Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Dec. 2, 1957

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Gervaise. Emil Zola's L'Assommoir, a vast cry of rage at man's fate, diminished by French taste into the touching story of a woman's ruin; with Maria Schell ( TIME, Nov. 18).

Pal Joey. A mildly anemic version of the full-blooded Broadway musical—with Frank Sinatra supplying a strong jolt of the glamour vitamin (TIME, Oct. 28).

Les Girls. The most stylish movie musical of the year; with Kay Kendall, the most stylish comedienne the British have turned up in 30 years (TIME, Oct. 14).

A Visit with Pablo Casals. A great cellist filling the screen with the tranquil luminosity of a mature art (TiME. Oct. 7).

The Pajama Game. A bouncy, bawdy musical about congenial labor-management strife in a Dubuque nightwear factory; with John Raitt and Doris Day (TIME, Sept. 9).

The Last Bridge. Maria Schell as a German doctor torn between Hitler's legions, to which she belongs, and Tito's partisans, who impress her into their service (TIME, Sept. 2).

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin's spoof of Manhattan's television-advertising industry; with Tony Randall as Rock. Jayne Mansfield as herself (TiME. Aug. 19).

A Hatful of Rain. Horror in a humdrum living room; with the wifely love of Eva Marie Saint pitted against the dope addiction of Don Murray (TiME. Aug. 5).