The Childrens Hour 1961 Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Mac Laine, James Garner

The Children s Hour 1961. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter Longtime friends Martha (Shirley MacLaine) and Karen (Audrey Hepburn) run a boarding school for girls. When an unruly child, Mary (Karen Balkin), is punished for lying, she concocts a story that Karen and Martha are having a lesbian relationship. When the story spreads, parents withdraw their children from the school. The women s lawsuit for libel hits many snags when they lack witnesses to speak for them. All the stress adversely affects Karen s engagement to Joe Cardin (James Garner).