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The Genius of Writer Grace Metalious and Return to Peyton Place (1961) Part One

cultfilmalley May 5, 2021 0

*contains spoilers Was writer Grace Metalious (1924-64 cirrhosis) some sort of genius or was it the screenwriters which helped to make the movies based on her novels Peyton Place (1957) and Return to Peyton Place (1961) such memorable experiences which sit together with some kind of trashy perfection? They are not great movies, but in…

The Cult of Director Frank Perry’s Play it as it Lays (1972)

cultfilmalley June 17, 2020 0

*contains spoilers Director Frank Perry’s (1930-95 prostate cancer) drama Play it as it Lays (1972) opens in a sanatorium where Tuesday Weld’s character Maria Wyeth is staying. She begins: “If Carter and Helene were to think it happened because I was insane… I say let them…” We don’t know why but the way Maria talks,…