Mention Gregory Pike, who is the hallmark of the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema:
He has a handsome appearance, but also a gentle temperament, has appeared in more than 60 films in his lifetime, most of them playing awe-inspiring roles, and outside the camera he has always maintained a polite gentlemanly demeanor.
This is enough to make every man who has come into contact with him stand in awe, and every woman who has admired him will never forget.
Gregory Pike
Gregory Peck
American actor, 1916.4.5-2003.6.12
Masterpieces "The Snow of Kilimanjaro", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Roman Holiday"
35th Academy Award for Best Actor
Lifetime Achievement Award at the 42nd Cannes International Film Festival
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In 1944, he starred in his first film" "Glorious Years", in which he played a Russian guerrilla fighter who fought against Nazi Germany; in the same year, he played a kind priest in the feature film "The Journey of heaven", which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 18th Academy Awards.
1944 Journey of the Heavenly Road
Since then, he has begun a whole lifelong acting career, and this man who can wear plain fat crotch pants so beautifully has also presented countless wonderful works:
◆ In 1945, "Dr. Edward", playing a mental patient suffering from amnesia in the film, the film was the first batch of psychoanalytic films in the history of cinema, and in the same year, he starred in the romance film "Love Valley Fangcao".
◆ In 1946, "Deer Park Changchun", and with this film, he was nominated for best actor at the 19th Academy Awards and the best actor award at the 4th Golden Globe Awards;
◆ In the same year, he starred in the action film "Sun Blood", which is Pike's transformational work, and tried the villain role for the first time in the film, playing the debauched Andre.
1946 "Sun Blood"
◆ 1947 "Gentleman's Agreement", the first film in the history of American cinema with anti-Semitism as the theme, Pike created the white writer Phil Green's upright and promising character image, and was nominated for the 20th Academy Award for Best Actor;
◆ In 1949, he participated in the Western film "Golden Sands Town"; in the same year, he starred in the war film "History of Clear Skies and Blood" with the theme of World War II, playing frank, a determined and imposing air force commander, and won the Oscar nomination for best actor at the 22nd Academy Awards. The funniest thing is that it is also quoted in the funny film "Little Devil Is Home", which shows its influence.
1949 History of Clear Sky Blood
◆ In May 1950, the starring Western film "Black Swan" was released, and in the same year, he starred in the feature film "King David and the Noble Concubine". In 1952, he played the aftermath of the romance film "The Snow of Kilimanjaro", a writer who had suffered from vicissitudes and was infected with gangrene, which was one of the representative works of his film career and was selected as one of the "Top Ten Hollywood Blockbuster Films of the Year".
◆ In 1962, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is still the favorite of many fans. In IMDB's netizen voting campaign, it became one of the best movies in history, ranking 29th.
1962 To Kill a Mockingbird
Then, Gregory and Hepburn starred in the very famous "Roman Holiday", and the two formed a deep friendship.
The film made Hepburn, who was the first actress, win the 26th Academy Award for Best Actress, and Hepburn, who was standing on the podium and was so excited, did not forget to tell the world, "This is a gift from Pike to me."
1954 26th Academy Awards Best Actress Audrey Hepburn
It turned out that before the filming of "Roman Holiday" was released, Pike found his name printed on the poster, and Hepburn's name was hidden in a corner and was still small. He specifically informed the producers to change the original cast list to "Roman Holiday starring Gregory Pike" to Audrey Hepburn's name.
Although many articles have rumors that Pike and Hepburn are deeply in love with Hepburn because of "Roman Holiday", and gave a butterfly brooch when Hepburn was married, after Hepburn's death, Pike went to the cemetery to confess his love story, but this is actually a fabrication.
Many people hope that this screen couple has the same feelings in reality, but in fact, the two have always been best friends.
Photo of Hepburn and Pike playing cards on the set of Roman Holiday
Both during the filming of Roman Holiday and in the decades that followed, the two maintained a precious friendship, and when Hepburn got married, Parker sent his blessings and began his new life. In 1955, Pike met a beautiful French journalist, Passani, in Paris, and the two fell in love and married.
The man who had acted in a lifelong love drama of death and life, even at the moment of his death, did not forget to return his hand to his wife in a hurry, just as a student returned the borrowed book to the librarian when he graduated, and he gave the French woman with his surname the last word of dignity, thanking her for having been with him for many years.
Pike and Passani
Pike has been praised as "a man worth loving all his life", and he also maintains good friendships with the directors he has worked with with him with his kindness and human touch. At the same time, Gregory Pike was also selected as the number one screen hero of "One Hundred Screen Heroes and Villains" in the history of a century-old film. The real-life Pike was also a sympathetic participant in the civil rights movement and received the Joan Hershore Humanitarian Prize.
On April 5, 1916, the 101st anniversary of gregory Parker's birth, let us remember this gentleman of the world.
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