883 Films & TV Shows Set In New England
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Now, Voyager
Massachusetts π§π· BrazilIt happens in the best of families. But you'd never think it could happen to her! β A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
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Rings on Her Fingers
Connecticut Californiashe kissed him out of his life's savings... but the poor guy loved it β Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
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The Lady Eve
ConnecticutWhen you deal a fast shuffle ... Love is in the cards. β It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
New York ConnecticutTerror Strikes Their Dream of Love! β A variety of predicaments arise to distract Dr. Kildare from his wedding to Nurse Mary Lamont.
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H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Massachusetts New YorkTHERE'S A GIRL LIKE MARVIN MYLES HIDDEN IN EVERY MAN'S LIFE β A man who lived his life as he was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
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I'll Wait for You
New York Connecticut'Lucky' Wilson, a smooth, amoral front man working for New York gangster Tony Berolli, gets everything he wants, from the best tables at nightclubs to the most glamourous showgirls. When Berolli thinks that nightclub owner Cassell is complaining that business is bad to avoid giving Berolli his full take, Lucky goes to the club's laundry and proves that Cassell is lying by counting the number of napkins the club has washed. Lucky threatens him, and Cassell decides to go to the police. Lieutenant McFarley and Sergeant Brent, who have been after Lucky and Berolli, go to arrest Lucky; but he slips away from them and is wounded by Brent as he drives off.
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Harvard Here I Come
MassachusettsROAR! ROAR! ROAR! β Slapsie Rosenbloom receives an award from the satirical Harvard Lampoon for his well-known stupidity. Instead of being enraged, Slapsie Maxie is delighted by the "honor", and promptly tries to enroll at the ivy-league university. Upon arriving on campus, he is pounced upon by a group of eccentric scientists led by Professor Alvin, who is convinced that Rosenbloom is the "missing link" that science has long been searching for.
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Our Town
New Hampshire The 1910s The 1900sTheir love affair was the talk of our town! β Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
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The House of the Seven Gables
New England The 1820s The 1840sAN ANCIENT HOUSE! A MURDER SECRET! A HIDDEN TREASURE! β In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancΓ©e, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
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Northwest Passage
New York New Hampshire Quebec The 18th CenturyHalf MenβHalf Demons β¦ Warriors Such As The World Has Never Known β¦ They Lived With Death and Danger For The Women Who Hungered For Their Love! β Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
New York ConnecticutNo. 5: The Case of the Cancelled Wedding β A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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Dark Victory
VermontI've crammed every minute so full of waste. And now there's so little time. I don't know what to do. I'm afraid! β A flighty heiress discovers inner strength when she develops a brain tumor.
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In Name Only
ConnecticutA wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Massachusetts England The 1870sDarryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame ! β Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
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Bringing Up Baby
ConnecticutAnd so begins the hilarious adventure of Professor David Huxley and Miss Susan Vance, a flutter-brained vixen with love in her heart! β David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
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Captains Courageous
Massachusetts Atlantic Ocean The 1930sAs great as "Mutiny on the Bounty" β Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
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Nothing Sacred
New York VermontSEE THE BIG FIGHT! β When a small-town girl is diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an ambitious newspaper man turns her into a national heroine.
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Stella Dallas
MassachusettsSure - I like a good time! β After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
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Maid of Salem
Massachusetts The 17th CenturyAnother Paramount Silver Jubilee celebration hit! β When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.
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Green Light
Montana MassachusettsHe Took the Blame!....FOR A SLIP OF THE KNIFE IN ANOTHERS HAND! β A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
New York VermontRocking America with laughter! β Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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Theodora Goes Wild
New York ConnecticutRIOTOUS ROMANTIC COMEDY! β The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
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These Three
MassachusettsWere they the innocent victims of a whispering campaign? β Martha and Karen graduate from college and turn an old Massachusetts farm into a school for girls. The friends are aided in their venture by local doctor Joe Cardin, who begins a relationship with Karen, and a prominent woman whose granddaughter, Mary, later enrolls in the new school. Mary soon reveals herself to be a spiteful child and tells a scandalous lie about Martha and Joe that threatens to destroy the lives of all involved.
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Captain January
MaineA classic of childish heartache, courage, and laughter! β A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
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Small Town Girl
MassachusettsThe most widely read romance of the year...with new romantic team! β Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancΓ©e, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
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