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I was in this film!

posted 15 years ago by jean-770-963611
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As a child of 4yrs old I attended a nursery school in Gunnersbury, London and children from there were asked to appear in this film. I played an orphan in the garden auction scenes.
I can remember going to the film studios in a coach with my packed lunch and vividly remember being in the garden on a very hot summer day. All I wanted to do was to lie down and go to sleep which is when Gregory Peck asked me if I was alright and when I said I was tired he said 'it won't be long now'. This is my claim to fame.

[–] Weird_and_Proud1 14 years ago

Aw thats a really nice story! Gregory Peck was amazing - briilant memoy to be able o look back on!

[–] lorri789 13 years ago

Awesome story!

[–] cassavetes45 13 years ago

terrific story, jean. i'm watching it right now on tcm. i'll look out for you.

hi, my name is carleen...i'm harmless.

[–] cassavetes45 13 years ago

jean, i'm assuming you are the little cutie that waves back and forth with gregory peck? if so, you were absolutely adorable!

hi, my name is carleen...i'm harmless.

[–] jean-770-963611 13 years ago

Hi cassavetes45, thanks for the message and sorry to disappoint you but no that one was not me. In that garden scene you see Gregory Peck sitting in a chair with a little girl on the right of him (as you look at him) and on the right of her is me and then again soon after there is a shot of some orphans standing in a line in front of the house and I'm the naughty one who keeps fidgeting, rubbing my eyes and leaning forward to look down the line of children. I was very hot, bored and tired!

[–] cassavetes45 13 years ago

oh boy, i wished i had known all this beforehand.
let me tell you this though, i'll be looking for TCM to air it again and when they do i'll spot you.
and no need to call yourself 'the naughty one'...i'm sure it wasn't the most pleasant thing for a little one to go through, especially because you were so tired. but wow, the memory of that day must be wonderful to have. i mean, gregory peck! what a sweet gentleman he was.

hi, my name is carleen...i'm harmless.

[–] G_man2 12 years ago

that's a great story!

but did you realize it was a movie?
were you aware of Peck's status?

and, had you any conception of your being immortalized on film? (I'd guess not, your being 4).

if you were to watch this, you could identify yourself?

[–] Bullets1 10 years ago

Just watched that scene and spotted you!

[–] joanneguy1967 9 years ago

How exciting ?????