{"id":38850,"date":"2017-08-14T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38850"},"modified":"2021-02-03T20:55:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T03:55:33","slug":"gentlemans-agreement-1947","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38850","title":{"rendered":"Gentleman&#8217;s Agreement (1947)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been fighting it for years &#8212; and we know from experience, the less talk there is about it, the better.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GA-Poster2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GA-Poster2-153x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-68456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GA-Poster2-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GA-Poster2-65x128.jpg 65w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GA-Poster2-137x270.jpg 137w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/GA-Poster2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA widowed journalist (Gregory Peck) assigned to write a story about antisemitism decides to go undercover as a Jew to gain an insider&#8217;s perspective on discrimination. While his mother (Ann Revere), son (Dean Stockwell), colleague (Celeste Holm), and former GI buddy (John Garfield) are fully supportive, his fiancee (Dorothy McGuire) has reservations about how far Peck should extend his ruse, leading to tensions in their new relationship.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Celeste Holm Films<\/li>\n<li>Dean Stockwell Films<\/li>\n<li>Dorothy McGuire Films<\/li>\n<li>Elia Kazan Films<\/li>\n<li>Gregory Peck Films<\/li>\n<li>Jane Wyatt Films<\/li>\n<li>Jews<\/li>\n<li>John Garfield Films<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken or Hidden Identities<\/li>\n<li>Sam Jaffe Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nElia Kazan&#8217;s Oscar-winning adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gentleman%27s_Agreement_(novel)\">Laura Z. Hobson&#8217;s best-selling novel<\/a> remains a thoughtfully crafted, well-acted drama which neatly surfaces the insidiousness of bias. The dramatic tensions building up to Peck&#8217;s decision to go underground as a Jew extend for a bit too long (and would likely have occurred to his character much earlier), but all that unfolds thereafter feels authentically discomfiting. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Peck.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moss Hart&#8217;s screenplay incisively shows how &#8212; despite having just emerged from a bloody world war fueled in part by antisemitism &#8212; America remained secretly prejudiced itself, with prospective employees changing their names to sound &#8220;less Jewish&#8221;, and unspoken norms of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant\">WASP<\/a> elitism perpetuating segregation. Peck is fine in the central role, but it&#8217;s the supporting players who stand out here &#8212; particularly Revere and Holm: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Revere.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm-1024x775.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm-357x270.png 357w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Holm.png 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; and Arthur Miller&#8217;s cinematography is effectively atmospheric throughout. <em>Gentleman&#8217;s Agreement<\/em> isn&#8217;t comfortable to watch, but remains worthy viewing many years later. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine supporting performances<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2-1024x757.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2-365x270.png 365w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Supporting2.png 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3-1024x775.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3-1024x775.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3-357x270.png 357w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography3.png 1363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arthur C. Miller&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Cinematography4.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Moss Hart&#8217;s provocative screenplay<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative-768x577.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Gentlemans-Agreement-Provocative.png 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a still-powerful indictment of enduring prejudice, both implicit and explicit. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039416\/\">IMDb entry <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1947\/11\/12\/archives\/gentlemans-agreement-study-of-antisemitism-is-feature-at-mayfair.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/58913\/gentlemans-agreement\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reelviews.net\/reelviews\/gentleman-s-agreement\">Reelviews Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lxWYNsFYgUA\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been fighting it for years &#8212; and we know from experience, the less talk there is about it, the better.&#8221; Synopsis: A widowed journalist (Gregory Peck) assigned to write a story about antisemitism decides to go undercover as a Jew to gain an insider&#8217;s perspective on discrimination. While his mother (Ann Revere), son (Dean Stockwell), colleague (Celeste Holm), and former GI buddy (John Garfield) are fully supportive, his fiancee (Dorothy McGuire) has reservations about how far Peck should extend&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38850\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38850"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68469,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38850\/revisions\/68469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}