The Children’s Hour 1961 123movies

Watch: The Children’s Hour 1961 123movies, Full Movie Online – Karen Wright and Martha Dobie are best friends since college and they own the boarding school Wright and Dobie School for Girls with twenty students. They are working hard as headmistresses and teachers to grow the school and make it profitable. Karen is engaged with the local doctor Joe Cardin, who is the nephew of the powerful and influential Mrs. Amelia Tilford. While the spiteful and liar Mary, who is Amelia’s granddaughter and a bad influence to the other girls, is punished by Karen after telling a lie, Martha has an argument with her snoopy aunt Lily Mortar in another room. Lily accuses Martha of being jealous and having an unnatural relationship with Karen. Mary’s roommate Rosalie Wells overhears the shouting and tells Mary what Mrs. Mortar had said about her niece. The malicious Mary accuses Karen and Martha of being lesbians to her grandmother and Amelia spreads the gossip to the parents of the students that withdraw them from the school. Karen and Martha lose a lawsuit against Amelia and have their lives destroyed. Further, Karen calls off her engagement with Joe when he asks her if what was said about Martha and she was true. The lie ends in a tragedy..
Plot: A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young women who run the school of being in a relationship.
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Ratings:

	7.8/10 Votes: 16,838
	78% | RottenTomatoes
	49/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 272 Popularity: 7.717 | TMDB

Reviews:

It’s not dated at all !.
The themes explored in The Children’s Hour are far from dated, so i just can’t conspire to other writers who feel this way.

Karen and Martha are best friends who share a home together, they also work at the same all Girls school. Mary Tilford is a spiteful little child, when she is caught out for a lie she is duly scolded. In retaliation she starts casting doubts about the nature of Karen & Martha’s relationship, pretty soon the gossip spirals out of control and the ladies are faced with empty classrooms and strained relations at home. A court case is in the air, but just what will be the outcome with a society so quick to frown on something that they deem unnatural?, regardless of it being truth or fiction.

Coming as it did in 1961, The Children’s Hour was something of a brave picture, possessing as it does, a plot strand about lesbianism. Yet the film is itself a remake of These Three from 1936, tho also penned by Lillian Hellman N/A, These Three was built around a heterosexual tryst. The force driving The Children’s Hour on is its willingness to explore a then frowned upon topic, whilst simultaneously running a plot arc about the power of a devious tongue, the innocence of youth a cloak shielding bitter intentions. Audrey Hepburn is a wonderful piece of casting, her portrayal of Karen is very restrained, giving the character an aura of worth and gracefulness. James Garner plays Karen’s beau, Dr. Joe Cardin, he’s a crucial part of the story but Garner never really dominates the screen in the way you feel the character should, however in the face of the films best performance, it’s probably understandable that Garner is hardly worth a second glance. That best performance comes from Shirley MacLaine, it’s a towering acting job full of wrought emotion and steely determination, it’s only during the films last quarter do you realise just how well MacLaine has layered Martha. MacLaine and Hepburn are very different in acting styles, and this makes The Children’s Hour a character piece to savour in any decade. 8/10

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 48 min (108 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Drama, Romance
Director William Wyler
Writer Lillian Hellman, John Michael Hayes
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 11 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm