<p><span st<x>yle="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play's lesbian theme. The plot concerns schoolteachers Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, both of whom are in love with Dr. Joe Cardin. The malicious lie of one of their students involves all three in a scandal which disrupts all their lives.</span></p>
