There are many things encoded in William Wyler,s films, (Ben-Hur eg) and the observation about MacClaine's shirt is really incredible. I thank you for it.
I think this film has numerous "props" like this, in order to broaden the base circa. 1961, when The Children's Hour was shot.
I remember seeing it first -run , and I recall that the audiences were shocked, but the theatre was packed. People then, like myself, had perhaps a sense that this film, among so many commercially appropriate films, had something very important to say, sur[rising as that something may have been.
When Shirley MacClaine breaks down in the living room in front of Audrey Hepburn, I recall a deep silence. It still impresses me a great deal, and is so timely. I think it is Shirley's best work. There's a lot of 1961 in 2009,
