I Love You, a Bushel and a Peck
This is the 1992 Kennedy Center Honors presentation for Gregory Peck. The main presenter is Audrey Hepburn who is much too too polite to tell the famous casting story, but only alludes to “your generosity I owe my career.” What that is about is that when the two made Roman Holiday, Gregory Peck was the huge star and had solo above the title billing. She was an up-and-coming ingenue, whose credit for the film was contractually below the title. But before release, Gregory Peck told the studio that Audrey Hepburn's performance was too special and further that if her credit remained below the title he'd look foolish because she stole the movie, so he insisted that she share star-billing with him above the title.
This presentation has far greater clips into Peck's film history than most of these segments, and they're a joy. Unfortunately, the segment cuts off early after only Isaac Stern's music performance and no others – but oh, those clips, it's worth it for them alone
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