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January 30, 2000

• Seems like it's been forever since there's been an update, doesn't it? Well, it's because it has been forever! It's a new century, and depending on who you ask, it's a new millennium. So, I'd say it's about time I put some new stuff up, don't you? :)

• Thanks to Annie, Beth, and Hiromi, there are quite a few new photos in the Gallery. I want to take the opportunity again to thank them for their help.

• Annie has also had an Encounter story to tell since October, but because of my apathy and lack of free time, it's only now up. Sorry about that, Annie. Be sure to check it out.

• In the links this update are Annie's new Greg page and a wonderful Audrey Hepburn page from Anna.

• That's about it from this end for now. I'd like to thank you all for sticking with me even though I've slacked off on updates. Remember, if you'd ever like to contribute anything, just e-mail me. BTW, does anyone know of any good free unlimited servers (No Xoom please)? I'm quickly running out of space here and probably ought to start thinking about possible places to move. If you do, give me a shout. Ciao

October 12, 1999

• Once again, sorry for the lack of updates. However, I've got a nice treat for you. List member Herman sent in thirteen new photos! They can be found on the Movie photo page. Thanks again Herman!

• List member Annie informed me the other day that she will be attending an award presentation for Greg in Chicago this weekend. It seems Greg will be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. This will also serve as the premiere of the documentary "A Conversation With Gregory Peck." Annie says she will inform us of her adventure afterwards. Good luck Annie!

• That's pretty much it for now. Don't forget to catch all of the shows during Gregory Peck Week on Turner Classic Movies starting next Monday! For a schedule, check below! And if I've been slow getting back to your e-mails, I'll get to them soon. It's the end of the nine weeks at school and I have a bunch of tests to complete right now.

September 23, 1999

• Here is the schedule for the upcoming 21 film tribute to Greg on Turner Classic Movies:

  Monday, October 18
  

  • A Conversation With Gregory Peck
  • To Kill A Mockingbird
  • A Conversation With Gregory Peck
  • The Yearling

  Tuesday, October 19
  

  • The Big Country
  • Yellow Sky
  • How the West Was Won
  • Billy Two Hats

  Wednesday, October 20
  

  • Roman Holiday
  • Designing Woman
  • Man With A Million
  • Captain Newman, M.D.

  Thursday, October 21
  

  • Pork Chop Hill
  • Twelve O'Clock High
  • MacArthur
  • The Purple Plain

  Friday, October 22
  

  • Cape Fear
  • A Conversation With Gregory Peck
  • Night People
  • The Great Sinner

  Saturday, October 23
  

  • The Guns of Navarone
  • Captain Horatio Hornblower
  • Moby Dick
  • The Portrait

September 21, 1999

• Hello everyone. I apoligize for the lack of updates, but with school starting in August, I haven't had a lot of time to do much with the page. There are a few things that need to be mentioned, so let's go:

• I received the following information on Greg from Miss Nancy Nelson:

  

  Thanks Nancy!

• Along with the information on TCM having Greg as Star of the Month, I'd just like to mention that I'm glad it's happening. You don't know how many times I asked them in them the last few years when or if Greg would be SotM. Nice to see that it's finally happening.

• That's all I have for now. As always, if you have anything you'd like to share for the page, just let me know.

July 30, 1999

• Last month Greg received the Marian Anderson award. Karen Cohen sent me some information on the event. Include were some photos and this article:

  The Philadelphia Inquirer
  Sunday, June 27, 1999

  Peck denounces violence

       Accepting the Marian Anderson Award yesterday from Mayor Rendell, actor and activist Gregory Peck took aim at Congress for dithering on gun control and at Hollywood for producing violent entertainment.

       "What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?" he asked striking a chord with the crowd of about 1,000 assembled on Broad Street. "No one is trying to outlaw hunting or marksmanship."

       "As for the impact of gratuitous violence in movies and television on young minds, can it trigger a tragedy like Columbine? Of course it can!"

