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The Stooge (Hal Wallis; Paramount) is the seventh and most subdued of the movies ground out in the last three years by the zany comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.* Stressing story instead of unadulterated slapstick, The Stooge plays it for chuckles rather than belly laughs. Dean is...
Come Back, Little Sheba (Hal Wallis; Paramount). William Inge's Broadway hit about two mismated people, faithfully transferred to the screen; with Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth (TIME, Dec. 29).
Come Back, Little Sheba (Hal Wallis; Paramount) is a minor but moving tragedy on a major theme: the lives of quiet desperation that men lead. Its central characters are two mismated people: Doc (Burt Lancaster), who was once a promising medical student, and "pretty Lola" (Shirley Booth), who once had...
¶Come Back, Little Sheba (Hal Wallis; Paramount), a film version of the 1950 Broadway hit play (TIME, Feb. 27, 1950) about a reformed drunk and his sluttish wife, starring Shirley Booth, who appears to be a cinch for a best-actress nomination (see below).
*TIME'S 1936 choice: Wallis Warfield Simpson. In 1937, TIME'S Man and Wife of the Year were Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek.