Serendipitously at a party, Jerry meets Gittel Mosca (Shirley MacLaine), a struggling dancer who couldn’t be more different in background, but has the openness and optimism he lacks. He prepares for the Bar in a low end apartment and takes long lonely walks. Separated from his wife, Nebraska lawyer Jerry Ryan (Robert Mitchum) moves to New York to start fresh. Two for The Seesaw1962 Adapted from the play by William Gibson. Even when the court decision is reversed, she can’t go back to things as they were. Realizing she actually does love Karen, Martha feels responsible for everything. When Joe shows doubt, Karen cuts him off suggesting to Martha they start again elsewhere. (In real life, the teachers won.) The school closes. When punished for backmail and bullying, spoiled student Mary (Karen Balkin) tells her influential grandmother that Martha and Karen are lovers. Karen is engaged to local obstetrician, Joe Cardin (James Garner- film debut). Martha Dobie (Shirley MacLaine) and Karen Wright (Audrey Hepburn) open a private school for girls at which Martha’s Aunt Lily (Miriam Hopkins) teaches elocution. Both films were directed by William Wyler. Because of The Hays Code, Hellman changed the teachers being lovers into a rumor that one of them had slept with the other’s fiancé. The first adaptation, with Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon, was These Three in 1936.

Inspired by the 1809 true story of two Scottish school teachers whose lives were destroyed when one of their students accused them of having a lesbian relationship. The Children’s Hour 1961 Based on the Lillian Hellman play.

Hitchcock can be seen 21 minutes into the film as he walks past a parked limousine while an old man looks at paintings for sale at the roadside stand. Mishap after mishap brings two couples together. Everyone wants to hide the body before it’s discovered by Deputy Sheriff Calvin Wiggs (Royal Dano) who gets paid per arrest. New to the village, nonconformist artist Sam Marlowe (John Forsythe) wants to help. Captain Wiles (Edmund Gwen), Miss Gravely (Mildred Natwick), and Harry’s ex-wife, Jennifer (Shirley MacLaine), are all sure they’re responsible. A quirky Vermont community is shaken by discovery of the dead body of Harry Worp (Philip Truex).

The Trouble With Harry1954 Based on the novel by Jack Trevor Story.

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