John W Kennedy wrote:
> Kathryn Huxtable wrote:
> 
>> John W Kennedy  writes:
>>
>>> webjockey wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've never seen a re-make of any movie that was as good as the
>>>> original.
>>>
>>> "Pride and Prejudice"?
>>>
>>> "The Lord of the Rings"?
>>>
>>> "The Wizard of Oz"?
>>
>>
>> Well, we never got a complete Lord of the Rings until the Peter
>> Jackson version. It has its flaws, but it's not too bad.
>>
>> I've never seen any version of The Wizard of Oz but the 1939
>> version. I've read the book, and there are obvious differences, but
>> for the time, it's pretty good.
> 
> 
> Compare the Selig Polyscope version, the very strange Eshbaugh version 
> of 1933 (available on YouTube), or the Larry Semon version (with "G. 
> Howe Black" as "Rastus").
> 
Are you aware that L Frank Baum's versions are available on DVD (for 
$3.98 at Amazon--that's not a typo!)?

Blair
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