I know it's been two years since your comment here on UA-cam, but recently (within the last week) I wrote a short story inspired by both a short story prompt and Harper Lee's book, "To Kill a Mockingbird". I called my story "Breaking with Tradition". I thought you might be interested in reading it. Here's the link to it: blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/57/submissions/32360/
@@tsedy77 Thanks. Btw, I hope it doesn't sound like I was trying to plagiarize Harper Lee's book, because i wasn't. I didn't grow up as a popular kid, so I tend to identify with those who are teased, picked on, bullied, insulted, etc. I wanted to write a story from that point-of-view, while also discussing slavery from that point-of-view. So far I haven't heard any complaints like, "You plagiarized 'To Kill a Mockingbird'! How could you?", so I guess the few people who have read it have liked my story on its own terms. I didn't realize *how* much it resembled the book and the movie adaptation until after I finished my story and then read some more of the book and saw more clips of the movie (I still haven't read the book all the way through or seen the movie all the way through). I have the book, though, so I really have little excuse for not reading all of it.
@@tsedy77 Thank you. Btw, I am envious of those who have naturally brown skin. I've been pale pink-skinned my whole life (except when I've gotten sunburned, or once (when using a weak sunscreen) I unintentionally got a tan, or after I was badly sunburned and my skin turned brown ... but that just meant it was dead skin and underneath it I was still pale pink-skinned). I was told by a friend, who had brown skin, "We still get sunburned. You just can't see it." And then I felt relieved that pale people like me aren't the only ones who get sunburned. May God bless you, too.
@@tsedy77 I thought that that was a goal worth attaining. Especially since my maternal grandparents, despite all the times they were very nice and fun to be with, had tempers that I didn't like being around. I've tried to keep my own temper under wraps and find ways to express it that don't hurt me or anyone else. I told my mom that one bad expression of lost temper is to kick something (I've done that more than once in my life; once in childhood and once in adulthood) after getting frustrated about something that was really my fault. I'm not sure which is more difficult to deal with, the temper or the ego. Btw, it was interesting that the more Cat's father sounded like Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch (with some Andy Griffith and my late father mixed in), the easier it was to write his dialogue. Cat came across as sort of a mixture of Scout and Opie (from "The Andy Griffith Show"), and maybe a little of me, too. I thought of Cat as sort of like Scout when she was in 8th or 9th grade. Except that, in my story, both characters are brown, not white. I still don't know if I'll ever write a sequel (or prequel) to "Breaking with Tradiation". Depends on if there's a story prompt that suggests a sequel or prequel. But lately, I've been struggling to write (and complete) stories. They reach about halfway or so, and then I don't know what to write next, so I just stop. Maybe I'm trying too hard, and need to back off and relax and just wait for the inspiration to hit. Usually it's when a character starts talking in my head, and then I know it's time to start typing what they're saying.
One of my favorite stories Gregory Peck told was a time right after he had done a scene and saw Harper Lee had tears in her eyes. She said, "You remind me so much of my father." (Who was already deceased.) Gregory said, "Really?" Inside he was all proud of his performance. "Yes, you have the same little potbelly he had." He laughed when he told the story and said it brought him right back down to earth. He was the perfect gentleman to play the best cinematic hero of all time.
It's sad knowing that most of the actors and actresses in this movie have passed on. Only Mary Badham, Philip Alvord, and Robert Duvall are still with us.
I watched Mockingbird again recently and got a chuckle when, in the beginning of the movie, Scout and Jem walk like Egyptians some 50 years before The Bangles had the idea. Some intrepid You Tube poster should find the clip and post it . . .
I've never thought about that... Thank you for posting that.. by the way my father was almost identical to Gregory Peck in every way shape and form character and looks.. And yes I have been looking for one to marry all my life... !!!
Hi , I picked up the book and did 20 pages, and decided to watch the movie first. After watching the movie, I am more inclined to complete the book ( to kill a Mockingbird ). Thanks for bringing out interesting facts about the movie. I appreciate your efforts.
Great photos and facts but suggest perhaps using the beginning sound tract to the opening of this movie as the background music for this. May slow down the pace so viewers can enjoy these nostalgic jewels!
I’m reading To Kill A Mockingbird Bird for my reading class and answer questions,not sure if my reading teacher knows about this but I don’t have any guts to tell him
They don't make movies like this anymore today i can't understand the movies they seem to have no plot to depth no real beginning or end just a bunch of junk.back then you had people of great talent movies with lana turner Katherine Hepburn beete davis joan Crawford
Movies like. Madam x with lana turner or a raisen in. The sun sindney portier all about eve bete davis or dead ringers bette davis now Voyager movies that can never be compared to today's Hollywood has zero standards and zero.talent
![Harper Lee's Only Recorded Interview About 'To Kill A Mockingbird' [AUDIO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EfsFeMRF7CU/mqdefault.jpg)
I'd like to know where is there a real-life Atticus Finch in this world today
Leigh Harris There is an Atticus Finch in all of us.
I know it's been two years since your comment here on UA-cam, but recently (within the last week) I wrote a short story inspired by both a short story prompt and Harper Lee's book, "To Kill a Mockingbird". I called my story "Breaking with Tradition". I thought you might be interested in reading it. Here's the link to it: blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/57/submissions/32360/
@@tsedy77 Thanks. Btw, I hope it doesn't sound like I was trying to plagiarize Harper Lee's book, because i wasn't. I didn't grow up as a popular kid, so I tend to identify with those who are teased, picked on, bullied, insulted, etc. I wanted to write a story from that point-of-view, while also discussing slavery from that point-of-view. So far I haven't heard any complaints like, "You plagiarized 'To Kill a Mockingbird'! How could you?", so I guess the few people who have read it have liked my story on its own terms. I didn't realize *how* much it resembled the book and the movie adaptation until after I finished my story and then read some more of the book and saw more clips of the movie (I still haven't read the book all the way through or seen the movie all the way through). I have the book, though, so I really have little excuse for not reading all of it.
