Cinema: Current & Choice, May 16, 1949

The Wizard of Oz. A happily inspired reissue of the ten-year-old classic; with Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr (TIME, May 9).

We Were Strangers. Director John Huston's fling at a Cuban revolution; a better-than-average melodrama, but grade B Huston, with John Garfield and Jennifer Jones (TIME, May 2).

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

The Berkleys of Broadway. 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).

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