DVD
The children's hour
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
In English or French, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned.
Performers
Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, Karen Balkin, Veronica Cartwright.
Publication Information
Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, [2002]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Series
Summary
Karen and Martha are the headmistresses of an exclusive school for girls. When they discipline a malicious little girl, the vindictive child twists an overheard comment into slander and accuses her teachers of questionable behavior. Soon, the scandalous gossip engulfs the school's community, with repercussions that are swift, crushing-- and tragic.
Notes
Title from container.
From the play by Lillian Hellman.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.
Special feature: original theatrical trailer.
Subjects
- School principals > Drama.
- Teachers > Drama.
- Female friendship > Drama.
- Problem children > Drama.
- Boarding schools > Drama.
- Private schools > Drama.
- Truthfulness and falsehood > Drama.
- Truthfulness and falsehood in children > Drama.
- Gossip > Drama.
- Libel and slander > Drama.
- Homophobia > Drama.
- Lesbianism > Drama.