31 Films & TV Shows Set In New England During The 1940s
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The Group
New York Massachusetts Ohio Arizona The 1940s The 1930sSidney Lumet's adaptation of the acclaimed Mary McCarthy novel. It's 1933, and eight young women are friends and members of the upper- class group at a private girl's school, about to graduate and start their own lives. The film documents the years between their graduation and the beginning of the World War in Europe, and shows, in a serialized style, their romances and marriages, their searches for careers or meaning in their lives, their highs and their lows.
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Auntie Mame
Connecticut The 1940s The 1930s The 1920sTops the Best-Seller! Tops the Play! The One and Only! — Ten-year-old orphan Patrick Dennis has come to live with his marvelously madcap Auntie Mame, who lives life to the hilt. "Life is a banquet," Mame says, "and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
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Peyton Place
New England The 1940sSmall town America will never be the same again. — In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.
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White Christmas
New York Vermont The 1950s The 1940sJoyous entertainment for every season, any year!!!! — Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
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Come to the Stable
New England New York Connecticut The 1940sLaughs To Make Your Heart Ring Out With Joy ! — Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's hospital.
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The Babe Ruth Story
New England The 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940sThe incredible life... the spectacular thrills... the fabulous times of America's best-loved hero....... — The baseball player (William Bendix) goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.