In the Studio Era there were numerous sequels, ANDY HARDY is the best known character. These featured a regular set of characters and were released on something like a regular basis. They functioned much like tv series. A comparison could be easily made between the Andy Hardy series and The Waltons. Some sequels in that era featured the same performers as different -- but yet the same -- characters. Following CASABLANCA, Bogart, Sidney Greenstreet, and others were put in films which attempted to duplicate its mood. They did not succeed, of course. Magic strikes once, even when the same players, writers, directors are brought together for one more try. It is easy to forget that the imperatives that drove this tactic was the same as those that drive television programming: Just as the networks need to supply a regular amount of programming weekly, the major film studios were obligated to supply a regular amount of programming to the theaters they owned and were otherwise affiliated with. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cal Pryluck, Radio-Television-Film, Temple University, Philadelphia <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]>