THE CHILDREN'S HOUR - BUT, FOR ADULTS ONLY

Last week, MGMHD presented

back-to-back LGBT 'themed' Films........The Trials of Oscar Wilde, followed by The Children's Hour....both done in 1960.......when I was in 9th Grade......I'm remembering how repressive American Society was, then......I recalled, humorously...to a friend, a movie theater in my home town, being closed down, temporarily....by a restraining order.....for screening a film about an unwed mother....the word 'pregnant' had been used....and an unwed couple had shared a bed, in flagrant disregard of Christian Morality......Yet, radioactive monsters could emerge from contaminated oceans to destroy entire cities.....that was just fine! But, girls kissing girls or boys holding hands.....NOT! Thank you James Garner, Audrey Hepburn and Shirley Maclaine......for airing those soiled sheets!