Historic Photo Gallery: 1941 to 1946
1942
Gregory Peck starred in the war-related play
The Morning Star to open the 1942-43 season.
The show was not a success once it moved to New York, however, and Peck returned to the
Walnut in November to try out
The Willow and I. Peck went on to a successful film career,
winning an Academy-Award for his performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film
To Kill a Mockingbird. (Photograph courtesy of the Theatre Collection,
Free Library of Philadelphia.)
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