Geraldine Chaplin and William Atherton in The House of Mirth (1981)

Gilded Age refers to the period of economic boom in the US which began after the American Civil War and ended at the turn of the century. Programs set in this period typically depict the wealthiest set of people in New York society.

Behind the scenes / making of books: 
* The Age of Innocence: A Portrait of the Film Based on the Novel by Edith Wharton - by Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks
* The Age of Innocence: The Shooting Script - by Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks


Mira Sorvino, Carla Gugino, and Alison Elliott in The Buccaneers (1995)

Vince Gill, John Hiatt, Alison Krauss, Taj Mahal, John McEuen, Brett Wolcott, Michael McNamara, Bob Carpenter, Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, and Jimmy Ibbotson in Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Farther Along (2003)

movies which depict the cloistered world of the Gilded Age (and little before, after and around). Suggestions to add very welcome!

Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Daniel Day-Lewis in The Age of Innocence (1993)

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