{"id":28,"date":"2014-06-17T01:19:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T01:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=28"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:28:08","slug":"review-peyton-place-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Peyton Place-1957"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Peyton Place-1957<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Mark Robson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Lana Turner, Lee Phillips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/250px-Peyton_Place_1957_poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23874\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/250px-Peyton_Place_1957_poster-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/250px-Peyton_Place_1957_poster-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/250px-Peyton_Place_1957_poster.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 17, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peyton Place (1957) is a scandalous soap opera, but it was made well.<\/p>\n<p>The sleepy, seemingly wholesome, quiet New England town is captured well, but secrets lie within its white picket fences (don&#8217;t they always).<\/p>\n<p>Topics such as adultery, rape, murder, and suicide are tackled.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not entirely sure I agree with the slew of Oscar nominations it received that year (1957), but Hope Lange was the standout actor for me.<\/p>\n<p>It reminded me of the syrupy prime-time soaps of the 1980s, but better written and acted than they were.<\/p>\n<p>This is not intended to demean the film, as it is interesting, engaging, and dramatic, with good characterization. However, when analyzed, it is fluff\u2014just good fluff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: Best Motion Picture, Best Director-Mark Robson, Best Actress-Lana Turner, Best Supporting Actor-Arthur Kennedy, Russ Tamblyn, Best Supporting Actress-Hope Lange, Diane Varsi, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Cinematography<\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden Globe Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture-Hope Lange, Mildred Dunnock, New Star of the Year-Diane Varsi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peyton Place-1957 Director Mark Robson Starring Lana Turner, Lee Phillips Scott&#8217;s Review #6 Reviewed June 17, 2014 Grade: B+ Peyton Place (1957) is a scandalous soap opera, but it was made well. The sleepy, seemingly wholesome, quiet New England town is captured well, but secrets lie within its white picket fences (don&#8217;t they always). 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