Monday, Aug. 28, 1950
CURRENT & CHOICE
No Way Out. Hollywood's most outspoken and pertinent Negro-problem movie; with Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark and Linda Darnell (TIME, Aug. 21).
Sunset Boulevard. How a faded movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood's manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).
Panic in the Streets. Director Elia Kazan's realistic thriller about a New Orleans manhunt for a criminal who is also an unwitting plague-carrier; with Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas (TIME, Aug. 14).
Mystery Street. Harvard joins the police in some scientific crime detection that makes for absorbing melodrama; with Ricardo Montalban (TIME, Aug. 14).
The Men. Marlon Brando and Teresa Wright in a frank, stirring drama about the mental and physical salvage of paralyzed war veterans (TIME, July 24).
Kind Hearts and Coronets. An impudent, witty British comedy about a well-bred murderer; with Alec Guinness (playing eight roles) and Dennis Price (TIME, July 3).
The Lawless. A lowbudget, high-voltage treatment of mob violence in a small U.S. town; with Macdonald Carey and Gail Russell (TIME, July 3).
The Asphalt Jungle. Director John Huston's clinical account of a $1,000,000 burglary and what makes the burglars tick (TIME, June 19).
Father of the Bride. Spencer Tracy shines as the hapless parent in a skilled version of the Edward Streeter comic bestseller (TIME, May 29).
Annie Get Your Gun. An adaptation of the Broadway hit gives the screen Irving Berlin's best score and Betty Hutton her best role (TIME, April 24).
City Lights. After 19 years, Charlie Chaplin's first movie of the talkie era is still silent, yet seems more eloquent than ever (TIME, April 17).
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