Current & Choice The Rainmaker. Forecast: sunny comedy, with spells of metaphysical drizzle (Burt Lancaster), occasional electric storms (Katharine Hepburn), romantic sunset (TIME, Dec. 31).
Teahouse of the August Moon. Menu: tee-hee (scented with sociology) and a side dish of red-white-and-blue-striped slapstick, charmingly served by Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyo (TIME, Dec. 10).
Marcelino. A miracle play filled with a shining sweetness, made in Spain (TIME, Nov. 26).
Vitelloni. One of the best of the Italian-made movies—a biting but not bitter satire of small-town life (TIME, Nov. 5).
Around the World in 80 Days. Producer Mike Todd, with the help of Jules Verne, 46 stars and $6,000,000, has created the most spectacular travelogue ever seen on the screen (TIME, Oct. 29).
Wee Geordie. A stiff comic punch delivered by the British—an intoxicating mixture of Scotch and wry; with Bill Travers, Alastair Sim (TIME, Oct. 29).
Giant. A big (3 hr. 18 min.), tough picture based on Edna Ferber’s bestseller about Texas, directed by George Stevens; with Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean (TIME, Oct. 22).
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