... because it is so very boring.
This one is a puzzler. Sure, lots of precodes were remade in the production code era since the studios couldn't exhibit the earlier code busting films, plus sound technology and film acting technique had evolved so much in just less than ten years. Some of the titular remakes don't even have the same plot ("Street of Chance" 1930 and 1942), and some have the thinnest of common plot points ("Trial of Mary Dugan" 1929 and 1941). But this remake has greatly improved sound technology, yet retains everything that made the original 1929 early talkie version tiresome. That largely involves talk - lots of talk - while the plot goes nowhere. Plus there is just some ridiculous moralizing and sanitizing of the original. I'd go back over my notes as to when I watched the original, but it was so tiresome I didn't even bother to review it.
The plot has to do with an alleged woman of means (Joan Crawford) who befriends people of means and then cases their homes in order to rob them of their jewels. But Mrs. Cheney is starting to go soft and doesn't want to rob people who have been so nice to her. Complications ensue, but not nearly enough of them involve William Powell. Also, Rorbert Montgomery is charming, but he really doesn't strike me as British.
I'd say avoid this one for any purpose other than a non addictive sleeping pill.
This one is a puzzler. Sure, lots of precodes were remade in the production code era since the studios couldn't exhibit the earlier code busting films, plus sound technology and film acting technique had evolved so much in just less than ten years. Some of the titular remakes don't even have the same plot ("Street of Chance" 1930 and 1942), and some have the thinnest of common plot points ("Trial of Mary Dugan" 1929 and 1941). But this remake has greatly improved sound technology, yet retains everything that made the original 1929 early talkie version tiresome. That largely involves talk - lots of talk - while the plot goes nowhere. Plus there is just some ridiculous moralizing and sanitizing of the original. I'd go back over my notes as to when I watched the original, but it was so tiresome I didn't even bother to review it.
The plot has to do with an alleged woman of means (Joan Crawford) who befriends people of means and then cases their homes in order to rob them of their jewels. But Mrs. Cheney is starting to go soft and doesn't want to rob people who have been so nice to her. Complications ensue, but not nearly enough of them involve William Powell. Also, Rorbert Montgomery is charming, but he really doesn't strike me as British.
I'd say avoid this one for any purpose other than a non addictive sleeping pill.