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This 1956 multi-Oscar winner has probably aged badly during the intervening years but its big-screen wonderment is an appropriate kick-off for the Arbor’s weekly 70mm series. The next two weeks promise The Ten Commandments and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
This article appears in January 24 • 2003.
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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years. More by Marjorie Baumgarten
