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Greta Peck knows all about it now — the terror of having your freedom endangered, and the blessings of being an American
BY LOUIS POLLOCK
At a time when millions of U. S. citizens have recently cast their votes in free elections, the following heartwarming and inspiring story is of unusual appropriateness. By showing what the achievement of American citizenship has meant to one woman — Mrs. Gregory Peck — it may serve as a reminder of just how precious are those hard-won rights and privileges which we, as Americans, so often tend to take for granted. — The Editors.
■ Back in 1941. a small attractive blonde named Greta Rice was among the applicants interviewed in New York for the job of hairdresser to Katharine Cornell on a road tour of The Doctor's Dilemma. Miss Cornell liked the friendly, cheerful Finnish-American girl at once — and she was hired.
Before the company left New York, Greta caught sight once of a lean young actor at a rehearsal — and wondered a bit about him. ... It was only when the play opened in Philadelphia and she read the actor list on the bulletin board backstage that she learned his name was Gregory Peck.
A nodding acquaintance began then, but not until they played St. Louis did any real conversation pass between them. It was a very interesting, if brief, one.
"Would you go to lunch with me?'" asked Gregory one day. after a morning rehearsal.
"I'd love to," said Greta.
After lunch Gregory said, "What would you like to do now? ".
Greta remembered a talk she had had with her (Continued on page 83)
The Gregory Pecks. They ran into trouble outside the U. S. before she was a citizen.