Game of Love. First oats, as two French adolescents sow them; based on Colette’s novel, Le Ble en Herbe (TIME, Jan. 23).
Romeo and Juliet. Never has Shakespeare’s love poem been so splendidly set —among the Renaissance remains of Venice, Verona, Siena; with Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall (TIME, Dec. 20).
The Country Girl. A slickly made story (by Clifford Odets) about a Broadway has-been (Bing Crosby), his bitter wife (Grace Kelly) and a cynical director (William Holden) who tries to pull them apart (TIME, Dec. 13).
The Heart of the Matter. Graham Greene’s novel, a passionate chorale on the themes of sin and salvation, is rearranged into something more like Mad Dogs and Englishmen; Trevor Howard and Maria Schell are superb as the lovers (TIME, Dec. 13).
Gate of Hell. A Japanese legend of quaint war and fatal lust, wrapped in a rich kimono of colors (TIME, Dec. 13).
Carmen Jones. Red-hot and black Carmen, with Dorothy Dandridge putting the torch to Bizet’s babe, and Pearl Bailey hoarsing around in the wide-screen wings (TIME, Nov. 1).
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