These Three

These Three is a movie starring Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, and Joel McCrea. Two school teachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.
Martha and Karen graduate from college and turn an old Massachusetts farm into a school for girls. The friends are aided in their venture by local doctor Joe Cardin, who begins a relationship with Karen, and a prominent woman whose granddaughter, Mary, later enrolls in the new school. Mary soon reveals herself to be a spiteful child and tells a scandalous lie about Martha and Joe that threatens to destroy the lives of all involved.