ALL
ALL GENERATIONS STRUGGLE WITH FINANC4@ES, WE FIND OUT HOW COMPANIES COULD BE HELPING
THEIR EMPLOYEES MORE.4@
>>> FIRST, TONIGHT, THE YEAR
WAS 1957, THE COUNTRY WAS
BUZZING ABOUT A BOOK THAT HAD
NOT EVEN BEEN PUBLISHED.
HOLLYWOOD WAS BUZZING, READY TO
GRAB THE RIGHTS TO THE
SCREENPLAY AND FIND A LOCATION
TO FILM THIS CONTROVERSIAL
STORY.4@
>> THE FILMING OF 4@THAT STORY,
PAYTON PLACE, ENDED UP IN
CAMDEN, THE SUBJECT4@ OF ANY
AUTHOR, MAX SMITH, JUST HOW
THIS SERENDIPITOUS FILMING WAS
MADE, PEGGY KAISER AND DEVIN
CRAWFORD4@ MET IN THE HEART OF
CAMDEN ON THE VILLAGE GREEN4@4@
>> THE PEOPLE OF CAMDEN PULLED
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
IT WAS 1957, A VERY 4@
CONSERVATIVE TIME.4@
PEYTON PLACE WAS BASED ON AN
ACTUAL EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE,4
IT CAUSED FRICTION4@ BETWEEN TH
NEIGHBORS HERSELF, BECAUSE SHE
WAS TALKING ABOUT INSIDE
SECRETS TO OUTSIDERS.
IT'S A GOOD BOOK.
BUT SHE 4@DID ADD A LOT OF SCEN
THAT WERE GRAPHICS4@ FOR THE
TIME, THEY CAUSE GREAT
CONTROVERSY4@4@ .
>> TURN OFF THE LIGHTS, SEE
WHAT'S DEVELOP.
>> THE BOOK WAS BANNED IN
SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.4@
IT WAS BANNED IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY OF CANADA, PEOPLE WERE
THREATENED WITH BEING THROWN IN
JAIL ESSAY SOLD THE BOOK4@.4@
>> HOLLY4@WOOD WAS VERY FORTUNA
IN THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
HAS INVESTED TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS IN A NATIONAL AD
CAMPAIGN4@4@ TO PROMOTE THE ARE
INCLUDING THE SPREAD IN THE NEW
YORK TIMES.
4@ SO, WHEN THE PRODUCER CAME
KNOCKING FOR A LOCATION TO FILM
THE MOVIE, THE TOWN OFFICIALS
IN ROCK FOR AND ROCKLAND MOST
WENCH AND THEM WITH OPEN ARMS4@
>> THE CLEANUP, PAINS UP, FIX
UP .
>> STERLING MOORE US OF CAMDEN4
AS SOON AS THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS
MADE THAT CAMDEN HAD BEEN
SELECTED, THE TOWN'S PUBLIC4@
WORKS DEPARTMENT WENT INTO
IMMEDIATE ACTION, THEY PAINTED
EVERYTHING THEY COULD AND FIXED
EVERYTHING THEY COULD. 4@
AND, OFFERING THE FREE4@ PACKET
OF FLOWER SEEDS WITH 4@EVERY
PURCHASE.
>> IT WAS A COMMUNITY EVENT. 4@
>> YOU ARE RIGHT .
>> YOU READ IN THE BOOK THAT4@4
WHEN CAMDEN WAS SELECTED, THE
WHOLE PATTERN OF LIVING 4@CHANG
IN THE TOWN, IT CHANGED THE WAY
LIFE IN CAMDEN.
>> Reporter: I TALKED WITH JAY
FOSTER, YOUNG MAN4@ WHO SAID TH
LIFE IN CAMDEN. >> Reporter: I TALKED WITH JAY FOSTER, YOUNG MAN4@ WHO SAID TH@
CAMDEN HAD A SINGULAR PURPOSE
THAT SUMMER.
EVERYONE WAS WATCHIN4@G THE
FILMING AND IT WAS JUST
INVOLVED IN THE FILMING.
>> THE STARS ARRIVED4@4@ BASED
SHOOTING SCHEDULE.
SO EVERY FEW DAYS THE NEWSPAPER
WOULD TRUMPET THE ARRIVAL OF
THE NEXT BIG STAR4@ INTO THE NE
BIG TOWN.
