Monday, Aug. 21, 1950

CURRENT & CHOICE

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. 7).

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).

Father of the Bride. Spencer Tracy shines as the hapless parent in a skilled version of the Edward Streeter comic bestseller (TIME, May 29).

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