Caftan Woman Visits Remake Avenue
by misspaddylee | created - 08 Jun 2020 | updated - 11 Oct 2021 | PublicFrom time to time on my classic movie blog, Caftan Woman, movie remakes come under scrutiny on a place I call Remake Avenue. This list is by way of keeping track of those visits.
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1. Goodbye Again (1933)
Unrated | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her befuddled husband in Cleveland. Will his savvy secretary save his neck if she is secretly in love with him also?
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Warren William, Joan Blondell, Genevieve Tobin, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 651
Remade as Honeymoon for Three, 1941 Posted April, 2015 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/04/remake-alley-goodbye-again-1933-and.html
2. Two in the Dark (1936)
Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick
Votes: 307
Remade as Two O'Clock Courage, 1945 Posted July 2015 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/07/gelett-burgess-on-remake-alley-two-in.html
3. One Way Passage (1932)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: William Powell, Kay Francis, Frank McHugh, Aline MacMahon
Votes: 4,446
Remade as 'Til We Meet Again, 1940 Posted October 2015 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2015/10/they-remade-what-blogathon-one-way.html
4. From Headquarters (1933)
TV-G | 64 min | Mystery, Drama
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat
Votes: 367
Remade as When Were You Born, 1938 Posted September 2017 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2017/09/remake-alley-from-headquarters-1933-and.html
5. When Ladies Meet (1933)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Romance
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.
Directors: Harry Beaumont, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Ann Harding, Robert Montgomery, Myrna Loy, Alice Brady
Votes: 1,133
Remade as When Ladies Meet, 1941 Posted November 2018 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/11/the-remake-of-they-remade-what.html
6. Kind Lady (1935)
Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Henry, a homeless artist, is invited in from the cold by Mary. Her kindness is exploited as Henry, his family and friends manipulate their way into living in her home. Mary tries to get rid of them, but they have their own scheme in mind.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle, Frank Albertson
Votes: 652
Remade as Kind Lady, 1951 Posted December 2018 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2018/12/christmas-on-remake-avenue-kind-lady.html
7. The Arizonian (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Western
In a film where the leading character is a composite of several American-frontier lawmen (mostly Wyatt Earp,) Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Richard Dix, Margot Grahame, Preston Foster, Louis Calhern
Votes: 200
Remade as The Marshal of Mesa City, 1939 Posted March 2019 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2019/03/remake-avenue-arizonian-1935-and.html
8. The Racket (1928)
Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An honest police captain vows to bring down a powerful bootlegger who is protected by corrupt politicians and judges.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins
Votes: 1,585
Remade as The Racket, 1951 Posted September 2019 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2019/09/remake-avenue-racket-1928-and-1951.html
9. Five Star Final (1931)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell
Votes: 2,531
Remade as Two Against the World, 1936 Posted June 2020 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/06/remake-avenue-five-star-final-1931-and.html
10. The Glass Key (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Ed Beaumont is the personal friend, advisor and bodyguard to Paul Madvig, the political boss of a large city. When a mysterious murder is committed---the son of a Madvig political opponent-... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: George Raft, Claire Dodd, Edward Arnold, Rosalind Keith
Votes: 521
Remade as The Glass Key, 1942 Posted July 2020 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/07/remake-avenue-glass-key-1935-and-1942.html
11. The Guardsman (1931)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A jealous stage actor disguises himself as a Russian guardsman in order to test his actress wife's loyalty.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 602
Remade as The Chocolate Soldier, 1941 Posted September 2020 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/09/remake-avenue-guardsman-1931-and.html
12. Three on a Match (1932)
Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William
Votes: 4,395
Remade as Broadway Musketeers, 1938 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2020/09/due-in-december-remake-avenue-three-on.html
13. Life Begins (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 547
Remade as A Child is Born, 1939 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2021/08/remake-avenue-life-begins-1932-and.html
14. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Passed | 61 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Bert Roach
Votes: 5,264
Remade as Phantom of the Rue Morgue, 1954 https://www.caftanwoman.com/2021/10/halloween-on-remake-avenue-murders-in.html
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