       The words of the leonine figure, 83, met with rousing applause from the audience, among them postal workers, groupie grandmothers and Harry Belafonte, a longtime Peck friend and recipient of the inaugural Anderson award last year. The $100,000 prize is named for the Philadelphia-born singer who broke the race barrier at the Metropolitan Opera and who advanced social progress in her humanitarian work.

       Throughout his career, the Oscar-winning star of To Kill a Mockingbird and Roman Holiday has raised consciousness and cash for a spectrum of causes, ranging from cancer research to civil rights to gun control. During the 1960's and 70's, Anderson and Peck served together on the Nation Council of the Arts.

       One who has long put his money where his mouth is, Peck will divide his prize award among four institutions: the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Public Library, University College in Dublin, Ireland, and, not surprisingly given the topic of his speech, Sarah Brady's Center for Handgun Violence.

       As he exhorted the crowd to "refuse to give excessively violent films our patronage" in a baritone as rich and passionate as Anderson's contralto, it was easy to see why for so many years Domocrats tried to draft him to run against another actor and activist, Ronald Reagan.

       From the dais during a parade in his honor preceding the ceremony, Peck waved and blew kisses to many, including Ronnie Quinn and Peg Slusarczyk of Holmesburg. "I've loved this man since I was 15!" exclaimed Quinn, who looked to be about 20 years Peck's junior. "Gregory, we love you!" screamed other fans.

       Letter carrier Ed Washington, who works out of 30th Street Station, also was in the audience, thrilled to see "Three great guys: Peck is the greatest actor, Belafonte the greatest singer, and Rendell the greatest mayor." Washington called it, "A beautiful ceremony, and right on my route." The Broad and Locust Street site of the event was seven blocks from the Walnut Street Theater, where Peck made his professional debut in 1941.

  Two of the actor's biggest fans were on the dais with him. Mayor Rendell learned about lawyering, he confided to Peck at a private gathering Friday night, from studying the actor's performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Just before yesterday's ceremony, Belafonte warmly characterized his friend as the "paragon of artistic and social commitment."

       After the award ceremony, Peck and his wife, Veronique, made a pilgrimage to the Marian Anderson residence at 762 S. Martin St. in South Philadelphia, now owned by Blanche Burton-Lyles, a classical pianist and founder of the Marian Anderson Society.

       For that quietist and most understated of American actors, they day began with a parade and ended with fireworks. The coda to a gala dinner in Peck's honor was a pryotechnic display over the Schuylkill.

       At the gala, Charley Connolly, who heads First Union's Pennsylvania operations, which underwrote the award and the dinner, cited Gentleman's Agreement as his favorite Peck performance "for the unusual resonance in speaking out against the wrongs of anti-Semitism."

       Comcast founder Ralph Roberts and his wife, Suzanne, spoke for many when they characterized Peck as "a principled actor an man."

       "When you leave a Greg Peck movie," Roberts said, "you always learn something."

June 23, 1999

• As some of you might know, this weekend in Philadelphia Greg is receiving the Marian Anderson award. I received this e-mail from Gretjen Clausing, the Program Director for Film at the Prince, yesterdary in regards to their schedule this weekend. Hopefully it can be of use to some of you attending this event.

  He's the Man - The Films of Gregory Peck

       The unmistakable voice, rugged good looks, and strength of character on and off screen, confirm Gregory Peck's status as one of the great originals of American cinema.

       Come to the Prince Music Theater on Saturday, June 26 & Sunday, June 27th for a 2-day film series highlighting the actor's most original and beloved performances on the occasion of his receiving the 2nd Annual Marian Anderson Award as part of the Philadelphia Festival of the Arts.

  Saturday, June 26 at 10:30 am

  Captain Newman M.D.
  (David Miller, 1963, USA, video, 126 mins) With Angie Dickenson in person

       See Gregory Peck's lighter side in this compelling drama-comedy about a dedicated military doctor treating mentally disturbed soldiers stateside during WWII featuring Angie Dickenson, Tony Curtis and Oscar-nominee Bobby Darin.

  Saturday, June 26 at 1:15 pm

  12 O' Clock High
  (Henry King, 1949, USA, 16mm, B&W, 132 mins)

       Peck gives one of his finest performances in this stirring WWII drama about the pressures facing fighter pilots and the officers sending them off to risk their lives.

