Peyton Place Comes Home to Maine

The Making of the Iconic Film

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by Mac Smith

Type: Stories
Subject: One Film > Peyton Place
Keywords: Mark Robson, film making
Publishing date: 2020
Publisher: Down East Books
Language: English

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Physical desc.

Hardcover • 120 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-1-60893-718-9

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Book Presentation:
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.

About the Author:
A Navy veteran of the first Gulf War and former reporter for The Bar Harbor Times,Mac Smith lives in Stockton Springs, Maine, in the village of Sandy Point. He is also the author of Mainers on the Titanic.

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