee. She and my grandfather were first cousins, even though there was thirty-two years difference between them. Granddaddy was born in 1894 and she was born in 1926. Her father and Granddaddy's mother were brother and sister. There were seven of the Lee children; the children of Cader Alexander Lee and Theodosia Euphrattes Wyndham Lee. There were three girls and four boys. I knew Steve Lee. There was Arthur Lee, Henry Lee, Ammassa Coleman Lee (Harper's father); and Cossie Lee, Fannie Lee and my great grandmother, Jesse Lee. And Jesse Lee Williams, and A.C. Lee (Harper's dad) were brother and sister. Uncle Cole Lee was pretty old when he started his family. But Then, my great grand mother, Jesse, might have been a lot older than him. I have a first cousin who has letters that Uncle Cole Lee had written to my grandfather. Granddaddy took care of his mother when she got old.
@steveadams1576
@steveadams1576 Ай бұрын
That was perfect ❤
@beatricepalmer2763
@beatricepalmer2763 Жыл бұрын
The most perfect movie and actor!
@leahstepp4098
@leahstepp4098 4 ай бұрын
Love his voice❤
@hackbritton3233
@hackbritton3233 2 жыл бұрын
The impeccable gentleman.
@WindOnMyWings
@WindOnMyWings Жыл бұрын
This is a pearl...
@jcatvelazquez
@jcatvelazquez 2 жыл бұрын
They don’t make movies stars like Peck these days
@TheStockwell
@TheStockwell 2 жыл бұрын
Not in the American film industry, anyway.
@alefor5423
@alefor5423 3 жыл бұрын
I imagined a romantic movie with images and music with starrings Jane Wyman and Gregory Peck
@flannerymonaghan-morris4825
@flannerymonaghan-morris4825 2 ай бұрын
And to think he was, what, in his 80’s here? Man, he looked good for an 80 something year old fella, could have passed for mid to late 50’s early 60’s at the most. I also must add, he is also the 2nd oldest winner of the Best Supporting Actor-TV Miniseries or Movie award at the Golden Globes at the age of 82. The oldest winner in that category is still John Gielgud, who was 84 at the time of his win. The youngest winner in that category by contrast is Chris Colfer, who was only 20 when he won the award, beating out James Franco (the previous record holder by nearly 10 years), who won at age 23, who then beat out James Brolin, the previous record holder for 31 years (he won at age 30).
@AdventuresByKyssa
@AdventuresByKyssa Жыл бұрын
There will only ever be one person who could play Atticus Finch and that is this guy; nothing against Jeff Daniels, but you can't compare or compete with Gregory Peck
@rextrek
@rextrek 11 ай бұрын
51st his grandson resembles him ...... he plays SPOCK on StarTrek Strange New Worlds
@jerryblake4088
@jerryblake4088 Жыл бұрын
He's next to actor Jsmes Mason,remarkable men😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@dvjoshi764
@dvjoshi764 8 ай бұрын
Just having the right to say, “I am Atticus Finch”
@mrrooz190
@mrrooz190 Ай бұрын
I didn’t get the joke can someone explain?
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