These Three

• Miriam Hopkins, Martha Dobi
• Merle Oberon: Karen Wright
• Joel McCrea: Joseph Cardin
• Catherine Doucet: Lily
• Bonita Granville: Mary
• Marcia Mae Jones: Rosalie
• Walter Brennan: chauffeur

Infame Lying is an American film directed by William Wyler, staged in 1936. The film drama is based on the stage play children's hour ( The Children's Hour ) by Lillian Hellman, who also wrote the screenplay. Premiered the movie on 18 March 1936. In Germany the film was not shown in theaters. He learned his debut on 14 September 1982 at the German television ( ZDF).

Action

Karen Wright and Martha Dobi have successfully graduated from college. You want to rebuild Karen's Farm in Massachusetts to a boarding school. The doctor Joseph Cardin supports them. Thanks to the rich Mrs. Tilford, the school may soon be opened. Mrs. Tilby sends her granddaughter Mary in this school. Karen and Joseph fall in love to Martha's chagrin, who is himself in love with the doctor.

As Martha's Aunt Lily easygoing appears, the first problems arise. One evening visited Joseph Martha, who is however not there. Joe falls asleep on a chair. When he leaves room after waking Martha, he is seen by Lily, who now draws suspicion. When a few days later, Mary is caught in a stupid lie, she feigns a heart attack. Joseph is called in this case there is a dispute between Martha and her aunt. Lily leaves the house, accused before but Martha, to have an affair with Joseph. The dispute have noticed two students who have been listening at the door. Martha caught the listener and sends them away. When she wants to close the door, she accidentally stuck a the arm of a student Rosalie. Martha apologizes, Rosalie praised, nothing to say.

Mary Rosalie discovered at a bracelet that belongs to another student. So she blackmails Rosalie divulge their knowledge. When her grandmother Mary twisted the story, but they can be assisted by Rosalie that they continue being blackmailed because of the bracelet. Mrs. Tilford is shocked by the allegations and enforces that all girls leave school. Martha and Karen are puzzled. Only one driver which is to pick up one of the girls, told them about the rumors. The two women looking at Mrs. Tilford and do the thing right place. But Rosalie, who has terrible anxiety before Mary, remains with the allegations.

Martha and Karen turn on the court and let Mrs. Tilford sue for libel. However, you lose the case, partly because Lily does not say. Due to the scandal Joseph loses his job at the hospital. Lily returns again and acts as if nothing had happened. She explains her absence in court so that they did not believe that her testimony was important. The pressure of the society is so great that Karen begins to believe the rumors and separates from Joseph. Martha tells Karen then that she had indeed always loved Joseph, but he knew nothing of it. Martha decides to leave with Lily the city. On the train, Lily leaves some remarks about the missing bracelet fall, what Martha to bring to visit Rosalie. You can bring the girl gently to tell the truth. Mrs. Tilford realizes that she has done wrong, and offers of compensation. But Martha just wants it asks Karen to follow Joseph. In a Café in Vienna Karen and Joseph get back together.

Reviews

" ( The movie ) endeavor to provide accurate description of environment and atmosphere and concentrates with impressive acting performances on the complexity of child sophistication. To totally eliminate the allusions contained in the template on lesbian inclinations, however, the film constructs a barely credible triangular relationship - women love the same man, a doctor -. Moreover, the waiver of noble and happy endings are attached downright "

Awards

1937 Bonita Granville received an Oscar nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category.

Background

• The play by Lillian Hellman tells a true story from 1810 about two Scottish teachers, which we mistakenly made ​​a lesbian relationship with the accused. The play was performed on 20 November 1934 691 times in New York. The main roles: Anne Revere as Martha, Katherine Emery as Karen and Robert Keith as Joseph.
• Due to the Hays Code, which prevented a treatment of the topic of homosexuality, producer Samuel Goldwyn was forced to rewrite the script. Through awareness of the play was not allowed to use the title of the piece as a movie title. Only in 1961 could turn the stage play with the original story and the original title William Wyler. In Germany the film was released under the title The Children's Hour, the film starred Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner. Here plays Miriam Hopkins, seen in the film of 1936 in the role of Martha Dobi, the role of Aunt Lily.
• The later seven -time Oscar - winner Richard Day was responsible for the equipment.