A Matter of Life and Death (film) afterward. David Niven was a fan of chess. Peter and June play chess while they await Dr Reeves. Then Conductor 71 "borrows" a chess book Peter has accidentally knocked off the table, Alekhine's "My Best Games of Chess". After the trial is won, Conductor 71 throws the book from the stairway; June finds it in his jacket pocket "to serve the 'was it a hallucination or did it really happen?' motif of the film", according to Mig Greengard. He also noted, "Lots of chess in movies past and present, but I can't recall another prominent appearance of a real chess
The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra Ziegler. The work, called "Hollywood Extra", is scored for eight musicians and was published by Universal Edition. "The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra" was adapted into a remake called "Hollywood Boulevard" (1936), which was co-written and directed by Florey. Like in the original film, the remake's central character is an actor seeking a job in Hollywood, who is subjected to the cruelties of the film industry and the whims of studio executives and film producers. "Hollywood Boulevard" also includes some visual similarities to the original film, such as unusual angles to reflect the disordered nature of Hollywood.