Episode 12 - The Children’s Hour (1961)

Take a journey back in time to the bad old days when being gay was a terrible thing, when gossips ruined lives and livelihoods, and when forgetting to include the second act of your film wasn’t an impediment to releasing it. We’re forcing Alice to once again relive her memories of being a teacher as the team discuss The Children’s Hour (1961).

Join Alice, Holly and Georgia as they look at the Hays Code, Hollywood’s restrictive code of practice which led to decades of ‘Don’t say gay’ on screen, as well as digressions into fancying teachers, mental health in children, and asking why no one told us that Shirley MacLaine was so damn hot.

CN: Swearing, spoilers, discussion of sexual nature, mental health, suicide.