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The Children's Hour is a 1961 American drama film directed and produced by William Wyler. The screenplay was written by John Michael Hayes and Lillian Hellman, based on the works The Children's Hour and These Three. The cast includes Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, and Fay Bainter. Franz Planer served as director of photography, with music by Alex North and costumes by Dorothy Jeakins. The black-and-white production was filmed in Los Angeles.
The film was distributed by United Artists and Netflix, with a runtime of 108 minutes. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and an Academy Award for Best Sound. The movie holds a review score of 7/10 and 80%, with an IMDb rating of 7.8 from 20,390 votes. Its tagline asks if an ugly rumor can destroy what is beautiful. The story involves themes of suicide, false accusations, female friendship, and a girls' boarding school.
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7.6An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run it of having a romantic relationship.
Cast
- Shirley MacLaine as Martha Dobie
- Audrey Hepburn as Karen Wright
- James Garner as Joe Cardin
- Miriam Hopkins as Lily Mortar
- Fay Bainter as Amelia Tilford
- Karen Balkin as Mary Tilford
Themes
- suicide
- falsely accused
- female friendship
- girls' boarding school
- based on play or musical
- teacher
- lesbian relationship
- black and white
- lgbt
- rumor
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Ratings
IMDb
7.8/10
20,390 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
49/100
- Year
- 1961
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 12 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- These Three
- Director
- William Wyler
- Screenwriter
- Lillian Hellman
- Cast member
- Veronica Cartwright
- Composer
- Alex North
- Producer
- William Wyler
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Franz Planer
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 378659
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Childrens Hour trailer.jpg
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- publication date
- 1961-01-01
- title
- The Children's Hour
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- The Children's Hour (film)
- costume designer
- Dorothy Jeakins
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 80%
- capital cost
- 3600000
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