  Sunday, June 27 at 10:30 am

  To Kill A Mockingbird
  (Robert Mulligan, 1962, USA, 35mm, B&W, 131 mins) Followed by an informal conversation with Gregory Peck & Brock Peters in person.

       One of the classics of American cinema, Peck won an Oscar for his brilliant performance as southern lawyer Atticus Finch.

  Sunday, June 27 at 6:30 pm

  The Gunfighter
  (Henry King, 1950, USA, 35mm, B&W, 84 mins)

       Considered one of the greatest westerns of all times and Peck includes it as one of his favorite films.

  Sunday, June 27 at 8:15 pm

  Spellbound
  (Alfred Hitchcock, 1945, USA, 35mm, B&W, 111 mins)

       A dreamy young Gregory Peck is the object of Ingrid Bergman's analysis as she attempts to uncover his mysterious past.

  Prince Music Theater 1412 Chestnut Street (Chestnut at Broad)

  For information and to purchase advance tickets call Upstages at 215 569 9700.

  Tickets: $7 General, $6 Students/Seniors, $4 children 12 & under. To Kill A Mockingbird w/ Greg Peck - $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Gregory Peck Film Package - $25 in advance - see To Kill A Mockingbird plus 3 other films of your choice.

  The Prince Music Theater, home to Film at the Prince - The Sharon Pinkenson Film Project, is Philadelphia's newest and most state-of-the-art theater for live musical theater and film. This pairing of art forms promises to inspire innovative film programming from the historic to the fantastic, the silent to the musical, the classic to the kitsch, the doc to the drama, the local to the international, and the emerging to the high profile. Film at the Prince hopes to become a gathering place for filmmakers, film lovers, actors, writers, students and families to see exciting new and classic films, socialize, and exchange ideas.

June 19, 1999

• Well, I'm finally back from Boys' State and settling back in just fine. Over the last few days, I added all of the merchandise links and decided to try my skills out. After honing my skills over the last few months, I managed to encode the entire score to To Kill A Mockingbird into RealAudio G2. Please check it out by clicking here. It is also accessible through the sounds page. It was a pretty big project and I'd appreciate feedback if possible.

June 3, 1999

• If you haven't noticed, there are a few banners on the site now that weren't here before. Let me explain them to you:
  • The banner at the top of the pages is advertising the book, "Gregory Peck" by Michael Munn, which is coming out in America this month. By clicking on the banner, you can purchase the book from Amazon.com in association with my site. If you plan on buying the book anyways, please consider buying it this way. Not only do you get Amazon.com's great service, but it also helps me out.

  The other banners are at the bottom of the pages:

  • The first is a search banner. With this you can choose a word and search the entire site for it. It also gives you the option of searching the Internet for the same word.

  • Directly below that is a banner for AllAdvantage.com. This is a site that pays you money to surf the net. For every hour you are online, they pay you 50 cents, good for up to 40 hours a month. You also get money for referring people to them. While I hate to just tell people to go there, it is certainly something you may want to check out. Seeing as how it costs you nothing to possible make twenty dollars a month(and help me out), please stop by their site if you get a chance.

  • The final banner/table at the bottom allows you to look for products at Amazon.com. Again, if you plan on making a purchase from them, please consider doing it through the site. It doesn't cost you any extra to do it this way and it helps me out a lot.

• Finally, I'll be out of town starting this Sunday, June 6th, until Saturday, June 12th. I don't know if I'll be able to check my e-mail while away, so please understand if you don't get a quick response.

May 29, 1999

• As promised, here is the new site! You may be asking, "What's so different?" Well, aside from the look of the site, most of the new changes are just cosmetic as well. Like what? Well, take a swing by the Films page, for example. Also, the Sounds page has been changed in the fact that not only have the bigger files been converted to RealAudio G2, but you can listen to them first, without downloading. That is the "Streaming" feature. I hope you enjoy the new version of this site. It should load quite a bit faster, and be a bit easier to navigate. Let me know what you think! E-Mail me!

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