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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 265452" data-attributes="member: 23">I'm very fond of the 1945 version. The effects are a little dated, but the dialogue is delivered brilliantly, as you'd expect from Rex Harrison and Margaret Rutherford (I don't think anyone could accuse the ever-wacky Rutherford of playing Madame Arcati too seriously). It's also worth bearing in mind that Margaret Rutherford and Kay Hammond originated their respective roles in the first run of the play.I can understand the point of a remake - after all it's been three quarters of a century, and the play has been performed on stage by countless actors since it began. All the same, the 1945 version feels definitive to me, so I'd find it difficult to put those interpretations out of my mind enough to enjoy the new version.</blockquote>