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That fab classic "Roman Holiday" will be one of the movie options to watch during the overnight knitting event.

Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck in the movie version of the book To Kill a Mockingbird, talks to his chldren like grown-ups in order to raise them into morally aware adults.

Most conversations about memorable movie dads tend to be brief. Why? Because they usually begin and end with Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Finch may stand as the most noble onscreen father of all time, but that doesn't mean he's the only one worthy of recognition.

At the historic Tampa Theatre, the magic of the big screen comes to life and transports visitors back in time.

A famed Nazi hunter uncovers a plot by Nazi Dr. Mengele to change the course of the world.

John Scalzi's run the inflation-adjusted box-office numbers for science fiction movies since 1931's Frankenstein and discovered that sf has always been in blockbuster territory: On the Beach One of earliest movies to use a science fiction premise without actually advertising itself as science fiction -- because Gregory Peck couldn't possibly be in ...

THOMASTON : The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting a series of films on Fridays in Room 208 of the Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. This month's movies reflect a "breaking away" theme.

Now in her mid 50s, Mary Badham was in town along with a couple of hundred other folks for the final night's performance of the play, 'To Kill A Mockingbird'' flawlessly performed each spring for the past 19 years by an excellent local cast.

Film star grabbed at chance to show off her singing in Las Vegas A movie actress since 1943, Rhonda Fleming became a full-fledged star in Alfred Hitchcock's 1945 film "Spellbound," starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.

Saving Private Ryan This masterpiece of hand-held cinematography provides Hollywood's finest statement for why we honor Memorial Day.

Until the end of August 2009, Mae and artistic mayhem are on display at the show "Surreal Things" - - Art Gallery of Ontario [MusA©e des beaux-arts de l'Ontario], 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1G4.

Spanish artist Salvador Dali's "Mae West lips sofa." It's a surprise to glimpse the worried faces of Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck flickering across a wall in the midst of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Consider Cary Grant in 'North by Northwest.' Sinister forces may be chasing him for reasons he can't comprehend, but this is 1959, and neither the BlackBerry nor the Global Positioning System chip that goes inside it has been invented.

Monday, May 04, 2009 Mailbag: Eager Free Library Agenda for MAY----- May 7th at 6:00 - To Kill a Mockingbird movie, book discussion and dessert buffet.

Consider Cary Grant in "North by Northwest." Sinister forces may be chasing him for reasons he can't comprehend, but this is 1959, and neither the BlackBerry nor the Global Positioning System chip that goes inside it has been invented.

Generations of students have studied Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird." Generations of adults recall the classic 1962 film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, the courageous small-town lawyer who defends a black man unjustly accused of rape.

Toward the end of Capote , the thin-skinned writer breaks off relations with his best friend because her novel had overshadowed In Cold Blood .

It's Be Kind to Lawyers Day -- honest -- so we're bellying up to the Bar Association with onscreen attorneys we love, like Perry Mason, Atticus Finch, and Ally McBeal By Adam Markovitz Apr 13, 2009 ATTICUS FINCH Played by Gregory Peck To Kill a Mockingbird After four fruitless Oscar noms, Peck finally took home a statue for his role as a socially ...

Floods, fires, droughts, disease, extinctions and a dying Great Barrier Reef may be a hint of things to come globally.

On the Scottish band Simple Minds' early song "Boys from Brazil" Jim Kerr croons, "Not just the boy that's crying wolf now / Someone else is screaming up at our door" and while the lyrics are hard to parse they convey the uneasiness at the heart of Ira Levin's popular novel on which the song and the film are based.