Anyone here ever see the movie "Peyton Place" (1957)? I think it ROCKS!!!! Did anyone see the TV movies or TV series? I watched the original and the sequel (Return to Peyton Place) back-to-back yesterday and I really fell in love with them. My favorite characters are Constance MacKenzie (Lana Turner), Allison MacKenzie (Diane Varsi), and Selena Cross (Hope Lange). I think it's a shame that Grace Metalious, who wrote the novels, died a few months before the first TV show premiered in 1964.

I've seen the movie but don't recall it that well. I do know that the TV series Peyton Place was groundbreaking at the time because of its storylines about young love/sex. This was also, I believe, the first nighttime soap opera. I was very little but I remember all the hype about it. This put Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal on the map.
I'd love to see the series. I can hear the theme music now.

I've seen that movie several times and thought it was very good. Very good actors. The sequel wasn't nearly as good though. It had a different cast. I have both of the books too.