Gregory Peck | Susan Marlowe CPA's Niece Kimi's Latest Love
Hello from Susan Marlowe CPA in Tallahassee, FL! My seven year old niece, Kimi, is visiting and she is truly a little darling. I decided to take the opportunity to introduce my niece Kimi to classic actors. She liked the idea and we chose Gregory Peck.
As most of you know, I am a hoarder of classic motion pictures. I love nothing better than to introduce kids to old films. Gregory Peck is one of my favorites and by the end of the visit, my niece Kimi was a fan as well. I started to jokingly refer to her as Kimi Peck. Notice that she didn’t object. đ
Here are the Gregory Peck motion pictures from my hoard that I shared with Kimi:
We started with the Gregory Peck classic Roman Holiday. Kimi absolutely loved it! In fact, it was after this film that I started to refer to her as Kimi Peck. Here is what Wikipedia says about it:
Roman Holiday is a 1953 romantic comedy directed and produced by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. It was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him. Trumbo’s credit was reinstated when the film was released on DVD in 2003.
Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the screenplay and costume design also took statuettes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Holiday
I really love the story but my love for it is nothing compared to Kimi’s. I was really thrilled.
Next, Susan Marlowe and the newly minted “Kimi Peck” chose to watch something a little more serious from my motion picture hoarder collection. Kimi chose the Gregory Peck film The Gunfighter, which really surprised me. Kimi does not watch a lot of Westerns, usually. Anyway, here is the information:
Gregory Peck | Susan Marlowe introduces her young niece, Kimi, to the great star and dubs her "Kimi Peck" as a result
The Gunfighter is a 1950 western film starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden (who came back after a three year hiatus). This film was directed by Henry King. It was written by screenwriters William Bowers and William Sellers, with an uncredited rewrite by writer and producer Nunnally Johnson, from a story by Bowers and screenwriter and director Andre de Toth.
Kimi Peck really enjoyed watching this one as well. It is a bit darker than most of the films we had watched before but it didn’t seem to bother her at all. So, what was next for my little niece Kimi Peck? She wanted to see Twelve O’Clock High!
According to Wikipedia:
Twelve O’Clock High is a 1949 American war film about aircrews in the United States Army’s Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France during the early days of American involvement in World War II. The film was adapted by Sy Bartlett, Henry King (uncredited) and Beirne Lay, Jr. from the 1948 novel by Bartlett and Lay. It was directed by King and stars Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, and Dean Jagger.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and won two: Dean Jagger for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and Best Sound Recording. In 1998, Twelve O’Clock High was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_O%27Clock_High
By this time, you would have thought that Kimi would be tired of Gergory Peck films. Not so! She was ready for more! It was so exciting to see Kimi dig through my hoard of motion pictures looking for her new favorite movie star. I told you she was a little darling. Well, for more news on the adventures of the newly minted Kimi Peck, be sure to check back on my blog. Thanks from Susan Marlowe CPA