@@tsedy77 Thank you.
Btw, I am envious of those who have naturally brown skin. I've been pale pink-skinned my whole life (except when I've gotten sunburned, or once (when using a weak sunscreen) I unintentionally got a tan, or after I was badly sunburned and my skin turned brown ... but that just meant it was dead skin and underneath it I was still pale pink-skinned). I was told by a friend, who had brown skin, "We still get sunburned. You just can't see it." And then I felt relieved that pale people like me aren't the only ones who get sunburned.
May God bless you, too.
@@tsedy77 I thought that that was a goal worth attaining. Especially since my maternal grandparents, despite all the times they were very nice and fun to be with, had tempers that I didn't like being around. I've tried to keep my own temper under wraps and find ways to express it that don't hurt me or anyone else. I told my mom that one bad expression of lost temper is to kick something (I've done that more than once in my life; once in childhood and once in adulthood) after getting frustrated about something that was really my fault. I'm not sure which is more difficult to deal with, the temper or the ego.
Btw, it was interesting that the more Cat's father sounded like Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch (with some Andy Griffith and my late father mixed in), the easier it was to write his dialogue. Cat came across as sort of a mixture of Scout and Opie (from "The Andy Griffith Show"), and maybe a little of me, too. I thought of Cat as sort of like Scout when she was in 8th or 9th grade. Except that, in my story, both characters are brown, not white.
I still don't know if I'll ever write a sequel (or prequel) to "Breaking with Tradiation". Depends on if there's a story prompt that suggests a sequel or prequel. But lately, I've been struggling to write (and complete) stories. They reach about halfway or so, and then I don't know what to write next, so I just stop. Maybe I'm trying too hard, and need to back off and relax and just wait for the inspiration to hit. Usually it's when a character starts talking in my head, and then I know it's time to start typing what they're saying.
One of my favorite stories Gregory Peck told was a time right after he had done a scene and saw Harper Lee had tears in her eyes.
She said, "You remind me so much of my father." (Who was already deceased.)
Gregory said, "Really?" Inside he was all proud of his performance.
"Yes, you have the same little potbelly he had."
He laughed when he told the story and said it brought him right back down to earth.
He was the perfect gentleman to play the best cinematic hero of all time.
🤣🤣🤣 I didn't know it, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
It's sad knowing that most of the actors and actresses in this movie have passed on. Only Mary Badham, Philip Alvord, and Robert Duvall are still with us.
Thank you for putting this together. It was wonderful.
❤👋
I am nearly 70 and now I am reading this book. It seems I haven't lived. It is just wonderful. Dill!!!
To Kill A Mockingbird is one of the greatest films of all time it's in the top 20 that's for sure!!!!!
Exactly ♥️♥️♥️
Her name was Mary BADHAM so she was made to wear a BADHAM costume for school play??!! 😂
Peck had some of his finest moments as an actor in this film especially in all his interactions with the child characters.
Gregory Peck and Phillip Alford really look like they could be father and son though
I reread TKAM last week, and everytime I read Atticus’ dialogue I heard the voice of Peck.
A book close to heart
Thanks for that so very interesting
Love the book
A classic movie!
My next door neighbour's house looks exactly like Boo Radley's house. The lady that lived there was put into a residential facility by her parents.
wholesome video. good facts, into that loop, good job.
thank u! :)
I watched Mockingbird again recently and got a chuckle when, in the beginning of the movie, Scout and Jem walk like Egyptians some 50 years before The Bangles had the idea. Some intrepid You Tube poster should find the clip and post it . . .
I've never thought about that...
Thank you for posting that..
by the way my father was almost identical to Gregory Peck in every way shape and form character and looks..
And yes I have been looking for one to marry all my life... !!!
Hi , I picked up the book and did 20 pages, and decided to watch the movie first. After watching the movie, I am more inclined to complete the book ( to kill a Mockingbird ). Thanks for bringing out interesting facts about the movie. I appreciate your efforts.
Both the book & movie are very good! I am sure you will like the book as well :)
(1:07) fun fact, in the line that Jem says dont say hello to ms. dubose, scout is seen mouthing the words in the movie.
I ❤ "To Kill a Mockingbird" ^____^
Great photos and facts but suggest perhaps using the beginning sound tract to the opening of this movie as the background music for this. May slow down the pace so viewers can enjoy these nostalgic jewels!
Thank you for your precious comment & time 💕
I’m reading To Kill A Mockingbird Bird for my reading class and answer questions,not sure if my reading teacher knows about this but I don’t have any guts to tell him
1:38
They don't make movies like this anymore today i can't understand the movies they seem to have no plot to depth no real beginning or end just a bunch of junk.back then you had people of great talent movies with lana turner Katherine Hepburn beete davis joan Crawford
To Kill a Mockingbird won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961, not 1960
Thanks for your precious time. Yes, a little mistake 😔😐
Movies like. Madam x with lana turner or a raisen in. The sun sindney portier all about eve bete davis or dead ringers bette davis now Voyager movies that can never be compared to today's Hollywood has zero standards and zero.talent
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