Gregory Peck Pulled Mel Ferrer Aside and Said One Thing — Audrey Never Knew Until It Was Too Late The party was in the hills above Bel Air on an evening in December of 1953 and Gregory Peck arrived at half past eight. Stood a moment at the door reading the room before committing to…
Six Weeks After Burying His Son, Gregory Peck Made This Decision The telegram reached Gregory Peck at his home in Brentwood on a Thursday in July of 1975. Four words from a camera operator named Vince Harlow, who had worked the Roman Holiday second unit, and was now on the Robin and Marian crew in…
Audrey Hepburn’s Secret Was Hidden for 60 Years — She Flew Overnight to Be in That Corridor When… The envelope had Gregory Peck’s name in it, and Sophia Loren read it from a screen in Rome. And the room at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium understood something extraordinary had occurred. Not the satellite technology alone,…
PARAMOUNT Offered AUDREY HEPBURN and Gregory Peck a Happy Ending for Roman Holiday—They Both Said NO Spring of 1974. Brentwood. Wait. Because what Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn were about to say in a Paramount conference room to each other and to the studio would settle something neither of them had ever needed to name…
The Tall T (1957): 20 Weird Facts That You Didn’t Know About I was waiting for that old man to try something. >> You didn’t have to kill him. >> I would have sooner or later. >> Funny thing about there. >> Released in 1957, the Tall T looked like a modest western. Small [music]…
The Wild Wild West (1965) 20 Weird Facts That You Didn’t Know About Artemis Gordon wasn’t supposed to be the sidekick. He was nearly written out after episode 3. The Wild Wild West didn’t follow the rules of 1960s television. It mixed westerns with James Bond. Gadgets exploded on set. Stunts sent actors to the…
The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976): 20 SECRETS Hidden For Decades Get out of my way, fool. A quiet farmer, a Union ambush, a trail of revenge that redefined [music] the Western. But, behind Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece, nothing was simple. The director got fired by his own star. [music] The author wasn’t who everyone thought he…
Cheyenne (1955) 20 Weird Facts That You Didn’t Know About All right, up high. I heard there were outlaws in the basin. That’s why I’m here to smoke out one of them. Me? He walked tall, carried a Winchester, and changed [music] television forever. But Cheyenne wasn’t supposed to be a TV show. The star…
Wagon Train (1957) 20 Weird Facts That You Didn’t Know About You ride over there, the two of us, Charlie. >> Yes, sir. Charlie. >> Wagon Train didn’t just roll across the prairie. [music] It stampeded through eight seasons, survived a star’s sudden death, and became the blueprint for every ensemble drama that followed. But…
High Plains Drifter (1973): 20 SECRETS Hidden For Decades The stranger rode into town without a name. He took what he wanted, killed without hesitation and vanished like smoke. Highplains Drifter wasn’t just Clint Eastwood’s first solo western as director. It was a ghost story disguised as a revenge tale. And behind the scenes, nothing…
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