Academy Awards, USA 1937
| Nominee Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Bonita Granville |
United Artists
Directed by William Wyler
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Archive Collection)
Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon graduate from college and decide to open their own school in a dilapidated farm house inherited by Merle. They renovate it with the help of friendly doctor Joel McCrea. He begins a romance with Merle, not realizing that Miriam is secretly in love with him. The school becomes a success, but when rumors of sexual impropriety between Joel and Miriam begin to circulate, the students are withdrawn by their wealthy parents. The rumors are traced back to Bonita Granville, one of the students, who seems to harbor a pathological hatred of the two women. The young girl manipulates everyone around her, especially her elderly grandmother who initially helped build the school. A trial ensues and eventually the truth comes out, but not until the damage is done. Starts out fine, but degenerates into screaming and yelling between Granville and just about everyone else in the cast.
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