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Gentleman's Agreement (novel) First edition AuthorLaura Z. Hobson Publisher Simon & Schuster Publication date 1947 Publication place United States5 more rows
When journalist Phil Green (Gregory Peck) moves to New York City, he takes on a high-profile magazine assignment about anti-Semitism. In order to truly view things from an empathetic perspective, he pretends to be a Jew and begins to experience many forms of bigotry, both firsthand and through a Jewish friend, Dave Goldman (John Garfield). Phil soon falls in love with beautiful Kathy Lacy (Dorothy McGuire), but their relationship is complicated by his unusual endeavor. Gentleman's Agreement / Film synopsis
Laura Z. Hobson Gentleman's Agreement / Author
Rather than enacting racially discriminatory and offensive immigration laws, President Theodore Roosevelt sought to avoid offending the rising world power of Japan through this negotiated agreement by which the Japanese government limited the immigration of its own citizens.
Elia Kazan Gentleman's Agreement / Director
The agreement banned emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States and rescinded the segregation order of the San Francisco School Board in California, which had humiliated and angered the Japanese. The agreement did not apply to the Territory of Hawaii.
Gentlemen's agreements are informal, unwritten agreements between two parties to undertake a transaction or other commitment. These agreements are not legally binding but are instead backed by the integrity, social norms, and peer pressure of those involved and their social networks.
His father was of English (paternal) and Irish (maternal) heritage, and his mother was of English and Scots ancestry. She converted to her husband's religion, Catholicism, and Peck was raised as a Catholic.
Gregory Peck stars as the crusading journalist and Dean Stockwell plays his young son, who is also affected by prejudice. Other actors turning in memorable performances include Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Anne Revere and June Havoc.