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Title: Why watch this when you can watch the '37 version?
Review: I generally dislike remakes and this was no exception. I felt that any seriousness the story had was scattered abroad like dandelion fuzz at the hand of the continual musical breeze. I would not care to ever watch this again.My two stars go entirely to James Mason, who did a very good job here in amongst the melodious maelstrom. I though the scene when he proposed to Esther was quite clever, and probably the only thing really memorable about this poor excuse of a remake. Judy Garland was simply too old for the part and lacked the fresh youthful enthusiasm of Janet Gaynor in the '37 version, which you should see by all means rather than this one, because it is far superior in all ways.
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