Minutes After His Oscar Win, Gregory Peck Made a Call That Left Everyone Stunned the 8th of April, 1963, and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was still running its ceremony. Wait, because what Gregory Peek did next, the phone call he made from a production assistance office before the night was over, would tell you…
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…
Jeremiah Johnson (1972): 20 SECRETS Hidden For Decades They told Robert Redford the role would destroy his career. The studio wanted to cut the silence. [music] In one scene, they filmed it in weather so brutal the crew thought they’d lose fingers. These are 20 weird facts about Jeremiah Johnson. And the bonus, a real…
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966): 20 SECRETS Hidden For Decades They called it the greatest Western ever made, but [music] behind Sergio Leone’s masterpiece, nothing was safe. The desert tried to kill them. The [music] bridge exploded too early, and one actor, he nearly died three times before lunch. These are 20…
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]…
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