These Three

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These Three

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Directed by William Wyler
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn
Written by Lillian Hellman (also play)
Starring Miriam Hopkins
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrea
Bonita Granville
Walter Brennan
Music by Alfred Newman
Raphael Penso
Cinematography Gregg Toland
Editing by Daniel Mandell
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) March 18, 1936
Running time 93 min.
Language English
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These Three, a 1936 film with Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea was an adaptation of the original Lillian Hellman play, The Children's Hour, in which two women running a boarding school for girls lose their careers after one of the students accuses them of lesbianism. In These Three the story was changed to fit the Production Code's standards and the theme of lesbianism was replaced with a heterosexual love-triangle. Otherwise, virtually all of the play's dialogue remained intact in the film and Hellman (who had worked on the screenplay) was reportedly satisfied with the result, saying the work's central theme about gossip was unaffected. Marcia Mae Jones played one of the children in perhaps the best role of her career.[1]

The movie was remade with the lesbian theme of the play kept intact in The Children's Hour (1961) starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner, and with Fay Bainter and Hopkins in supporting roles.

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  1. ^ Marcia Mae Jones - Obituaries, News - Independent.co.uk

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