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Wednesday, June 4 | 7 PM

Sweet Smell of Success

Part of "Academy Museum Branch Selects" - Selected by the Marketing and Public Relations Branch
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FORMAT
DCP
RUNTIME
1h 36m
DIRECTOR
Alexander Mackendrick
CAST
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Chico Hamilton
SYNOPSIS

Selected by the Marketing and Public Relations Branch.

 

Ernest Lehman was inspired by his own experiences as a Broadway press agent to create his novelette “Tell Me About It Tomorrow!” as well as its classic film adaptation Sweet Smell of Success (written with Clifford Odets), with Tony Curtis giving arguably the greatest performance of his career as the desperate publicist Sidney Falco. Burt Lancaster is the fearsome Winchell-esque columnist, Alexander Mackendrick provided the taut direction, and James Wong Howe’s evocative cinematography are among the many highlights. 

CAST
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Chico Hamilton
SYNOPSIS

Selected by the Marketing and Public Relations Branch.

 

Ernest Lehman was inspired by his own experiences as a Broadway press agent to create his novelette “Tell Me About It Tomorrow!” as well as its classic film adaptation Sweet Smell of Success (written with Clifford Odets), with Tony Curtis giving arguably the greatest performance of his career as the desperate publicist Sidney Falco. Burt Lancaster is the fearsome Winchell-esque columnist, Alexander Mackendrick provided the taut direction, and James Wong Howe’s evocative cinematography are among the many highlights. 

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The Paris Theater and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures co-present Branch Selects, a series of films selected by each branch of the Academy.
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