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Post by Admin on Jan 12, 2023 15:41:39 GMT
This series takes a look at the seemingly endless supply of classic remakes that have hit screens over the years. The technologies and fashions change, and so do the basic stories sometimes! Different types of remakes are discussed with relevance for today's viewers.
Selections will include originals and remakes from foreign and Hollywood sources that span silent, talkie/precode, code and post-code eras.
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2/6 IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934) — Precode YOU CAN’T RUN AWAY FROM IT (1956) — Code
2/13 CRAIG’S WIFE (1936) — Code HARRIET CRAIG (1950) — Code 2/20 GASLIGHT (1940) — Foreign GASLIGHT (1944) — Hollywood
2/27 REAR WINDOW (1954) — Code REAR WINDOW (1998) — TV movie
March
3/7 SCARAMOUCHE (1923) — Silent SCARAMOUCHE (1952) — Code
3/14 CLEOPATRA (1934) — Code CLEOPATRA (1963) — Code
3/21 ANNA KARENINA (1935) — Hollywood ANNA KARENINA (1948) — Foreign
3/28 THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) — Code THE BADLANDERS (1958) — Trans-genre
April
4/3 AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1931) — Precode A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) — Code
4/10 GRAND HOTEL (1932) — Precode WEEK-END AT THE WALDORF (1945) — Code
4/17 HIGH SIERRA (1941) — Code COLORADO TERRITORY (1949) — Trans-genre I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES (1955) — Code
4/24 DICK TRACY (1945) — Code DICK TRACY (1990) — Post-code
May
5/1 THE LIFE OF JIMMY DOLAN (1933) — Precode THEY MADE ME A CRIMINAL (1939) — Code
5/8 RAFTER ROMANCE (1933) — Precode LIVING ON LOVE (1937) — Code
5/15 DR. SOCRATES (1935) — Code KING OF THE UNDERWORLD (1939) — Code
5/22 MY MAN GODFREY (1936) — Code MY MAN GODFREY (1957) — Code
5/29 THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) — Code THE STORY OF ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MEN (1952) — Code
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Post by yanceycravat on Jan 12, 2023 18:50:26 GMT
Looking forward to reading your posts!
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Post by Wednesday child on Jan 12, 2023 18:53:27 GMT
Maybe add the day of the week to the thread titles.
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Post by topbilled on Jan 12, 2023 22:22:49 GMT
Maybe add the day of the week to the thread titles. Good suggestion. I will do that...
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