[Homer_J_Simpson]

In all the vast history of motion picture production there is not one single instance of a remake which was better than its parent production, and history has not been changed in the present case.

True then, maybe. Is it still the case?

I always thought Merle Oberon was easy on the eyes. The photo in this review doesn’t do her justice. And not just because she has a big black slash on her forehead.

“’Til We Meet Again” original trailer

[Lancey Howard]

In all the vast history of motion picture production...

Seventy years later, there's about 1000 x that "vast history" (at least). But it is still true that remakes almost never match the original. 'Man On Fire' is one recent exception, and there are others. John Carpenter's, 'The Thing' and Warren Beatty's, 'Heaven Can Wait' were improvements.