… Gregory Peck`s role in Gentleman`s Agreement (1947) – a film that was controversial at the time for his open attitude to anti-Semitism – is considered one of his best performances. In 1947, Garfield also made one of his most popular films, as did the film that many critics are considered the greatest… It is about the anti-Semitism of prosperous post-war America and the insidious way in which Jews were excluded from high-level social clubs, resorts and, of course, jobs. There have been no official bans, just a nod and a nod and a “gentleman`s agreement” between nice conservatives they know the kind of people they want to be associated with. This is the kind of everyday prejudice that Groucho Marx elegantly dismissed with his joke that he did not want to join a club that would have him as a member. The film was controversial in its day, as was a similar film on the same theme, Crossfire, released the same year (while this film was originally a story of homophobia, which was later turned into anti-Semitism). Gentleman`s Agreement is based on Laura Z. Hobson`s 1947 novel of the same name. Gentleman`s Agreement is a 1947 film about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who pretends to be a Jew to explore a revelation about anti-Semitism in New York and the prosperous community of Darien, Connecticut.

He was nominated for eight Oscars and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm) and Best Director (Elia Kazan). In 1947, the Oscar for Best Picture was awarded to Gentleman`s Agreement with Gregory Peck as a campaign reporter on a mission. The awards for Best Director were also awarded to Elia Kazan and Best Supporting Actress to Celeste Holm. At first glance, this sounds like a “publishing film” rather worthy of the 1940s, the kind of film the Academy thought it was honoring. But gentleman`s Agreement is always a captivating, fascinating, somewhat boring, by turns naïve and very sharp film, fascinating for what it puts and omchant. … to reveal anti-Semitism in gentleman`s Agreement (1947). Peck`s other notable films of this decade include The Valley of Decision (1945), Alfred Hitchcocks Spellbound (1945), Duel in the Sun (1946), The Yearling (1946) and Yellow Sky (1948).

Gentleman`s Agreement still appears to be an intelligent, concise and captivating drama, and although times have changed since 1947, the subject it tackles so boldly remains relevant and relevant to this day. In the premiere of a new series, Peter Bradshaw explains why the 1947 drama about a journalist posing as anti-Semitic by posing as a Jew remains a sharp, high-thought watch, produces Zanuck`s Gentleman`s Agreement (1947), won him an Oscar for Best Director and also won the award for Best Picture. An adaptation of Laura Z.