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Article: Motion Picture Academy Celebrates Gregory Peck Collection
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- November 21, 2006
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued the following news release:
A special celebration of the gift of the Gregory Peck Collection to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took place on Monday, November 20, with Peck family, friends and industry colleagues, gathering for the occasion in the Academy's Grand Lobby and in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
In one of the highlights of the evening, Veronique Peck, wife of the Oscar®-winning actor, and Academy President Sid Ganis displayed Peck's extensively annotated personal copy of the script for "To Kill a Mockingbird" as a symbol of the richness of the entire collection. Peck, who served three terms as president of the ...