Cinema: Current & Choice, Apr. 24, 1950

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City Lights. Charlie Chaplin's 1931 classic about a tramp, a blind flower girl and a fickle millionaire (TIME, April 17).

When Willie Comes Marching Home. How Willie (Dan Dailey) was at first left out of the war—and then almost won it singlehanded (TIME, March 6).

Cinderella. An enchanting Walt Disney menagerie helps to restore the celebrated glass slipper to its rightful owner (TIME, Feb. 20).

The Third Man. Director Carol Reed and Scripter Graham Greene play the Viennese black market for a tidy melodramatic profit; with Joseph Gotten, Orson Welles and Valli (TIME, Feb. 6).

The Titan. An extraordinary documentary that recreates the work, life and times of Michelangelo (TIME, Jan. 30).

Tight Little Island. The British drain the last drop of whimsical fun from the salvage of a shipwrecked cargo of whisky (TIME, Jan. 23).

The Bicycle Thief. The Italian classic about a Roman workman whose livelihood hinges on finding his stolen, bicycle (TIME, Dec. 12).

All the King's Men. Broderick Crawford as a ruthless backwoods politico who strongly suggests the late Huey Long (TIME, Dec. 5).

The Fallen Idol. A Carol Reed-Graham Greene thriller (see above) with Ralph Richardson and Child Actor Bobby Henrey (TIME, April 4, 1949).