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Imitation of Life (1959)
Both versions aired on TCM on same day
Write this date down: September 6, 2005. Turner Classic Movies actually aired both versions of the movie--the 1934 version in the morning and the later version (1959) in the afternoon, and yeah I got it on my DVR.. It is interesting to pause one version and to actually see the same scene in the other version. I had been waiting several months to be able to do this!! Okay, I have to fill this space with more text so what more can I say? I found a book in a book sale several months ago that went behind the scenes of the filming of the 1959 version. I actually had seen the '34 original first, but I really enjoyed the remake.
House Party 4: Down to the Last Minute (2001)
confusing title
I'm not sure why the producers needed to trade on the name of a somewhat successful movie franchise because the title suggests that it is a sequel to the first three movies..which it is not. Even though Marques Houston did appear in "HP3", he played a totally different character (he was, eight years older) in this film. Okay...so Reid and Martin weren't the most talented and couldn't carry a film all by themselves..but to trade on the HP franchise seems to me that there could have made some sort of reference (albeit minor) to the earlier movies. I'm sure everyone who wanted to see it was "hoodwinked"--into thinking that they were seeing a sequel--not a totally different film with a familiar name. And I'm sorry...Kym Whitley is not funny, and could not hold a candle to the late Robin Harris, Ketty Lester, or DC Curry in the earlier films. Although Meagen Good and Mari Morrow are a substantial visual diversion...I have to give this a THUMBS DOWN!! Just naming the film "Down to the Last Minute" would have been OK. Furthermore, the Hudlin brothers (who produced the first three movies) were not involved in the making of this film.