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Book Peyton Place Comes Home to Maine

Download or read book Peyton Place Comes Home to Maine written by Mac Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a well-known fact, perhaps legend now, that Peyton Place, the controversial, scandalous blockbuster was filmed in Camden, Maine and the surrounding towns in 1957. But how did the movie come to be filmed in Maine, who was involved in getting it here, and what did the locals think about 20th Century Fox shooting a big-budget film in their front yards? Historian Mac Smith (Mainers on the Titanic) has done the research and conducted the interviews and presents a fascinating account of events and key players. Beginning with the arrival of film crews, he traces the making of the movie, what happened after the crews left, and the premiere of the film, which was held in Camden. Includes quotes from Maine residents who were extras in the film.

Book Peyton Place Comes Home to Maine

Download or read book Peyton Place Comes Home to Maine written by Mac Smith and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a well-known fact, perhaps legend now, that Peyton Place, the controversial, scandalous blockbuster was filmed in Camden, Maine and the surrounding towns in 1957. But how did the movie come to be filmed in Maine, who was involved in getting it here, and what did the locals think about 20th Century Fox shooting a big-budget film in their front yards? Historian Mac Smith (Mainers on the Titanic) has done the research and conducted the interviews and presents a fascinating account of events and key players. Beginning with the arrival of film crews, he traces the making of the movie, what happened after the crews left, and the premiere of the film, which was held in Camden. Includes quotes from Maine residents who were extras in the film.

Book Peyton Place

    Book Details:
  • Author : Grace Metalious
  • Publisher : Virago Press
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9781860499296
  • Pages : 475 pages

Download or read book Peyton Place written by Grace Metalious and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Switch off those TVs, kill your mobiles and settle down with the most controversial book ever written. Once denounced as 'wicked', 'sordid', 'cheap' 'moral filth', PEYTON PLACE was the top read of its time and sold millions of copies worldwide. Way before TWIN PEAKS, SURVIVOR or BIG BROTHER, the curtains were twitching in the mythical New England town of Peyton Place, and this soapy story exposed the dirty secrets of 1950s small-town America: incest, abortion, adultery, repression and lust. Take a peek ...

Book Return to Peyton Place

    Book Details:
  • Author : Grace Metalious
  • Publisher : UPNE
  • Release : 2007-05-31
  • ISBN : 9781555536695
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book Return to Peyton Place written by Grace Metalious and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2007-05-31 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The continuing story of Peyton Place is once again available in paperback

Book Inside Peyton Place  The Life of Grace Metalious

Download or read book Inside Peyton Place The Life of Grace Metalious written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Grace refused to be confined by the fifties' notion of a woman's place. In her struggle to find herself, she lifted the lid off sex and violence, power and powerlessness, truth and hypocrisy, and became known as the Pandora in Blue Jeans.".

Book Unbuttoning America

Download or read book Unbuttoning America written by Ardis Cameron and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively account of the writing, publication, and legacy of the 1956 bestselling novel, "Peyton Place," Ardis Cameron tells how the story of a patricide in a small New England village became a cultural phenomenon.

Book Looking for Peyton Place

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Delinsky
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2005-07-12
  • ISBN : 0743274520
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Looking for Peyton Place written by Barbara Delinsky and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-07-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Annie Barnes, going home to Middle River means dealing with truths long hidden, some of which she buried there herself. But it is a journey she knows she must take if she is to put to rest, once and for all, her misgivings about her mother's recent death. To an outsider, Middle River is a picture-perfect New Hampshire town. But Annie grew up there, and she knows all its secrets -- as did her idol Grace Metalious, author of the infamous novel Peyton Place, which laid a small town's sexual secrets bare for all the world to see. Though Grace actually lived in a nearby town, the residents of Middle River have always believed she used them as the model for her revolutionary novel, and some even insist Annie's grandmother was the model for one of Grace's most scandalous characters. With these rumors and whispers about Peyton Place haunting her childhood, Annie came to identify so closely with the author that it was Grace and her bold rebellion against 1950s conformity that inspired Annie to get out of Middle River and make a life for herself in Washington, D.C. It's been a good life, too. Annie Barnes is now a bestselling author, reaching that level with only her third novel. Success has given her a confidence she never had as a young girl in Middle River -- and it has given the residents of that town something new to worry about. When they hear Annie is returning for a lengthy visit, everyone, including Annie's two sisters, believes she's coming home to write about them. Though amused by the discomfort she causes in Middle River, Annie has no intention of writing a novel about the town or its people. It is her mother's death -- under circumstances that don't quite add up -- that has brought her back, and soon her probing questions start to make people nervous. When she discovers evidence of dangerous pollutants emanating from the local paper mill -- poisons that she comes to believe contributed to her mother's fatal illness -- Annie finds herself at odds with most of the town's inhabitants, including her sisters, both of whom are seemingly unfazed by the incriminating evidence she uncovers. Because the mill is the town's main employer, everyone is afraid of what might happen if Annie digs deeper, and their fears soon start to turn ugly. For Annie, though, there is no turning back, as passion and rage propel her forward in a determined quest. Coming face-to-face with decades of secrets and lies, she knows she must find the strength to move beyond the legacy of Grace Metalious, defying her past to heal the wounds of the town and her own family.

Book Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema

Download or read book Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema written by Andrea Virginás and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Genres in Hungarian and Romanian Cinema: History, Theory, and Reception discusses how the Hungarian and Romanian film industries show signs of becoming a regional hub within the Eastern European canon, a process occasionally facilitated by the cultural overlap through the historical province of Transylvania. Andrea Virginás employs a film historical overview to merge the study of small national cinemas with film genre theory and cultural theory and posits that Hollywood-originated classical film genres have been important fields of reference for the development of these Eastern European cinemas. Furthermore, Virginás argues that Hungarian and Romanian genre films demonstrate a valid evolution within the given genre’s standards, and thus need to be incorporated into the global discourse on this subject. Scholars of film studies, Eastern European studies, cultural studies, and history will find this book particularly useful.

