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Trouble for Two (1936)
Hollywood, Remake this film
I think this is one of those stories that I could see easily remade into a classy suspense period film. Why are they butchering stories like "Sherlock Holmes" when more interesting and unique stories like this have basically sat on Hollywood's shelf since 1936. I know there have been other remakes of this story but none worth mentioning or at all famous. It would introduce this intriguing story to a new audience who know nothing of this Robert Louis Stevenson tale. Why is Hollywood remaking movies that are 20 years old and were giant hits to begin with in their own right (how can you even assume you could make a bigger hit than the original hit, i.e.- "The Karate Kid") when their are lost gems/stories out there from much longer ago that should be retold...stories that need to be reintroduced to the world- whose forgotten about some of these marvelous tales.
Bring back... "The Suicide Club".
Mokey (1942)
Grrr...
Is it just me or is Donna Reed the most disappointing character in the film. Mokey was really an amazingly SWEET kid who any parent would really be happy to have as a child (minus the fact of what he grew up to be in real life...) but his "mom" Donna Reed in the film is a complete...well...you know. She never truly gave him much of a chance until the end and said some ridiculous things about him- "no son of mine", threatening to murder him...I hated her in this movie. I really felt so sorry for the character- Mokey- with his mom having died- his dad trying to replace his mom and Mokey's own willingness to accept the "new mom"- and then of course- his dad working all the time and the new mom not giving Mokey much of a chance (for instance with their first day together and she is more concerned about putting up drapes them concerning herself with her child...)