Movie no.17: The next film I’m gonna watch for my #365classicmoviechallenge is the 1962 classic based on one of the most popular and well-recognized classic novels in American Literature “To Kill A Mockingbird” starring Gregory Peck & Mary Badham 😊 This will always be Gregory Peck’s most memorable role as lawyer Atticus Finch and it’s also his favorite film. He’s also well known in other films like “The Gentlemen’s Agreement”, “Spellbound”, “Keys Of The Kingdom”, “Roman Holiday” & “Designing Woman” 😊. When Greg got offered the role of Atticus Finch he read through the novel in one sitting and loved the role so much he agreed to do it. Everyone got along on set Greg & Mary (who played Scout Atticus’ daughter) became extremely close during filming and became really great friends for the rest of his life. Greg would always call her “Scout” in real life. He was also very close to Harper Lee the author of the book. The book’s (which was a bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961) plot and characters are loosely based on her childhood and Atticus resembles her father. Harper always said that Gregory Peck reminds her of her father when she was young. He actually visited her father while doing the film and they formed a strong bond and got along really well but unfortunately he passed away while filming at 82. Harper gave Greg his watch and chain because of that resemblance & close bond and he wore it to the Oscars the following year when he won Best Actor for Atticus. The film had 8 Oscar nominations in total including Best Picture and won 3 along with Best Actor for Greg they also won Best Screenplay and best art direction 😊 And on a more personal note this was honestly the first classic film I ever watched as a kid we had to watch this in class at school one time as the novel was part of the curriculum for Language class haha 😂. To Kill A Mockingbird is honestly one of the best novels I ever read 😊 #classicmovienight #classicmovies #tokillamockingbird #harperlee #novels #gregorypeck #marybadham #books #oldhollywood #classichollywood
