Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, Hollywood has decided that Alfred Hitchcock's classic, Rebecca, is in dire need of a remake.

Currently, the new adaptation of Daphne DuMaurier's popular 1938 novel has been set up at DreamWorks by Working Title Films, with Steven Knight (Shutter Island) writing the script, and Tim Beven and Eric Fellner (both from Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) set to produce.

The original film starred Joan Fontaine as the naïve second wife of the urbane Maxim de Winter (Laurence Olivier), who incurs the wrath of his manipulative housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson), while unraveling the truth behind the mysterious death of the first Mrs. de Winter.

Not only was Rebecca one of Hitchcock's best films, it was his only one to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. So how DreamWorks and Working Title hope to improve upon that remains as much of a mysterious as the the death of Maxim de Winter's wife.

Of course, some of Classic Hollywood's most cherished movies were in fact actually remakes, so such attempts can and do work out. But it's rather hard to improve upon something that was close to perfection in the first place.

Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in 'Rebecca'/CBS Video

It's 31 Days of Oscar on Turner Classic Movies once again, as the classic movie station brings Oscar winners and nominees from around the world. This weekend TCM will travel to New York City, where some of Classic Hollywood's best films were set.

On Saturday, TCM will air 1933's 42nd Street and 1948's Naked City, before showing Elia Kazan's 1954 classic On the Waterfront, starring Marlon Brando in his first Oscar-winning performance, Eva Marie Saint in her Academy Award winning role, and Best Supporting Actor nominee Karl Malden.

That evening features Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin in 1967's Wait Until Dark, but the main feature comes at 10 EST with Billy Wilder's Best Picture winning comedy, The Apartment, starring Jack Lemmon as a spineless insurance clerk who allows his cheating boss (Fred MacMurray) to use his apartment for his infidelities, only to fall for his mistress (Shirley MacLaine).

Night owls can enjoy Sydney Pollack's classic espionage thriller Three Days of the Condor, John Casssvetes' iconoclastic drama Gloria, and Robert Benton's divorce drama Kramer vs. Kramer, starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep.

On Sunday, TCM will showcase a pair of Gene Kelly musicals, On the Town and It's Always Fair Weather, and continue with two George Cukor classics, It Should Happen to You and Let's Make Love. In between, try not to miss Rock Hudson in Lover Come Back and Ethel Merman in There's No Business Like Show Business.

That night you can see Barbra Streisand's Academy Award-winning performance in Funny Girl, Carol Kane's Oscar-nominated turn in Hester Street, and 1955's Best Picture, Marty, which also earned star Ernest Borgnine a statue for Best Actor.

Sleep-challenged viewers can catch Penny Marshall's endearing drama, Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, and Michael Curtiz's slice-of-life comedy Life With Father, starring William Powell and a young Elizabeth Taylor.

Marlon Brando in 'On the Waterfront'/Sony Pictures

Robert Redford on the run in 'Three Days of the Condor'/Paramount Pictures

Barbra Streisand as Fanny Brice in 'Funny Girl'/Sony Pictures

He was born on Feb. 8, 1931 and died just 24 years later. His career was all too brief, but his legend has been one of Hollywood's most enduring.

James Dean was a promising young actor who rose to stardom off the strength of his first leading performance in Elia Kazan's adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden. He starred in two more films, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, but never saw either one released during his lifetime.

On Sept. 30, 1955, while driving his Porsche 550 Spyder down U.S. Route 466, Dean was killed when his vehicle crashed into a Ford Coupe taking a left-hand turn. It was Hollywood's most tragic and legendary deaths.

Dean's death was mourned the world over, as Dean went from rising young star to icon virtually overnight. He was posthumously nominated for Beat Actor at the Academy Awards for East of Eden and Giant, though it was Rebel Without a Cause that defined his short, but bright career.

Lots can happen in a lifetime and no one can say for sure if Dean would have lived to see 81 years of age. But celebrating a posthumous birthday can be bittersweet, filled with both fond remembrances and questions of what could have been.

Happy Birthday, James Dean.

Dean as 17-year-old Jim Stark in 'Rebel Without a Cause'/Warner Bros.

Hard to believe that it has been 50 years since Gregory Peck delivered the most iconic performance of his career, playing small town lawyer, Atticus Finch, who defends an innocent black man (Brock Peters) against charges of rape while protecting his two children (Mary Badham and Phillip Alford) from the specter of racism in To Kill a Mockingbird.

One of the most beloved films ever made, Robert Mulligan's Oscar-nominated adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was as acclaimed by critics as it was adored by audiences. While the film is exemplary in every way, it's Peck's career-defining performance as Finch that elevated the film into an all-time classic. Peck was identified as the noble Finch for the rest of his life, a distinction the actor fully embraced.

Released on Jan. 31st, the combination Blu-ray and DVD limited edition features commentary by Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula, two documentaries, A Conversation with Gregory Peck and Fearful Symmetry, Peck's acceptance speech for Best Actor at the 1963 Academy Awards, and the featurette 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics, which details the film's restoration process.

Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'/Universal Pictures