A RESIDENCE WITH CHECK OUT THE
SCHEDULE DAILY TO KNOW WHEN
PRODUCTIONS WOULD BE SHOOTING .
>> THERE WERE 4@TWO SCENES4@ IN
MOVIE, THE LABOR DAY PARADE ON
THE LABOR DAY PICNIC4@ 4@THAT U
THE BULK OF THE EXTRAS, AND,
FOR THOSE SCENES, THOSE TWO
DAYS, I BELIEVE THAT THEY USED
ALMOST 1000 EXTRAS IN THE MOVIE
.
>> NOTHING IS AS TALL AS THE
LABOR DAY SPEECH.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>>>4@ CAMDEN TOOK A GAMBLE, BUT
IT WASN'T THE BIGGEST4@ GAMBLE.
THEY KNEW THAT A MAJOR STUDIO,
SUCH AS 20th CENTURY FOX, WAS
NOT GOING TO4@ PUSH THE ENVELOP
THAT MUCH THEY HAD TO RUN THE
SCRIPT BY THE LEGION OF DECENCY
NOT GOING TO4@ PUSH THE ENVELOP THAT MUCH THEY HAD TO RUN THE SCRIPT BY THE LEGION OF DECENCY@
.
>> WITH THE SENSORS APPROVAL
THEY KNEW THEY HAD A CLEAN
ENOUGH MOVIE TO SHOW THEIR FACE
AROUND TOWN.
>> WHEN THE CITY OF CAMDEN AND
LOCAL AREAS AROUND IT4@ AGREED
BE USED FOR THE FILMING OF
PEYTON PLACE, IT WAS NOT ABOUT
THE MONEY THAT THEY WOULD MAKE4
IT WAS ABOUT FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION.
GRACE METATHESIS BOOK IS A
GREAT BOOK AND, IT HAS A LOT OF
SEXUAL PASSAGES.
BUT, THOSE PASSAGES DO NOT
NEGATE HOW GOOD THE BOOK IS.
AND,4@ THE PEOPLE OF CAMDEN AND
BELFAST AND ROCKLAND4@ AND, ALL
THE OTHER AREAS WERE WILLING TO
RISK THE BLACKEYE4@, BECAUSE TH
BELIEVE IN THE FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION4@. ARTISTIC EXPRESSI@
AND THEY COULD'VE USUALLY NOT
BEEN THE VILLAINS HERE4@ AND IT
A BEAUTIFUL AND BUSY PLACE4@4@4
>>> AFTER THE FILMING WAS
COMPLETED, THE PEOPLE OF CAMDEN
CAMPAIGN TO HAVE THE PREMIER OF
THE MOVIE HELD THEIR4@ IN
MIDCOAST MAINE4@, THE STARS OF
THE FILM WERE NOT AVAILABLE,
SO, 20th CENTURY FOX AND LISTED
BETTY DAVIS AND HER HUSBAND
GARY MERRILL TO ATTEND THE
PREMIER AND SE4@RVE AS HOLLYWOO
ROYALTY.
APPARENTLY, DURING THE PREMIER4
BETTY DAVIS STEPPED UP TO BE
INTERVIEWED LIVE ON WC HDV4@ BY
AGNES GIBBS, THE FIRST LADY OF
MAINE RADIO AND TELEVISION.4@4@
THERE WAS A MUTUAL AFFECTION
BETWEEN THE MOVIE COMPANY AND
THE PEOPLE OF CAMDEN4@4@ .
>> YOU LOOK AT THE CLIPS, AND
EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
THE HARRIS CHANGE, THE VEHICLE
IS DIFFERENT, THE MUSEE MUSIC
IS DIFFERENT, BUT WHAT HASN'T
CHANGED, LOOKS REMA4@RKABLY 4@T
SAME .
>> 4@HOW AMAZING.
TO SEE THE TWO BACK TO BACK
LIKE THAT, SO SIMILAR .
>> YES, EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU
LOOK AT IT,4@ AND YOU SAY IT'S
FROM A DIFFERENT UNIVERS4@E
ALMOST, WITH JUST THE WAY THAT
THE MEN AND THE WOMEN ARE
DRESSED, HAIRDOS AND EVERYTHING
.
>> OF THE SCANDAL . 4@
>> YES.
>> TO FIND MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE