GREGORY PECK: UPSTANDING GENTLEMAN

With his rich voice and dashing good looks, at a young age Gregory Peck was almost instantly a leading man. Studying to be a doctor, but inspired by weekly trips to the movies with his Grandmother, Peck instead turned to acting. He often gravitated to roles in which his character was level-headed, whose moral compass was unparalleled, and who could be counted on to do the right thing… or who used this image to his benefit, hiding disturbing secrets. One of our favorite actors, The Heights is proud to present five of Gregory Peck’s classics.

ROMAN HOLIDAY

Aug. 4, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION

Ann (Audrey Hepburn), a princess from an unnamed country, is on an official visit to Rome. Frustrated over being micromanaged, she escapes, and falls in with broke reporter, Joe (Peck). With his pal and photographer Irving (Eddie Albert) along to snap pictures, Joe takes the princess on a whirlwind tour, pretending he doesn't know who she is, in the hopes of getting an exclusive that will make his career. Peck had a clause in his contract giving him top billing, but upon seeing Hepburns wonderful performance, insisted they have equal billing. This bittersweet pairing of Hepburn (in her first starring role) and Peck was an instant classic, and won her the Oscar.


TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Sept. 1, 2022, 7:30 p.m.


SPELLBOUND in 35MM

Aug. 11, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

35MM PRESENTATION

Created in part because of producer David O. Selznick's success with psychoanalysis, and adapted from the strange novel The House of Dr. Edwardes, and working with both Selznick's therapist and Salvador Dali, Spellbound is one bizarre and entertaining picture. Dr. Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) works at Green Manors, a Vermont sanatorium. Enter the new director, Dr. Edwardes (Peck), a handsome rogue who exhibits some strange tendencies. Petersen falls in love with Edwardes, but soon begins to wonder if he isn't hiding dark secrets. Bergman and Peck famously fell for one another during filming, and their chemistry is blazing in this intense thriller.

35mm print courtesy Walt Disney Pictures


CAPE FEAR

Aug. 18, 2022, 7:30 p.m.

DIGITAL CINEMA PRESENTATION

Sam Bowden (Peck) is a lawyer, a pillar of his community, married and with a 14-year-old daughter. Released from prison, Max Cady (Mitchum) seethes, hell bent on destroying Bowden, whose testimony sent him there. Mitchum is mesmerizing as Cady, but Peck's Bowden grounds Cape Fear, and his character's desperate attempts at protecting his family call into question ethics, morality and even challenge Peck's own image as an upstanding man.

DCP courtesy Universal Pictures.