Book German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon

Download or read book German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon written by Nicholas G. Schlegel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon: Dark Eyes of London examines the Kriminalfilme—or Krimis—based on the novels of English author Edgar Wallace, released by Rialto Film between 1959 and 1972 as part of the post-World War II era of German popular cinema that enjoyed extraordinary popularity with the German public. Nicholas G. Schlegel analyzes how this group of West German thrillers not only nurtured a convalescing film industry, but also provided unequaled national entertainment while canonizing Rialto’s Krimi productions in terms of their historical genesis, aesthetic characteristics, and social reception. Schlegel surveys the Krimi’s enduring legacy, calculable global influence, inevitable decline, and eventual migration to television in the 1970s, where it thrived but ultimately took on a more somber tone. Scholars of film, television, history, and German culture will find this book particularly useful.

Book Return to Peyton Place

Download or read book Return to Peyton Place written by Grace Metalious and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sweet Salt Air

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Delinsky
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2013-06-18
  • ISBN : 1250020387
  • Pages : 443 pages

Download or read book Sweet Salt Air written by Barbara Delinsky and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Quinnipeague, hearts open under the summer stars and secrets float in the Sweet Salt Air... Charlotte and Nicole were once the best of friends, spending summers together in Nicole's coastal island house off of Maine. But many years, and many secrets, have kept the women apart. A successful travel writer, single Charlotte lives on the road, while Nicole, a food blogger, keeps house in Philadelphia with her surgeon-husband, Julian. When Nicole is commissioned to write a book about island food, she invites her old friend Charlotte back to Quinnipeague, for a final summer, to help. Outgoing and passionate, Charlotte has a gift for talking to people and making friends, and Nicole could use her expertise for interviews with locals. Missing a genuine connection, Charlotte agrees. But what both women don't know is that they are each holding something back that may change their lives forever. For Nicole, what comes to light could destroy her marriage, but it could also save her husband. For Charlotte, the truth could cost her Nicole's friendship, but could also free her to love again. And her chance may lie with a reclusive local man, with a heart to soothe and troubles of his own. Bestselling author and master storyteller Barbara Delinsky invites you come away to Quinnipeague...

Book Your House is on Fire  Your Children All Gone

Download or read book Your House is on Fire Your Children All Gone written by Stefan Kiesbye and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2012 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shirley Jackson meets "The X-Files" in this riveting novel of supernatural horror.

Book No Adam In Eden

    Book Details:
  • Author : Grace Metalious
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2015-01-01
  • ISBN : 1443439959
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book No Adam In Eden written by Grace Metalious and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last novel to be published before her death, Grace Metalious’s No Adam in Eden explores women’s capacity—or incapacity—to love. At the centre of this story about three generations of women is Angelique de Montigny, the beautiful but spoiled daughter of Armand and Monique. Convinced of her matchless beauty and charm, Angelique proves herself incapable of love, to the detriment of her husband and her children. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Book Bitter Crossing

Download or read book Bitter Crossing written by D. A. Keeley and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having spent the last seven years in Texas, Border Patrol Agent Peyton Cote is returning home to northern Maine, hoping it will be a safer environment for her young son. But the criminal element has turned what was once a quiet corner of the country into an illicit trade route ... and there's no telling what they'll do to protect their interests. When Peyton finds a baby abandoned in a frozen field near the border, she's pulled into a deadly conspiracy that puts everything-her life, her career, her family-at risk.

Book A Bitter Brew

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christine Ellen Young
  • Publisher : Berkley
  • Release : 2006-06
  • ISBN : 9780425209189
  • Pages : 276 pages

Download or read book A Bitter Brew written by Christine Ellen Young and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panic and suspicion give way to bizarre accusations of conspiracy, revenge, and blood feuds in this true story behind the 2003 Maine church arsenic poisonings. photos. Postponed from 3/06

Book Small Mercies

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eddie Joyce
  • Publisher : Viking
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 0525427295
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Small Mercies written by Eddie Joyce and published by Viking. This book was released on 2015 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ten years after the loss of Bobby--the Amendola family's youngest son--everyone is still struggling to recover from the firefighter's unexpected death. Bobby's mother Gail; his widow Tina; his older brothers Peter, the corporate lawyer, and Franky, the misfit; and his father Michael have all dealt with their grief in different ways. But as the family gathers together for Bobby Jr.'s birthday party, they must each find a way to accept a new man in Tina's life while reconciling their feelings for their lost loved one"--

Book How Was School Today  Fine

Download or read book How Was School Today Fine written by Shannon A. White and published by . This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When was the last time you really talked to your elementary school-aged kids about their day? Do you wonder Am I asking the right questions? How can I get her to open up? You re not alone. In this must-have resource, Shannon White and her tween daughter Peyton share their journey through stories and real life experiences. More importantly, learning to communicate with each other allowed them to connect on a whole new level. Together they share a wisdom that is so simple yet profound.This engaging guide is honest and speaks directly to parents of all ages, dealing with challenging topics we all face in today 's world, including burps and farts, puberty, divorce, spirituality, stealing and Internet issues. Shannon guides you through pitfalls and adventures, without lecturing, and Peyton adds her perspective throughout the book. Practical and important, this book offers easy-to-implement advice for seasoned and prospective parents/guardians of elementary school-aged kids. Share with your children then save it for them to share with their children. Each chapter includes questions for reflection and Peyton 's point of view. Shannon offers recommendations throughout, for addressing the most common and some uncommon issues that arise in child-rearing today. Contains recommendations for age-appropriate movies, books and video games.