The Children's Hour

The Children's Hour (Blu-Ray) (*)

$34.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
William Wyler

Written By:
Lillian Hellman

John Michael Hayes

Actors:
Audrey Hepburn ..... Karen Wright
Shirley MacLaine ..... Martha Dobie
James Garner ..... Dr. Joe Cardin
Miriam Hopkins ..... Mrs. Lily Mortar
Fay Bainter ..... Mrs. Amelia Tilford
Karen Balkin ..... Mary Tilford
Veronica Cartwright ..... Rosalie Wells
Mimi Gibson ..... Evelyn
Debbie Moldow ..... Student
Diane Mountford ..... Student
William Mims ..... Mr. Burton
Sally Brophy ..... Rosalie's Mother
Hope Summers ..... Agatha - the Tilford Maid
Jered Barclay ..... Grocery Boy
Paul Bradley ..... Parent at Piano Recital
Stuart Hall ..... Mourner
George Holmes ..... Mourner
Pete Kellett ..... Taxi Driver
Florence MacMichael ..... Undetermined Secondary Role
George Mayon ..... Parent at Piano Recital
Harold Miller ..... Parent on Visitor's Day
William H. O'Brien ..... Funeral Assistant
Ed Prentiss ..... Head of Hospital
Leoda Richards ..... Parent at Piano Recital

Synopsis:

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 October, 2020.