{"id":37703,"date":"2016-09-26T10:34:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T17:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37703"},"modified":"2021-07-26T14:29:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T21:29:30","slug":"sweet-smell-of-success-the-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37703","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Smell of Success (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You know dear, we&#8217;re drifting apart, you and I &#8212; and I don&#8217;t like it.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Success-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Success-Poster-82x128.jpg\" alt=\"sweet-smell-success-poster\" width=\"82\" height=\"128\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-37704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Success-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Success-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Success-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ambitious press agent (Tony Curtis) reliant on favors from widely-read columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) panics when he&#8217;s unable to carry out Hunsecker&#8217;s request to break up a romance between Hunsecker&#8217;s beloved sister (Susan Harrison) and her musician-boyfriend (Marty Milner).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alexander Mackendrick Films<\/li>\n<li>Burt Lancaster Films<\/li>\n<li>Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Tony Curtis Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;savage glimpse at the sleazy New York show-biz scene&#8221; &#8212; co-scripted by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clifford_Odets\">Clifford Odets<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernest_Lehman\">Ernest Lehman<\/a> &#8212; is &#8220;crisply directed by [Brit] Alexander Mackendrick, with strong emphasis placed on New York locales&#8221; and a &#8220;great array of characters&#8221;. He accurately notes that it presents an &#8220;ugly, dark&#8230; world full of paranoia, hatred, hustling, squirming, backbiting, lying, blackmailing, sex traded for favors, schemes, threats, broken dreams, ruined lives, money, and power&#8221;. Indeed, this is one truly bleak flick: as if being reminded of rampant corruption and power dynamics weren&#8217;t enough to make us quiver for the state of humanity, we&#8217;re exposed to Lancaster&#8217;s unsavory fixation on his beautiful younger sister, which propels the entire narrative. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister-439x270.png 439w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Sister.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Hunsecker was reportedly based on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Winchell\">Walter Winchell<\/a>, who was similarly upset about his <em>daughter&#8217;s<\/em> romance &#8212; but there&#8217;s a difference.) <\/p>\n<p>Other distressing scenes and characters abound. Early in the film we&#8217;re shown Curtis entering his apartment\/office, where his deeply despondent, love-sick, homely secretary (Jeff Donnell) lies on his behalf and makes it clear she&#8217;s at his beck and call no matter how badly he treats her. (&#8220;So, what&#8217;ll you do if I feel nervous?&#8221; he taunts her. &#8220;Open your meaty, sympathetic arms?&#8221;) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell-439x270.png 439w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-Donnell.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a nightclub, Hunsecker viciously tears into a politician (William Forrest) naively attempting to pass his mistress (Autumn Russell) off as the ward of a talent agent (Jay Adler). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-68488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell-439x270.png 439w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Russell.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after this, Curtis blackmails a buxomy, sympathetic cigarette-girl (Barbara Nichols) into sleeping with a lecherous reporter (David White) so that White will help out Curtis&#8217;s cause by printing something unsavory in his column about Milner.<\/p>\n<p>Despite its challenging moral landscape, however, the film remains compulsively watchable, thanks to a script chock-full of zingy one-liners: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;d hate to take a bite outta you. You&#8217;re a cookie full of arsenic.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;What am I, a bowl of fruit? A tangerine that peels in a minute?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Watch me run a 50-yard dash with my legs cut off!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;My right hand hasn&#8217;t seen my left hand in thirty years.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and typically stunning, <em>noir<\/em>-ish cinematography by James Wong Howe. (Be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/24062\/sweet-smell-of-success#articles-reviews?articleId=21090\">TCM&#8217;s article &#8220;Behind the Camera&#8221;<\/a> for fascinating insights into Howe&#8217;s craft and decision making.) Excellent use is made of New York locales: we feel we&#8217;re trapped in this city&#8217;s snare of publicity and sleaze, with Elmer Bernstein&#8217;s jazzy score simply adding to the hectic surrealism. While it&#8217;s true, as Peary writes, that &#8220;Milner and Harrison seem out of place&#8221; in the film, Curtis and Lancaster &#8212; and other supporting players &#8212; are top-notch. All film fanatics should view this grueling film at least once (and probably again), though they&#8217;re excused for not wanting to revisit it often. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco (nominated as one of the Best Actors of the Year in Peary&#8217;s <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Curtis.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Burt Lancaster as J.J. Hunsecker<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Lancaster.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Barbara Nichols as Rita<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Nichols.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>James Wong Howe&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-Cinematography4.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Highly effective use of NYC locales<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-NYC1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-37706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC-128x79.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC-768x472.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sweet-Smell-of-Success-NYC.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Elmer Bernstein&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a bleak classic. Nominated as one of the Best Films of the Year in <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051036\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s3443succ.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/index.php?page=review&#038;id=2524\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/24062\/sweet-smell-of-success#articles-reviews\">TCM Articles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmsite.org\/sweet.html\">FilmSite Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1957\/06\/28\/archives\/the-screen-sweet-smell-of-success-film-at-state-dissects-powermad.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t52IuO6wFtw\">Tired Old Queen at the Movies Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You know dear, we&#8217;re drifting apart, you and I &#8212; and I don&#8217;t like it.&#8221; Synopsis: An ambitious press agent (Tony Curtis) reliant on favors from widely-read columnist J.J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) panics when he&#8217;s unable to carry out Hunsecker&#8217;s request to break up a romance between Hunsecker&#8217;s beloved sister (Susan Harrison) and her musician-boyfriend (Marty Milner). Genres: Alexander Mackendrick Films Burt Lancaster Films Corruption Journalists New York City Tony Curtis Films Response to Peary\u2019s Review: Peary writes that this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=37703\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;You know dear, we&#039;re drifting apart, you and I -- and I don&#039;t like it.&quot; Synopsis: An ambitious press agent (Tony Curtis) reliant on favors from widely-read columnist J.J. 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