Monday, Dec. 14, 1953
CURRENT & CHOICE
The Living Desert. Walt Disney's first full-length film of nature in the raw. Seldom mild, often cruelly beautiful (TIME, Nov. 16).
Decameron Nights. Spicy stories by Boccaccio; with Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan (TIME, Nov. 16).
The Little Fugitive. The camera follows seven-year-old Richie Andrusco on a wonderfully photogenic lam through Coney Island (TIME, Nov. 2).
The Actress. Ruth Gordon's hit comedy about stagestruck adolescence; with Spencer Tracy, Teresa Wright, Jean Simmons (TIME, Oct. 19).
The Captain's Paradise. Alec Guinness as a ferryboat captain who manages to have a wife (Celia Johnson and Yvonne de Carlo) in each port (TIME, Oct. 12).
The Robe. The first CinemaScope film, a colorful, breathtakingly big production starring Richard Burton, Victor Mature, Jean Simmons (TIME, Sept. 28).
Roman Holiday. Newcomer Audrey Hepburn goes on a hilarious tour of Rome with Gregory Peck and Eddie Albert (TIME, Sept. 7).
The Beggar's Opera. John Gay's 18th century English operetta is turned, by Peter Brook and Laurence Olivier, into a classic cinemusical (TIME, Aug. 31).
The Cruel Sea. One of the best of the World War II films, based on Nicholas Monsarrat's bestseller (TIME, Aug. 24).
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