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These Three

Film poster
Directed byWilliam Wyler
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
Written byLillian Hellman (also play)
StarringMiriam Hopkins
Merle Oberon
Joel McCrea
Bonita Granville
Walter Brennan
Music byAlfred Newman
Raphael Penso
CinematographyGregg Toland
Editing byDaniel Mandell
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date(s)March 18, 1936
Running time93 min.
LanguageEnglish
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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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William Wyler

Wyler with Oscar
Birth name Willi Wyler
Born July 1 1902(1902--)
Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany (now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France)
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Samuel Goldwyn

Samuel Goldwyn centre frame, ca. 1916
Birth name Schmuel Gelbfisz
Born 27 August 1882
Warsaw, Congress Poland
Died 31 January 1974 (age 92)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
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Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and was the inspiration for his
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Miriam Hopkins

in the film Becky Sharp (1935).
Birth name Ellen Miriam Hopkins
Born September 18 1902(1902--)
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
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Merle Oberon

in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Birth name Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
Born January 19 1911(1911--)
Bombay (now Mumbai), British India
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Joel McCrea

Birth name Joel Albert McCrea
Born November 5, 1905
South Pasadena, California
Died October 20, 1990
Los Angeles, California

Spouse(s) Frances Dee (1933-1990)

Joel Albert McCrea
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Bonita Granville

from the trailer for the film
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939).

Born February 2, 1923
New York City, New York, USA
Died October 11, 1988, age 65
Santa Monica, California, USA

Bonita Granville
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Walter Brennan

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Birth name Walter Andrew Brennan
Born July 25 1894(1894--)
Swampscott, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Miriam Hopkins

in the film Becky Sharp (1935).
Birth name Ellen Miriam Hopkins
Born September 18 1902(1902--)
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
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Merle Oberon

in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Birth name Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson
Born January 19 1911(1911--)
Bombay (now Mumbai), British India
Died
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Joel McCrea

Birth name Joel Albert McCrea
Born November 5, 1905
South Pasadena, California
Died October 20, 1990
Los Angeles, California

Spouse(s) Frances Dee (1933-1990)

Joel Albert McCrea
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Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and was the inspiration for his
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The Children's Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie.
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Marcia Mae Jones (1 August 1924 – 2 September 2007) was an American actress whose prolific career spanned 47 years.

Biography

Career

Jones made her film debut at the age of two in the 1926 film Mannequin
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Associate producer:
Robert Wyler
Producer:
William Wyler
for the Mirisch Corporation
Written by Play:
Lillian Hellman
Adaption:
Lillian Hellman
Screenplay:
John Michael Hayes
Starring Audrey Hepburn
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Audrey Hepburn

from the trailer for the film Roman Holiday (1953)
Birth name Audrey Kathleen Ruston
Born May 4 1929(1929--)
Brussels, Belgium
Died
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Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival being interviewed by Access Hollywood, photo by Tony Shek
Birth name Shirley MacLean Beaty
Born March 24 1934 (1934--)
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James Garner

Birth name James Scott Baumgarner
Born March 7 1928 (1928--) (age 79)
Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
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Fay Bainter

from the trailer for Jezebel (1938)
Birth name Fay Okell Bainter
Born November 7 1893(1893--)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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