Gentlemen's Agreement is often criticized for playing it safe but it's strength is the way it addresses the unspoken or unnoticed shades of bigotry. The people who would never physically harm another but is relieved they are not another race. The people who would be friendly but never friends with another race or religion.
The people who quietly accept others being excluded.
Celeste Holmes won best supporting actress for her role. I believe she did more for what her character says than for having a bigger impact on the storyline itself. Her character says all the right things and means them, she cuts off and confronts the ugliness. She ultimately has a rather minor role but she says the things we all hope we would say.
Gregory Peck it seems was born to play characters like Atticus Finch and. Phillip Schuyler. Dorothy McGuire may have the toughest part as she has to come to terms with her own lack of courage standing firm against prejudice and not wanting to make waves but ultimately she grows stronger unfortunately we don't actually get to see her in action this way we have to trust she will follow through.
John Garfield has a small but significant role as the one who can give real insight to anti Semitism .
The movie is still relevant and we can still learn from it.
The people who quietly accept others being excluded.
Celeste Holmes won best supporting actress for her role. I believe she did more for what her character says than for having a bigger impact on the storyline itself. Her character says all the right things and means them, she cuts off and confronts the ugliness. She ultimately has a rather minor role but she says the things we all hope we would say.
Gregory Peck it seems was born to play characters like Atticus Finch and. Phillip Schuyler. Dorothy McGuire may have the toughest part as she has to come to terms with her own lack of courage standing firm against prejudice and not wanting to make waves but ultimately she grows stronger unfortunately we don't actually get to see her in action this way we have to trust she will follow through.
John Garfield has a small but significant role as the one who can give real insight to anti Semitism .
The movie is still relevant and we can still learn from it.