Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 9, 1948
Key Largo. A veteran recovers his manhood fighting gangsters. Bogart, Robinson, Barrymore, Trevor, Bacall and others do fine work in John Huston's cinematically impressive adaptation of a Maxwell Anderson play (TIME, Aug. 2).
The Emperor Waltz. Love in Old Vienna, as agreeably experienced by Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine and a couple of dogs, with Emperor Franz Josef as referee (TIME, July 19).
Fury at Furnace Creek. Victor Mature and Reginald Gardiner in a well-made western (TIME, July 5).
The Time of Your Life. William Saroyan's best-of-possible barrooms, boozily abuzz with whimsoid barflies, attractively impersonated by James Cagney and an enthusiastic supporting cast (TIME, June 14).
Another Part of the Forest. Lillian Hellman's feral study of family life in the Deep South; acted, tooth & nail, by Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, and a strong supporting cast (TIME, May 31).
The Paradine Case. Alfred Hitchcock's polished but plotty courtroom drama, with Gregory Peck, Valli, Ann Todd, Louis Jourdan (TIME, Jan. 12).
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