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Title:

Sweet smell of success / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Hecht, Hill, and Lancaster present ; a Norma-Curtleigh Productions picture ; screenplay by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman ; produced by James Hill ; directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

Edition:

Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; widescreen.

Publisher:

Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

Subject:

Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)
Jazz musicians--New York--New York--Drama.
Gossip columnists--New York--New York--Drama.
Brothers and sisters--New York--New York--Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film noir.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993. drt.
Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. aus.
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005. aus.
Hill, James, 1916-2001. pro.
Howe, James Wong. cng.
Bernstein, Elmer. cnd. cnd.
Hamilton, Chico, 1921-2013. cmp.
Katz, Fred, 1919-2013. cmp.
Carrere, Edward, 1906-1984. ard.
Grant, Mary, 1917-2002. cst.
Boyle, Edward G. std.
Solomon, Jack. sds.
Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994. act.
Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010. act.
Harrison, Susan, 1938- act.
Milner, Martin, 1931-2015. act.
Levene, Sam, 1905-1980. act.
Nichols, Barbara, 1929-1976. act.
Donnell, Jeff, 1921-1988. act.
Frisco, Joe, 1889-1958. act.
Meyer, Emile, 1910-1987. act.
Atwater, Edith. act.
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005. Sweet smell of success.
Gabler, Neal. Gabler on Winchell.
Chico Hamilton Quintet.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions.
Norma Productions.
Curtleigh Productions.
United Artists Corporation.
Criterion Collection (Firm)

Other Titles:

Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)
Mackendrick: the man who walked away.
James Wong Howe : cinematographer.
Gabler on Winchell.

Notes:

Based on the novellette by Ernest Lehman. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Special features: Disc 1. Commentary by film scholar James Naremore; Theatrical trailer. Disc 2. "Mackendrick: the man who walked away" Scottish television documentary (1986); "James Wong Howe: cinematographer" documentary (1973); "Gabler on Winchell" video essay with film historian Neal Gabler; James Mangold interview. Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, Chico Hamilton Quintet.

Contents:

Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements.

Summary:

A barbaric Broadway gossip columnist ropes an unprincipled press agent into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister.

Series:

Criterion collection ; 555.

ISBN:

1604653876
9781604653878

UPC:

715515068017

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)