Peyton Place

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Peyton Place

film by Robson [1957]

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- Mark Robson
  Films of the 1950s
  Robson rebounded with Peyton Place (1957), an adaptation of Grace Metalious’s best-selling novel about the scandals in a small New England town. Most of the work’s sensationalistic elements—notably sadomasochism, incest, and abortion—were toned down or eliminated from the film version. Nevertheless, the novel’s many fans flocked to the…
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  Robson rebounded with Peyton Place (1957), an adaptation of Grace Metalious’s best-selling novel about the scandals in a small New England town. Most of the work’s sensationalistic elements—notably sadomasochism, incest, and abortion—were toned down or eliminated from the film version. Nevertheless, the novel’s many fans flocked to the…
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