April 11 movie: Living on Love. Another one of those "lost RKO movies" TCM showed recently. This was a remake of Rafter Romance which they showed the week before. This time starring James Dunn (who I recognized from Shirley Temple movies) and Whitney Bourne (who I didn't recognize).
I didn't enjoy it as much as the original, for two reasons: first the pranks the roommates play on each other are much more vicious; and second there's no half-naked Ginger Rogers stepping out of her panties. The kindly Jewish landlord still provides much of the humor, but his kindly fat Jewish wife has been replaced by a kindly fat black maid. Also in the remake, the landlord sees the couple together and doesn't seem to mind. While in the original, the landlord has his son on lookout to make sure the couple never see each other (to avoid the impropriety of an unmarried couple sharing an apartment).
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