CURRENT & CHOICE

Cyrano de Bergerac. Jose Ferrer in an able cinemadaptation that magnifies the faults of the Rostand classic without dimming its virtues (TIME, Nov. 20).

Mad Wednesday. An uneven but often funny comedy, written and directed by Preston Sturges and starring Harold Lloyd (TIME, Nov. 20).

King Solomon's Mines. Darkest Africa in brightest Technicolor reduces the hokum of H. Rider Haggard's plot to a minor hardship; with Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger (TIME, Nov. 20).

Trio. Somerset Maugham escorts three more of his short stories to the screen p with Jean Simmons, James Hayter, Nigel Patrick (TIME, Oct. 30).

All About Eve. Scripter-Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz's witty examination of some quirks and foibles of the Broadway theater; with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and George Sanders (TIME, Oct. 16).

State Secret. Chills and chuckles in a British chase-melodrama set behind the Iron Curtain; with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (TIME, Oct. 9).

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