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The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour

One simple lie destroyed everything they had.

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Release Date

12/19/1961

Runtime

108 mins

Genres

Overview

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$3,600,000

Revenue

$3,000,000

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A morally urgent tragedy about how a single malicious rumor can unravel lives and force two women to confront devastating truths about themselves and their bond. The film watches like a slow collapse, precise and almost unbearably sad.

Mood

MelancholicDread-soakedMournfulTense

Themes

IdentityFriendshipBetrayalLoveIsolation

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteFormalist

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Suicide and self-harmSexual content

Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine

Martha Dobie

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Karen Wright

James Garner

James Garner

Joe Cardin

Miriam Hopkins

Miriam Hopkins

Lily Mortar

Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter

Amelia Tilford

Karen Balkin

Karen Balkin

Mary Tilford

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwright

Rosalie Wells

Sally Brophy

Sally Brophy

Mrs. Wells

Mimi Gibson

Mimi Gibson

Evelyn

William Mims

Mr. Burton

Hope Summers

Hope Summers

Agatha

Jered Barclay

Jered Barclay

Grocery Boy (uncredited)

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