Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 22, 1949

Lost Boundaries. An earnest view of a painful Negro dilemma seen from the inside out (TIME, July 4).

Sorrowful Jones. Bob Hope in a fast-paced spoof of a Damon Runyon yarn (TIME, June 27).

The Window. Razor-edged suspense and terror as felt through the pulse of a tenement kid; with Bobby Driscoll (TIME, May 23).

Home of the Brave. A gripping account of anti-Negro prejudice in the wartime Pacific (TIME, May 9).

The Berkleys of Broadway. A whirling, tuneful revival of cinema's best dance team; with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers (TIME, April 25).

The Set-Up. Robert Ryan plays a courageous pug at the brutal end of a small-time fight career (TIME, April 18).

Champion. A glossy, sardonic portrait of a middleweight champ; with Kirk Douglas (TIME, April 11).

Devil in the Flesh. France's latest cinematinee idol, Gérard Philipe, in a story of young love gone wrong (TIME, March 21).

Quartet. A skillful British treatment of four Somerset Maugham stories (TIME, Feb. 21).