{"id":45407,"date":"2019-10-24T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45407"},"modified":"2022-02-22T09:32:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:32:34","slug":"peyton-place-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45407","title":{"rendered":"Peyton Place (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s about time you learned that girls want to do the same things as boys.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Poster.jpg 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a new high school principal (Michael Rossi) arrives in the New England town of Peyton Place, he quickly expresses romantic interest in a local widow (Lana Turner) whose daughter (Diane Varsi) is dating a shy, mother-dominated boy (Russ Tamblyn). Meanwhile, Varsi&#8217;s best friend (Hope Lange) &#8212; whose mother (Betty Field) works as Turner&#8217;s housemaid &#8212; endures abuse at the hands of her alcoholic stepfather (Arthur Kennedy), and the local &#8220;loose girl&#8221; (Terry Moore) dates the son (Barry Coe) of a wealthy conservative (Leon Ames) who disapproves of his son&#8217;s relationship.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arthur Kennedy Films<\/li>\n<li>Betty Field Films<\/li>\n<li>Hope Lange Films<\/li>\n<li>Lana Turner Films<\/li>\n<li>Mark Robson Films<\/li>\n<li>Mildred Dunnock Films<\/li>\n<li>Morality Police<\/li>\n<li>Rape<\/li>\n<li>Russ Tamblyn Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Repression<\/li>\n<li>Single Mothers<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers<\/li>\n<li>Terry Moore Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMark Robson&#8217;s adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peyton_Place_(novel)\">Grace Metalious&#8217;s best-selling novel<\/a> (loosely based on stories from her hometown) managed to avoid the scandalous soaper&#8217;s most controversial topics (i.e., abortion) while maintaining plenty of lurid subplots. Lange&#8217;s sensitive character (she gives a fine performance) and hideous home life are the easiest to sympathize with; however, the remaining ensemble narrative is simply filled with torrid melodrama focused on sexual repression, class snobbery, and parental dysfunction. Oscar-nominated Turner is as earnest and stoic as ever (you&#8217;d never know her <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Johnny_Stompanato_homicide\">personal traumas at the time<\/a> rivaled those on screen), but it&#8217;s challenging to feel much engagement around her rebuff of her would-be suitor (Rossi), whose distinguished gray hair looks painted on and whose squeaky, high-pitched voice is a surprise each time one hears it. The best thing about the film is its gorgeous Cinemascope cinematography, much of it shot on location in New England. Listed as a Sleeper in the back of Peary&#8217;s book, though I&#8217;m not quite sure why. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful Cinemascope cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2-1024x474.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"296\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2-1024x474.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2-128x59.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography2.png 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography-1024x513.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography-128x64.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Cinematography.png 1713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hope Lange as Selena<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Peyton-Place-Lange.png 1741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a look for its historical importance and erstwhile popularity. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0050839\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/71958\/peyton-place\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1125peyt.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2375&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcm.com\/this-month\/article\/85217%7C0\/Peyton-Place.html\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XniHsUWt-aM\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about time you learned that girls want to do the same things as boys.&#8221; Synopsis: When a new high school principal (Michael Rossi) arrives in the New England town of Peyton Place, he quickly expresses romantic interest in a local widow (Lana Turner) whose daughter (Diane Varsi) is dating a shy, mother-dominated boy (Russ Tamblyn). Meanwhile, Varsi&#8217;s best friend (Hope Lange) &#8212; whose mother (Betty Field) works as Turner&#8217;s housemaid &#8212; endures abuse at the hands of her alcoholic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45407\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45407"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81635,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45407\/revisions\/81635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}