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Best current pictures arranged (A) according to merit, (B) according to the money they made last week: (A) The Passion of Joan of Arc-- superb silent study of a saint's trial and death. The Divine Lady--Admiral Nelson ashore. Alibi--skillful, authentic crook-play with dialog. The Letter-- Maugham melodrama with Jeanne Eagels and good synchronization. Madame X-- marks a spot where old-fashioned melodrama becomes good entertainment. (B) The Broadway Melody (records everywhere); The Wild Party ($30,500 Granada, San Francisco); Weary River ($26.300, Strand, Brooklyn); The Barker ($25,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles).