| Edition |
Special ed. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (56 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
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digital optical rda |
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NTSC |
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video file dvd video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 555 |
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Criterion collection ; 555.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Cast |
Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, Chico Hamilton Quintet. |
| Credits |
Photographed by James Wong Howe ; music scored and conducted by Elmer Bernstein ; songs by Chico Hamilton and Fred Katz ; art director, Edward Carrere ; costumes designed by Mary Grant ; set decorator, Edward Boyle ; sound recording, Jack Solomon. |
| Note |
Based on the novellette by Ernest Lehman. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
A barbaric Broadway gossip columnist ropes an unprincipled press agent into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements. |
| Note |
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. Booklet: Gary Giddins essay; "On the writing of Sweet smell of success" by Ernest Lehman; "Hunsecker fights the world" by Ernest Lehman; "It's the little things that count" by Ernest Lehman; "Mackendrick and Odets" by Paul Cronin. |
| Subject |
Sweet smell of success (Motion picture)
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Sweet smell of success (Motion picture) (OCoLC)fst01390794
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Jazz musicians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Gossip columnists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Siblings -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
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Brothers and sisters. (OCoLC)fst00839671
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Gossip columnists. (OCoLC)fst00945043
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Jazz musicians. (OCoLC)fst00982205
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Film noir. (OCoLC)fst01710306
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film noir.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Mackendrick, Alexander, 1912-1993. Director.
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Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963. Screenwriter.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005. Screenwriter.
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Hill, James, 1916-2001. Producer.
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Howe, James Wong. Cinematographer.
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Bernstein, Elmer. Composer. Conductor.
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Hamilton, Chico, 1921-2013. Composer.
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Katz, Fred, 1919-2013. Composer.
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Carrere, Edward, 1906-1984. Artistic director.
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Grant, Mary, 1917-2002. Costume designer.
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Boyle, Edward G. Set designer.
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Solomon, Jack. Sound designer.
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Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994. Actor.
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Curtis, Tony, 1925-2010. Actor.
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Harrison, Susan, 1938-2019. Actor.
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Milner, Martin, 1931-2015. Actor.
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Levene, Sam, 1905-1980. Actor.
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Nichols, Barbara, 1929-1976. Actor.
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Donnell, Jeff, 1921-1988. Actor.
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Frisco, Joe, 1889-1958. Actor.
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Meyer, Emile, 1910-1987. Actor.
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Atwater, Edith. Actor.
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Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Sweet smell of success.
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Gabler, Neal.
Gabler on Winchell.
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Chico Hamilton Quintet.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions.
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Norma Productions.
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Curtleigh Productions.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Mackendrick: the man who walked away.
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James Wong Howe : cinematographer.
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Gabler on Winchell.
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| ISBN |
9781604653878 |
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1604653876 |
| Standard No. |
715515068017 |
| Music No. |
CC1980D The Criterion Collection |
