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Peyton Place (1957, Mark Robson)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jan 28, 2017

Peyton Place takes over a year and a half starting in 1941. Director Robson has a really slick way of getting the date into the ground situation. Robson and cinematographer William C. Mellor go a little wild with Peyton Place–there’s a lot of location shooting and Robson tries hard to make the view read more

Peyton Place (1957)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 31, 2016

Peyton Place Directed by Mark Robson Written by John Michael Hayes from the novel by Grace Metalios 1957/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/Jerry Wald Productions Repeat viewing/Netflix This glossy melodrama practically introduced U.S. audiences to rape, incest, illegitimacy, and plenty o read more

Peyton Place: "Everything in this town happens behind brown wrappers"

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Mar 10, 2016

In a 1956 interview with journalist Hal Boyle, Peyton Place author Grace Metalious said: "To a tourist, these towns look as peaceful as a picture postcard. But if you go underneath that picture, it's like turning over a rock with your foot--all kinds of strange things crawl out. Everybody that lives read more

Peyton Place

The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Nov 7, 2010

Within the two and a half hours of Peyton Place, there is more drama packed in than in two seasons of your typical soap opera.  That being said, it’s no surprise that Peyton Place became the basis for a soap opera running between 1964 and 1969.  But before you write this film off as a soap springboa read more