Sherwood Week: He's not the Marian kind

ROBIN AND MARIAN

1976

Directed by Richard Lester

Written by James Goldman

Spoilers: moderate shifting pretty immediately into severe, and I guess you could feel deceived that I said it was ever "moderate"

The love that dare not speak its name until halfway through the third act

THE CHILDREN'S HOUR

1961

Directed by William Wyler

Written by John Michael Hayes (based on the play by Lillian Hellman)

THESE THREE

1936

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Lillian Hellman (based on her play The Children's Hour)

Spoiler alert: moderate, maybe high

An American against Paris

FUNNY FACE

1957

Directed by Stanley Donen

Written by Leonard Gershe

Spoiler alert: high, but it'd be your fault if you were surprised

The great beauty

ROMAN HOLIDAY

1953

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Dalton Trumbo and John Dighton

Spoiler alert: moderate

I'm a society burglar—I don't expect people to rush about shooting me

HOW TO STEAL A MILLION

1966

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Harry Kurnitz (based on the story "Venus Rising" by George Bradshaw)

Spoiler alert: moderate