One Good Film Deserves Another

One Good Film Deserves Another, a follow-up to author Michael B. Druxman's Make It Again, Sam (about movie remakes), is now back in print after many years. This complementary volume deals with film sequels scanning five decades: Boys Town, Topper, Brother Rat, The Little Foxes, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, Mrs. Miniver, The Jolson Story, The Paleface, Broken Arrow, Cheaper by the Dozen, King Solomon's Mines, The Robe, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Peyton Place, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Curse of Frankenstein, Room at the Top, The Carpetbaggers, Harper, Hawaii, Planet of the Apes, Funny Girl, The Three Musketeers, The French Connection, and The Godfather.

Individuals involved with some of the productions are interviewed, such as Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon, William Alland, Jimmy Sangster, Richard Carlson, Jane Bryan, Stirling Silliphant, Delmer Daves, Jose Ferrer, John Sturges, Edward Dmytryk, Robert Rosen, George Sherman, Sidney Skolsky, etc., and a long compendium, a listing of pictures and their sequels, concludes the volume.