CURRENT & CHOICE

The Mudlark. Hollywood's tribute to a mourning Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne) is brightened by the cockney ragamuffin (Andrew Ray) who coaxes her back to her public duties (TIME, Jan. 1).

Seven Days to Noon. London, playing itself, gives an exciting performance as a city threatened by a man on the loose with an atomic bomb (TIME, Dec. 25).

Born Yesterday. As the dumb blonde who wises up after a little coaching, Judy Holliday steals the movie version of Garson Kanin's Broadway hit comedy (TIME Dec. 25).

Cyrano de Bergerac. Jose Ferrer's virtuoso acting sparks a conscientious adaptation of the Rostand classic (TIME, Nov. 20).

Mad Wednesday. Harold Lloyd returns in a spotty but frequently riotous comedy written and directed by Preston Sturges (TIME, Nov. 20).

King Solomon's Mines. The plot (with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger) is easy to see through, but the Technicolor shots of African animals and vistas are well worth looking at (TIME, Nov. 20).

Trio. Another trim package of Somerset Maugham short stories, fragile but handled with care by the British producers of Quartet (TIME, Oct. 30).

All About Eve. Scripter-Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's tart treatise on how to win fame and lose friends on Broadway; with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter George Sanders (TIME, Oct. 16).

The Great Man Hunt. (First released under the title, State Secret.) Chills and chuckles in a British chase-melodrama set behind the Iron Curtain; with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (TIME, Oct. 9).

The Happiest Days of Your Life. A hilarious scene-stealing duel between Britain's Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford (TIME, Oct. 9).

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