Many of our excursions to Remake Avenue begin on Broadway and today's is no exception.
Bartlett Cormack's play The Racket had a run of 119 performances at the Ambassador Theatre in the 1927/28 season. Cormack (1898-1942) was a graduate of the University of Chicago, with experience in theatrical pub read more
The Racket
Directed by John Cromwell
Written by William Wister Haines and W.R. Burnett from a play by Bartlett Cormack
1951/USA
RKO Radio Pictures
First viewing/Netflix rental Despite the presence of my two favorite Roberts (Ryan and Mitchum), I thought the most interesting thing about this film read more
Sunday night, Turner Classic Movies aired The Racket, one of the very last best picture nominees I have not been able to find. As the film was being introduced, it confirmed more of what I had heard. For decades the film had been lost, feared to have no surviving prints. After Howard Hughes, who pr read more
Yes, one of the original Best Picture nominees is unavailable to me. As usual, I’ll keep my eyes and ears open for it, searching TCM schedules, Netflix updates and saving my pennies in case I come across it on Amazon. Any leads on The Racket or any other of my missing pieces are always welco read more
