Monday, Dec. 23, 1957
CURRENT & CHOICE
Ordet. A religious allegory, swathed in a cool northland light, by Denmark's Carl (Day of Wrath) Dreyer (TIME, Dec. 16).
Paths of Glory. A passion out of fashion, antimilitarism, vented by a gifted new director, 29-year-old Stanley Kubrick (TIME, Dec. 9).
Don't Go Near the Water. A daffy piece of South Pacifiction, based on William Brinkley's novel about some officers and men engaged in the Navy's public relations--and their own private affairs (TIME, Nov. 25).
Gervaise. Emile Zola's L'Assommoir, a vast cry of rage at man's fate, diminished by French taste into a touching story of a woman's ruin; with Maria Schell (TIME, Nov. 18).
Pal Joey. A mildly anemic version of the full-blooded Broadway musical--with Frank Sinatra supplying a strong jolt of the glamour vitamin (TIME, Oct. 28).
Les Girls. The most stylish movie musical of the year; with Kay Kendall, the most stylish comedienne the British have turned up in 30 years (TIME, Oct. 14).
A Visit with Pablo Casals. A great cellist filling the screen with the tranquil luminosity of a mature art (TIME, Oct. 7).
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