MOVIE · 1961

The Children's Hour

DramaRomance108 min

At a private girls’ boarding school, an unruly student’s accusation that the two women in charge are having a romantic relationship spreads far beyond campus. Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine are the school’s co-heads, whose professional partnership and close friendship come under scrutiny as rumor hardens into public scandal. James Garner is part of the circle around them as the fallout reaches into their personal lives as well as the school itself. Directed by William Wyler, the film centers on how a single lie can turn suspicion, gossip, and social pressure into something devastating.