I like Silents, so have seen many of them ( starting in my childhood ) on T.V. and at the MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in NYC.
The original film of A STAR IS BORN, was tiled: "WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD". It's the same plot, the same characters, just a different title. All tolled, there have been FOUR remakes, all called A STAR IS BORN, and the ONLY great one is the first remake!
The original THE WOMEN also was remade and remade and RE MADE to death with the original film ( which was just an adaptation of the ORIGINAL BROADWAY PLAY ), the ONLY good one.
The original GASLIGHT was a Brit film.
Usually, ALL remakes can't hold a candle to the original film and that sometimes holds true for the TALKIE remakes of the SILENT ones.
The FIRST remake ( which was a disaster and a hodge podge ) starred Bette Davis.
Satan Meet A Lady was the title for it and it was played as a comedy some as well.
The original Maltese Falcon was played more straight and without the Hayes code and wasn’t bad, but the 1941 Maltese falcon was the best.