lizardgirl wrote:
> On May 29, 2:45 pm, xla...{at}cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
> 
>>In message
,
bashorn...{at}gmail.com said:
>>
>>
>>>I've never seen a re-make of any movie that was as good as the
>>>original. Seems like there's getting to be more and more of it. At
>>>least they're  usually smart enough to wait a generation. That way
>>>they can catch a lot of the younger folks who have never even heard of
>>>the original, much less seen it.
>>
>>Oh I don't know - 'His Girl Friday' was IMO much better than 'The
>>Front Page' (both it's original 1930-ish version or later remakes)!
> 
> 
> definetly 'his girl friday.'
> 
> unfortunately, like many movies of that time period directors liked to
> have several characters speaking at the same time, with the women in
> particular taking on a screechy/whiny tone.  which is annoying to me
> as many of the lines are great fun but hard to enjoy as they are all
> tangled up.
> 
> lg
> 
Do bear in mind that the screechy/whiny tone might be a result of the 
recording techniques at the time (not that there weren't screechy/whiny 
types, but I'm just saying...)
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