And, additionally, Renoir's LA BETE HUMAINE and Lang's

HUMAN DESIRE (1954).

 

--Jeremy Butler

 

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>I am researching the following topic:  Hollywood remakes of

>original non-American films (for instance _The Return of Martin

>Guerre/Sommersby_, _The Vanishing/The Vanishing_).

>

Two films originally done by Jean Renoir come to mind, although I don't

have any insights on sources that compare the two, though I have done quite

a bit of work on that myself in teaching these films.  One is _Boudu sauve

des eaux_ (Boudu Saved from Drowning), 1932, which was remade as Down and

Out in Beverly Hills (remember that one?).  The other is called _La

chienne_ (The Bitch) remade in 1945 by Fritz Lang under the title _Scarlet

Street_.  It is possible (though I'm not at all certain) that Jean-Louis

Leutrat has done a comparative study in his book on _La chienne_, but my

guess is it isn't available in English.

 

Best,

 

Kris Butler

University of Minnesota