Monday, Oct. 31, 1949

CURRENT & CHOICE

Ichabod and Mr. Toad. In parts of an uneven doubleheader, Walt Disney is at his inventive best; with Bing Crosby and Basil Rathbone on the soundtrack (TIME, Oct. 17).

Pinky. The best of the new cycle of Negro-problem films, with Jeanne Grain (TIME, Oct. 10).

Task Force. The ups & downs, through the years, of U.S. naval aviation, with a factual core of spectacular Navy combat films and fictional trimmings involving Gary Cooper (TIME, Oct. 3).

Germany Year Zero. Roberto Rossellini's grim, graphic story of a twelve-year-old boy among the human rubble of Germany's occupation (TIME, Sept. 26).

White Heat. James Cagney's spectacular film comeback in a hurtling drama about a mother-dependent gangster (TIME, Sept. 19).

Jolson Sings Again. Zestful sequel to the film biography of mammy's favorite son; with Larry Parks and Jolson's voice (TIME, Sept. 5).

Madame Bovary. Jennifer Jones in a faithful portrayal of Flaubert's unfaithful French provincial lady (TIME, Aug. 15).

Lost Boundaries. A true story, movingly enacted, of Negroes who "pass" as whites (TIME, July 4).

Sorrowful Jones. The boozy sentiment of Damon Runyon's Broadway, heavily spiked with Bob Hope gags (TIME, June 27).

The Window. A boy's-eye view of murder in a Manhattan tenement, with Bobby Driscoll (TIME, May 23).

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