Monday, Jan. 30, 1950

CURRENT & CHOICE

Tight Little Island. A 100-proof British comedy about a whisky famine on a Hebridean island and how the inhabitants relieved it (TIME, Jan. 23).

On the Town. A fast, exuberant song & dance show about three sailors on a 24-hour fling in Manhattan; with Gene Kelly (TIME, Jan. 2).

Samson and Delilah. A circus-lover's romp through the Book of Judges under the guidance of Cecil B. DeMille; with Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr (TIME, Dec. 26).

The Bicycle Thief. Italian Director Vittorio (Shoeshine) De Sica's carefully made classic of a worker and his small child hopelessly scouring Rome for a stolen bicycle (TIME, Dec. 12).

All the King's Men. The sensational rise & fall of a grass-roots demagogue, produced, directed and scripted by Robert Rossen (TIME, Dec. 5).

The Fallen Idol. Author Graham Greene and Director Carol Reed wring suspense from the story of a small boy (Bobby Henrey) in a world of adult intrigue; with Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan (TIME, April 4).

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