Peyton Place

Resource Information

The work Peyton Place represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Peyton Place

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox ; Jerry Wald's production ; screenplay by John Michael Hayes ; produced by Jerry Wald ; directed by Mark Robson

Title variation

Jerry Wald's production of Peyton Place

Contributor

• Metalious, Grace
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• trueMoore, Terry, 1929-
• Nolan, Lloyd
• Jerry Wald Productions
• Palmer, Adele
• Dunnock, Mildred
• Robson, Mark, 1913-1978
• Smith, Jack Martin
• Tamblyn, Russ
• trueTurner, Lana, 1921-1995
• Varsi, Diane
• Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962
• Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967
• Wheeler, Lyle, 1905-1990
• Philips, Lee, 1927-1999
• Field, Betty, 1918-1973
• Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008
• Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
• Bretherton, David, 1924-2000
• Lange, Hope
• Ames, Leon, 1902-1993
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Mellor, William C., 1904-1963

Actor

• Field, Betty, 1918-1973
• Varsi, Diane
• trueTurner, Lana, 1921-1995
• Tamblyn, Russ
• Philips, Lee, 1927-1999
• Nolan, Lloyd
• trueMoore, Terry, 1929-
• Ames, Leon, 1902-1993
• Lange, Hope
• Kennedy, Arthur, 1914-1990
• Dunnock, Mildred

Cinematographer

• Mellor, William C., 1904-1963

Composer

• Waxman, Franz, 1906-1967

Director

• Robson, Mark, 1913-1978

Producer

• Wald, Jerry, 1911-1962

Screenwriter

• Hayes, John Michael, 1919-2008

Subject

• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Metalious, Grace -- Film adaptations
• trueMurder -- Drama
• New Hampshire
• Video recordings
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• City and town life
• Metalious, Grace
• City and town life -- New Hampshire -- Drama
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Incest -- Drama

Genre

• Fiction films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Video recordings
• trueFilm adaptations

Language

• eng
• spa
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

Allison MacKenzie looks back on life in the New England town where she grew up around the time of Pearl Harbor. Beneath the town's placid god-fearing exterior lay any number of dark secrets

Member of

• Studio classic, 16

Awards note

Nominated for nine Oscar Awards, 1957: Best Motion Picture, Best Director (Mark Robson), Best Actress (Lana Turner), Best Supporting Actress (Diane Varsi), Best Supporting Actress (Hope Lange), Best Supporting Actor (Arthur Kennedy), Best Supporting Actor (Russ Tamblyn), Best Writing (Screenplay based on material from another medium, John Michael Hayes), Best Cinematography (William Mellor).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Cinematographer, William Mellor ; art directors, Jack Martin Smith, Lyle R. Wheeler ; editor, David Bretherton ; music, Franz Waxman ; costume designer, Adele Palmer

Dewey number

791.43/72

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Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated ; Canadian Home Video rating: 14A

Language note

English (stereo), Spanish (mono) or French (mono) dialogue, optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.P41 2004 Video disc

PerformerNote

Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, Hope Lange, Terry Moore, Diane Varsi, Betty Field, Mildred Dunnock, Leon Ames

Runtime

157

Series statement

20th Century Fox studio classics

Series volume

16

Target audience

general

Technique

live action