CURRENT & CHOICE

The Mudlark. Producer-Scripter Nunnally Johnson's deft version of the legend about the urchin whose devotion to the crown coaxed Queen Victoria out of a 15-year solitude (TIME, Jan. 1).

Seven Days to Noon. A semi-documentary thriller that pictures the evacuation of London under the threat of an atomic bomb (TIME, Dec. 25).

Born Yesterday. Judy Holliday's hilarious performance puts zest into an overlong adaptation of the Garson Kanin stage hit (TIME, Dec. 25).

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; 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, Celeste Holm 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).

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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