Choice for 1954

Beat the Devil. John Huston and Truman Capote while away an hour and a half with one of the shaggiest stories ever put on film: the year's orneriest picture, and one of its funniest (TIME, March 8).

Genevieve. Henry Cornelius' hilarious log of a trip from London to Brighton in a 1904 Darracq; with John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan (TIME, Nov. 30, 1953; release delayed until 1954).

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Stanley Donen and Michael Kidd knock off a randandy of a musical, the best since An American in Paris; with Howard Keel, Jane Powell (TIME, July 12).

The Earrings of Madame De . . . Max Ophuls makes exquisite defunctive music for a dead society (Paris in the 18905); with Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica (TIME, July 26).

On the Waterfront. The year's best melodrama: Elia Kazan's tale of life and death among the longshoremen of New York Harbor; with Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Maiden (TIME, Aug. 9).

High and Dry. A witty, British-made picture about a U.S. innocent (Paul Douglas) and how he got jobbed abroad; with Alex Mackenzie, Tommy Kearns (TIME, Sept. 13).

The Little Kidnappers. Two small boys on a farm in Nova Scotia: one of the best pictures ever made about childhood; with Duncan Macrae, Jon Whiteley, Vincent Winter; directed by Philip Leacock (TIME, Sept. 6).

Ugetsu. A Japanese version of the Lilith legend; with Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi (TIME, Sept. 20).

Carmen Jones. An all-Negro musical, with Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey and Harry Belafonte burning up Bizet's sound track; directed by Otto Preminger (TIME, Nov. i).

Gate of Hell. The year's most beautiful color picture: Teinosuke Kinugasa's interpretation of an old Japanese tale about a faithful wife; with Machiko Kyo, Kazuo Hasegawa (TIME, Dec. 13).

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