Back to Golden Days

FRANCHOT TONE (Feb ruary 27, 1905 — September 18, 1968) Actors suffer from being half narcissistic and half self-critical.

When I created Back to Golden Days on February 27, 2015, I didn't know what to except. The blog was just an outlet for me to express my love for classic films, History and writing. I had no idea it would became such a huge part of my life. Writing about my favorite films and stars has been a great History lesson and interacting with all of you lovely people who take the time to read my articles has been absolutely wonderful. So all I can say is thank you and here's t o another amazing year of blogging. Out of curiosity, I thought I'd share with you my most viewed articles of this first year of the blog. Here they are:   Golden Couples: Gary Cooper & Patricia Neal My Favorite Classic Movie Blogathon: "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1960) Golden Couples: Rock Hudson & Doris Day The 1947 Blogathon: "Nightmare Alley" The Classic Movie History Project Blogathon: Juvenile Delinquency in Mid-1950s Cinema The Sinatra Centennial ...

For my last Oscar-themed "Film Friday" I decided to bring you the Best Picture winner of 1947. This was t he second Gregory Peck film I saw — the first was Designing Woman (1957) — and my first time seeing bo th John Garfield and Dorothy McGuire on scre en. Origin al release poster Directed by Elia Kazan, Gentleman's Agreement (1947) tells the story of Philip Schuyler Green (Gregory Peck), a widowed journalist who moves to New York with his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) and mother (Anne Revere) to work for a magazine called Smith's Weekly . Hi s publisher, John Minify (Albert Dekker), want s him to wr ite a series of art icles on the sub ject of anti-Semitism . The project was suggested by Minify's divorced nie ce Kathy Lacey (Dorothy McGuire), with whom Phil soon falls in love. In order to get genuine insight into the matter, Phil, a gentile, decide s to adopt a Jewish identity ( "Phil Greenberg") and write about his first-hand experiences...