A Song Is Born (That's Life) (1948)
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“A musical-comedy remake of Ball of Fire from Howard Hawks, A Song Is Born is a film that I probably enjoyed more than the average viewer. By no stretch of the imagination is it an improvement on the original, or even a worthy successor, but it is harmlessly entertaining. And it is fascinating to watch Hawks literally try to transform his actors into the original performers. ย Unlike Alfred Hitchcock who proclaimed his 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much the superior film, Hawks dogged A Song Is Born until the very end. To be entirely honest, Hawks admitted to only taking the work for the paycheck and had essentially checked out of the proceedings. โI never thought anything in that picture was funny. It was an altogether horrible experience.โ Hawksโ consensus opinion on the fi” read more