Winter/Spring Film Series

Peyton Place
Friday, January 21 | 8 pm
Museum Auditorium

Reportedly one out of every 37 Americans bought a copy of Grace Metalious's Peyton Place at a time when most first novels sold only about 2,000 copies. Why? You probably know already. The small-town scandals were described in juicy prose that was sanitized for the screen, but Peyton Place was still the top grossing film of 1957 and got nine Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Lana Turner.

Peyton Place
(1957) Directed by Mark Robson. Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, Hope Lange. (150 min.)

Behind the neat picket fences of a placid New England town lurk tawdry secrets. The shocking bestseller revealed a picture-perfect village concealing adultery, rape, incest, and murder, along with more conventionally unruly passions. The censored film version only thinly veils subjects considered taboo in midcentury America. Fox Archive print.

Upcoming:
Friday, January 28: New York Times Critics' Pick: Blue Velvet

Tickets
$3.50 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members
$5 All others

Winter/Spring Film Series Pass
Valid for 10 admissions
$35 ($25 Museum members, students, Cinema Inc. and Galaxy Cinema members)
Please note that film series passes must be exchanged for individual film tickets at the Box Office.

Tickets are available online, by phone at (919) 715-5923, and in person at the Museum Box Office.

See you at the movies!

Plan Your Rockwell Visit

American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell
November 7, 2010–January 30, 2011

The final weeks of American Chronicles are here! We recommend buying your timed tickets in advance to ensure you get a chance to see this captivating exhibition. Purchase tickets online, by phone at (919) 715-5923, or in person at the Museum Box Office in East Building.

Fridays at the Museum

Before the movie, visit the galleries or relax with a glass of wine from our Friday night wine bar in the West Building Lobby, open 5:30–8 pm on Fridays.

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Image credit:

Norman Rockwell, Art Critic, 1955, oil on canvas, 39 1/2 x 36 1/4 in., cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, April 16, 1955, Norman Rockwell Museum Collection, NRM.1998.4, ©1955 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, Ind.