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   A remake of 1941's I Wake Up Screaming that was directed by H Bruce   
   Humberstone and starred Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Laird Cregar, Carole   
   Landis, and Elisha Cook Jr. The story is of a police detective who is obsessed   
   with a woman who is murdered. A    
   similar theme shows up in Otto Preminger's Laura – made in 1944 – as well   
   as other films. One interesting note is that there's a story that says this   
   was supposed to be Jean Gabin's first Hollywood film and that makes sense with   
   the film noirs Gabin    
   made in France in the 1930s – such as Port of Shadows and Le jour se lève   
   both directed by Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir's La Bête Humaine, and Julien   
   Duvivier's Pépé le Moko, among others.   
      
   Why films get remade is always a mystery. In 1936, Warner Bros wanted to   
   re-release The Maltese Falcon made in 1931 and the Hays Office nixed the idea   
   because there was too much pre-Code material in that pre-Coder. So Warner Bros   
   made a new version    
   titled Satan Met A Lady directed by Willian Dieterle and more than likely to   
   try and cash in on Dash Hammett's fans created by the growing franchise of The   
   Thin Man. The only mystery in Satan Met A Lady is who is more annoying: Warren   
   Williams or Bette    
   Davis?   
      
   While the resolution of the tale is somewhat different in Vicki than in I Wake   
   Up Screaming, the cast just doesn't compare to the original.   
      
   Directed by Harry Horner from a script by Dwight Taylor based on the novel by   
   Steve Fisher. Cinematography by Milton R Krasner and music by Leigh Harline.   
   Starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliot Reid, and Richard Boone, among   
   others.   
      
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