The Children's Hour: Difference between revisions

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[[File:ChildrensHour72dpi_002_5900.jpg|frame|Karen (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha (Shirley Maclaine) in the 60s adaptation]]

[[File:these-three-oberon-hopkins-1_6915.jpg|frame|Karen (Merle Oberon) and Martha (Miriam Hopkins) in ''These Three'']]

 

 

A classic (and, at the time, very much controversial) 1934 play that was the debut work of Lillian Hellman, '''''The Children's Hour''''' was adapted for the screen twice by director William Wyler. The first version was a bowdlerized adaptation called ''These Three,'' starring Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon, and released in 1936. The second version, starring [[Shirley MacLaine]] and [[Audrey Hepburn]], was subject to less censorship by the time it came out in 1961.

 

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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The second adaption still isn't completely true to the play, and lacks the "power" driven plot of said play, but is still the closest to it.

* [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]: The movie is most well-known for the ending.

* [[Enfante Terrible]]: '''Mary Tilford.'''

* [[Gayngst]]: {{spoiler|Martha}} has her fair share, near the end.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Bonita Granville, the first actress to play [[Nancy Drew]] on screen, was Mary Tilford in ''These Three.''

* [[Inspired By]]: The play was inspired by an actual Scottish court case.

 

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