CURRENT & CHOICE

The Spirit of St. Louis. New York to Paris with Charles A. Lindbergh: Director Billy Wilder and Actor James Stewart make a good film about a great adventure (TIME. March 4).

Gold of Naples. Italian Director Vittorio De Sica contrives high comedy out of low life in Naples, and wins some superb performances from Sophia Loren. Silvana Mangano, Toto and Vittoria De Sica (TIME, Feb. 25).

Full of Life. Judy Holliday has a baby and gets married in a wonderful outburst of mirth about birth: with Richard Conte, Salvatore Baccaloni (TIME, Feb. 18).

The Young Stranger. A teen-ager studies parental delinquency in his own family: compellingly played by James MacArthur, James Daly, Kim Hunter (TIME. Jan. 28).

The Rainmaker. Forecast: sunny comedy, with spells of metaphysical drizzle (Burt Lancaster), occasional electric storms (Katharine Hepburn), romantic sunset (TIME, Dec. 31).

The Teahouse of the August Moon. Menu: tee-hee (scented with sociology), and a side dish of red-white-and-blue-striped slapstick. charmingly served by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo (TIME, Dec. 10).

Marcelino. A miracle play made in Spain, filled with a shining sweetness (TIME. Nov. 26).

Vitelloni. One of the best of the Italian-made movies -- a biting but not bitter satire of small-town life (TIME. Nov. 5).

Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000. has created the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME. Oct. 29).

Giant. A big (3 hr. 18 min.), tough picture based on Edna Ferber's bestseller about Texas, directed by George Stevens; with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean (TIME, Oct. 22).

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