Gentleman's Agreement

Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Elia Kazan
Screenplay by	Moss Hart; Elia Kazan (screenplay revision) (uncredited);
Based on	Gentleman's Agreement; by Laura Z. Hobson
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Gregory Peck; Dorothy McGuire; John Garfield; Celeste Holm; Anne Revere; June Havoc; Albert Dekker; Jane Wyatt; Dean Stockwell;
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Edited by	Harmon Jones
Music by	Alfred Newman
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 11, 1947 (New York City);
Running time	118 minutes
Country	United States
Budget	$1,985,000
Box office	$7,800,000

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm), and Best Director (Elia Kazan).

The movie was controversial in its day, as was a similar film on the same subject, Crossfire, which was released the same year (though that film was originally a story about anti-homosexuality, later changed to antisemitism).

In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4]^[5]

^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
^ "Variety (July 1948)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 11, 1948. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
^ Box Office Information for Gentleman's Agreement. The Numbers. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^ "2017 National Film Registry Is More Than a 'Field of Dreams'". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

[solomon-1] Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p. 244, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.

[variety-2] "Variety (July 1948)". New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. July 11, 1948. Retrieved July 11, 2021 – via Internet Archive.

[3] Box Office Information for Gentleman's Agreement. The Numbers. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

[4] "2017 National Film Registry Is More Than a 'Field of Dreams'". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 13, 2017.

[5] "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

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