1950s
- Mystery Street (1950) -- Massachusetts
- Death of a Salesman (1951)
- Plymouth Adventure (1952) -- The pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, MA
- The Actress (1953) -- Set in fictional Wallacestone, MA
- White Christmas (1954) -- Set in Vermont
- All That Heaven Allows (1955)
- Daddy Long Legs (1955)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955)
- Carousel (1956)
- High Society (1956) -- Newport, RI
- Moby Dick (1956)
- Fear Strikes Out (1957) -- Set in Boston, about the Red Sox
- Peyton Place (1957)
- Desire Under the Elms (1958)
- Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) -- Set in Connecticut
- The Last Hurrah (1958) -- A mayoral race based on Boston mayor James Michael Curley
- A Summer Place (1959) -- Set in fictional Pine Island, ME
- It Happened to Jane (1959)
- The Devil's Disciple (1959) -- Websterbridge, NH
- The Man in the Net (1959)
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