I've been watching a lot of older movies lately. The TIVO is set to record movies with Audrey Hepburn, Carey Grant... and other favorites of classics. The Turner Classic Movie channel is frequently recording something. This afternoon I just finished watching The Children's Hour with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley Maclaine. Although considerably dated now, it was a movie adaptation from a Lillian Hellman play written in 1931 about two women, running a school for girls, being accused of being lesbians-- even though the word was never spoken, only referred to as 'unnatural behavior' for a woman. I wonder, what is the history of the modern use of lesbian? Was it not used by the playwright in the thirties because of lack of acceptance or that it just wasn't a part of our vocabulary at that time? Hmm. Pretty risque and ahead of its time for the thirties, this remake was released in 1961 where the playwright accused the director William Wyler of being to true to the original play and thought it would have been better to update it to fit the views of the early 60's. I give it a thumbs up and recommend it for something different. Besides, Audrey is a cutie, so it's hard to pass up one of her movies ;) ...add to that, later in the day also watched Funny Face in the evening. Very gay, as in super happy gay, lots of singing and dancing (with Fred Astaire) in grand fifties style. All Audrey, all the time... I think there's yet another one of her films on the queue. Maybe tomorrow.