TV Guide: Lillian Hellman

Video: Teaser Trailer

Trailer Addict — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Teaser trailer for Tanner Hall. Possibly influenced by the nuanced societies of Jane Austen and the estrogen-infused work of Lillian Hellman, co-writers and co-directors Tatiana von Furstenberg and Francesca Gregorini explore the emotionally complex world of young women in their thoughtful coming-of-age drama Tanner Hall. Everything about Tanner Hall is somewhat timeless: the slightly crumbling ivy-clad exterior, white porcelain sinks and teenage girls in pleated skirts, cardigans and knee socks. The story of the people inside this grande dame of an institution, however, troubles the benign surface of these classic images. It is fall, and Fernanda (Rooney Mara) returns to her beloved Tanner Hall to begin the new school year. She is yearning to see her old friends Kate (Brie Larson) and Lucasta (Amy Ferguson). Although clearly girls of privilege, they exhibit none of the stereotypical behaviors assumed of children of their class; rather, they are at once worldly and innocent, hovering o

Video: These Three - (Re-issue trailer)

TCM — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Scandal destroys the lives of two small-town schoolteachers in William Wyler's adaptation of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, These Three (1936).

Video: Children's Hour, The -- (Movie Clip) I Only Want the Best...

TCM — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Much foreshadowing as Karen (Audrey Hepburn) delivers exciting news to teaching-partner Martha (Shirley MacLaine), unaware of the diabolical Mary (Karen Balkin) eavesdropping in The Children's Hour, 1961, from Lillian Hellman's play.

Video: Children's Hour, The -- (Movie Clip) Funny Secrets

TCM — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Spoiled student Mary (Karen Balkin) teases influential Grandmother Tilford (Fay Bainter) with lurid suggestions about her teachers in William Wyler's The Children's Hour, 1961, from Lillian Hellman's play.

Video: Dead End

Hulu — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A gangster returns to his New York slum and teaches the Dead End Kids dirty tricks.