These Three

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film These Three (1936) directed by William Wyler and starring Joel McCrea, Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon. Excerpted from John DiLeo’s Screen Savers II: My Grab Bag of Classic Movies, “These Three (1936): Triumph Over Censorship.” These Three is an adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s play The Children’s Hour, a 1934 Broadway sensation.