There are some that are my favorites. too many to list.
I like Gregory Peck especially the ones where he played a priest.
( The Scarlet and The Black (1983)) and almost everyone loves “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
Once Mr. Peck as a young man pondered entering the Priesthood.
He did a talk on his life; normally a private man, but he was urged into it.
I really enjoy the story of how he started dating his future wife.
I forget how he met her; but he telephoned where she worked as a journalist to have lunch. After some wait she came to the phone; and she didn’t seem too enthused.
So he was expecting a ‘I’m not interested’ lunch meeting. But he got up the courage
to inquire why she was so hesitant on the telephone. She replied that she had to postpone an interview with Albert Schweitzer the famous philanthropist to go to lunch!
Which brings me to another favorite, Audrey Hepburn. There were certain movies
in my family as a youth that we traditionally watched every year on TV.
“The Ten Commandments,” “The Greatest Story Ever Told,” “Miracle on 34th Street,”
But also, “Gone With The Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Oklahoma”, “The Music Man.”
and some others.
But I will never forget “My Fair Lady.” Which seems to me, a little like a female version
of “Great Expectations” — every single year my mom would laugh and laugh at the scene
when Eliza; just learning to speak as a lady, drifted at the horse races to say;
-Come on Dobber, Come on Dobber!, move your bloomin’ arse!-
But that is not why I “love” her so much. It was because she gave so much of the last
part of her life to helping starving needy children as U.N. Ambassador for them.
I remember once, in 1993 or so; just seeing a little video piece about her doing this after
she tragically succumbed to cancer. My heart leaped in my chest because of her help of the poor. But it wasn’t until many years later I watched some biographies of her life (2008) - and I do not know why I was drawn to do this. I liked Roman Holiday; but they
could have at least had one Church scene in Rome, after all. And it is so funny, when they shot the scene where they each had to put their hand in the statue of truth; where if a person didn’t tell the truth legend had it a person would lose their hand. They didn’t tell
her that Gregory Peck was going to pretend to lose his hand; he grabbed his sleeve and
pretended… then she screamed… then he showed his hand… and she hit his chest saying,
‘you beast!’ And when they had their parting in the car she couldn’t cry… (maybe because
the memories of what her family went through in Arnhem, Neth were too painful; plus she was it was her first film. So the director, who was very patient with her the whole time; decided he had enough; and pretended to be very angry and yelled at her; so she
burst into tears, and they shot the scene. (cont…) sorry for going on…
