Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Apr. 16, 1951

Teresa. Italy’s Pier Angeli makes an impressive U.S. debut in an unconventional movie about the troubles of a war bride (TIME, April 9).

The Lemon Drop Kid. Bob Hope makes a wreck of the Damon Runyon fable but uses the pieces to build some first-rate Hope (TIME, April 2).

Fourteen Hours. Manhattan stands a tense, day-long watch while a would-be suicide perches on a hotel window ledge; with Richard Basehart, Paul Douglas (TIME, March 12).

Storm Warning. An exciting melodrama that tromps heavily on the Ku Klux Klan without treading on sensitive Southern toes; with Ginger Rogers, Steve Cochran (TIME, March 5).

Cause for Alarm! Loretta Young as a frantic housewife whose life suddenly depends on getting a letter out of the mails (TIME, Feb. 26).

The Mudlark. Hollywood’s tribute to a mourning Queen Victoria (Irene Dunne) is brightened by the cockney ragamuffin (Andrew Ray) who coaxes her back to her public duties (TIME, Jan. 1).

Seven Days to Noon. London, playing itself, gives an exciting performance as a city threatened by a man on the loose with an atomic bomb (TIME, Dec. 25).

Born Yesterday. As the dumb blonde who wises up, Academy-Award Winner Judy Holliday steals the movie version of Garson Kanin’s Broadway hit comedy (TIME, Dec. 25).

Cyrano de Bergerac. José Ferrer’s Oscar-winning acting sparks a conscientious adaptation of the Rostand classic (TIME, Nov. 20).

Trio. Another trim package of Somerset Maugham short stories, fragile but handled with care by the British producers of Quartet (TIME, Oct. 30).

All About Eve. Scripter-Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Oscar-winning treatise on how to win fame and lose friends on Broadway; with Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders (TIME, Oct. 16).