On this day in 1957, 20th CENTURY FOX released PEYTON PLACE. Directed by MARK ROBSON from the scandalous bestselling novel by GRACE METALIOUS, this tale of ’sordid lives’ in a small New England town took the country by storm. The all-star cast includes LANA TURNER, LEE PHILIPS, LLOYD NOLAN, ARTHUR KENNEDY, RUSS TAMBLYN, TERRY MOORE, HOPE LANGE, DIANE VARSI, DAVID NELSON, MILDRED DUNNOCK and LORNE GREENE. The film spawned a sequel and a popular TV series.