Cinema: Current & Choice, May 9, 1949

Mr. Belvedere Goes to College. Clifton Webb resumes his supercilious career as an all-round genius (TIME, May 2).

The Berkleys of Broadway. Some expert hoofing and whirling by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (TIME, April 25).

The Set-Up. Robert Ryan in a hard-slugging account of the fall of an overaged pug (TIME, April 18).

Champion. The life & death story of a prizefighting heel who becomes a public hero; brilliantly played by Kirk Douglas (TIME, April 11).

Little Women. A colorful remake of Louisa May Alcott's sentimental classic (TIME, March 14).

Down to the Sea in Ships. Richard Widmark and Lionel Barrymore in a reefed-in version...

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