Return to Peyton Place (1961) Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler, Eleanor Parker

The residents of Peyton Place, New Hampshire, are not happy when its most famous denizen, Alison Mackenzie, writes a shocking novel detailing the sinful secrets of the town. Most outraged is malicious Roberta Carter, who wants the book banned from the school library. Roberta s other mission is to destroy her son Ted s marriage to his Italian bride. Theirs, however, isn t the only marriage in trouble: Alison s book is causing a rift between her mother and stepfather, who is also the school principal and one of the book s few defendants.