Cinema: Gutter Recrawled

Return to Peyton Place (20th Century-Fox) is a recrawl of the New England gutters so noisomely celebrated by Author Grace Metalious in Peyton Place. Fortunately, much that lies hidden between hard covers cannot decently be put on film; Producer Jerry Wald has had to wash that smut right out of his script. That means there just isn't anything left.

According to the steamy 24-sheets, Return "begins where Peyton Place left off." The main characters, though portrayed by different actors, are the same, and so is the theme that the nicest people have the...

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