ISSUE DATE: Jan. 12, 1948
THE BUZZ:
Except for his good looks, which are considerably above average, Gregory Peck is an average young man who has made a fairly fast and dizzying jump to movie stardom. Since his arrival in Hollywood four years ago, he has carried a large part of the burden of an aggregate Hollywood investment of some $23 million, and has been instrumental in grossing a total of at least $50 million. With his ninth—and newest—picture, The Paradine Case (see below), he is in such demand that he has had to turn down starring roles in some 30 other pictures, most of them major productions.
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