CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis IN SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS FROM STEVE HAYES
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CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: The seedy underbelly of show business is the business at hand in Alexander McKendrick's SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) starring Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. Based on an original story by Ernest Lehman and a screenplay co-written with Clifford Odets, the film deals with the daily life of J.J. Hunsecker, a sleazy columnist who wields a lot of power and is based on Walter Winchell. As played by Lancaster, Hunsecker is a glowering monster, a menace in black spectacles. Curtis plays press agent Sydney Falco whose life and livelihood depend on his clients getting mentioned regularly in Hunsecker's column. Falco is desperate to be better than he is and will do whatever, to whomever he needs to get where he needs to go. It's a land of perpetual night and constant double crosses. Shot on location in and around Manhattan in the fifties. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS offers unforgettable characters caught in ever tightening webs of their own design that take them farther and farther away from the one thing they so desperately need and will do anything to get, having their dreams fulfilled.
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I can't believe that this movie bombed in it's day, it is one of the best movie on the seedy under belly of the business of celebrity there is and the cinematography of James Wong Howe is to die for.
It's was too smart and too savvy for it's own good.
OMG you responded, love you channel. Please do a series on Film Noir. Loved you in Trick.
@@cross75man75 Thank you, Darlin'! Much appreciated. Yes, I'm a bit late to the party...typical. I have a film noir coming up soon and many on the 'to do" list, so not to owrry. Much love and Stay Safe!
You stay safe too.
When poor Barbara Nichols thinks she has a date with Sidney and he pushes her to service a customer.... that is Sidney's lowest point in the movie. I think Barbara Nichols was vastly under-rated - I would have loved to see her play the Marilyn role in Arthur Miller's After the Fall. Below Mamie Van Doren? Not fair, Steve!
I think she should have been nominated for this. So raw, sensitive and underneath, so wise. Terrific actress.
My favorite part is when she makes him pay for the cigarettes,
Tony Curtis was Magnificent in this film.
He should have won an Oscar for one of his many Great Performances. RIP
Steve you are Fabulous.
I totally agree and I think Barbara Nichols should have been nominated as well. She breaks my heart.
Little trivia: Susan Harrison who plays Lancaster;s sister, had a daughter Darva Conger who won that reality show "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?"
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Classic Tony Curtis And Burt Lancaster 💘💘
Love the black & white intro!
I miss your impressions segment!
You have mega talent Steve!💖
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Thanks so much for watching. I appreciate the compliments more than you know. Steve
Its a shame. Barbara Nichols who sadly died at only 47 years old did some amazing work. Apart from her film work she did great work in TV.
Two of my fav Jack Benny episodes featured her, along with Jimmy Stewart. Another gone too early. I dunno .......
O loved Barbara Nichols and thought she should have been Oscar nominated for this one. There were always so many leyers to her work. She was such a good actress. Thanks for watching! Please subscribe if you haven't and push the "LIKE" button. Stay well, and stay SAFE! Best; Steve
such a good movie, Burt is a menace, love those glasses he wears. Love your reviews Steve!
Burt Lancaster "chews the scenery" in this film.
Burt was malevolence personified in this. I think it tapped into a part of his character.
It's hard to watch because of their performances...deadly.
Caught up finally with this film last week. So brilliant and so uncompromising. Lancaster and Curtis never better. Your review did this film full justice, thank you.
Thank you so much! I agree, this film is raw and scorching.
For sheer breathtaking cluelessness google the original New York Times review of this. The critic's asinine complaint is that Hunsecker's 'feelings' for his sister are not made clear!
Yes. They seldom got it right and Bosley Crowther was an ignoramus!
About as clear as you could make it for 1957 without getting the censors down on ya! 😂
Why have I never seen this movie all the way through? I must rectify that i-MEEE-jit-ly! ;) I've always wondered this about your channel: this film got over 13k views, but only 222 (that includes me) clicked thumbs up...only three down. Why so many views and hardly any people saying they liked it? Your channel has been around for about 12 years, so why is it all but forgotten? I love you and your channel to death---what can we do to get more folks watching? You're too good not to be seen by more individuals. Kudos, sir, kudos!
The film is quite daunting. Thx for the review, Steve. I think Tony Curtis' best performance is in 'The Outsider' 1951 maybe. It's utterly tragic. A true story unfortunately.
I think it's this, "The Defiant Ones" and "The Boston Strangler.
Love this movie, so deliciously nasty, LOL! I love Barbara Nichols in this, much like Diana Dors, ...both ladies had more acting abilities than they were given credit for.
Absolutely. I think Nichols should have been nominated for an Oscar for this. She breaks your heart. Thanks for watching! Steve
How can anyone even THINK of turning this into a musical? It's REALLY hard to imagine.
They did and it got some pretty decent reviews.
Dear Steve, this is such a brilliant film, but it is really hard to watch. How someone powerful can destroy others so remorselessly, and the corruption and destruction filter down through everything and everyone so that the ones with the least power suffer the most - oh, Barbara Nichols is heart breaking, and I agree that both she and Tony Curtis deserved Oscar nominations. I think at the time it was released, the reason it bombed may have been that the public had been protected from reality for so long - pre Code films weren't only sexier, they were often more honest about cruelty (think of "Of Human Bondage", which in the 1930s version was completely true to Somerset Maugham's book and would never have been so raw if it had been made in the 1950s). I do agree about something diverse in Burt Lancaster's character; I thought he was extraordinarily sensitive in an odd film named "Castle Keep", and I adored him in the British film "Local Hero", but during his long career he also played (excellently) very cruel men. Incidentally, you gave us a superb review of "The Stranger", a film which I admire very much, and to which I responded. But I happened to see an old interview with Orson Welles on television recently, when he talked about making the "The Stranger", and was astonished. He'd been prepared for Loretta Young, but totally unprepared for Edward G. Robinson, who spent the first week of shooting shouting at him furiously that he was being shot on his wrong side. As Orson said, "He had a wrong side???" It became so impossible that Orson went to Loretta, who said, "OK, shoot my wrong side!" Robinson also created a storm about the scenes when he's drinking coffee and playing checkers in a drugstore, which I think add warmth to the film, as Orson Welles wanted, but Robinson thought were unnecessary and that the character actor opposite him was being favoured. They really built a 90 ft tower for the final scenes, and Loretta really is being dangled by the arm over the 90 ft drop, but Edward G. Robinson was content with the toes of a stunt man being shown. You know everything, Steve, but I live and learn! Best wishes, Alida
Oh, Eddie. Too bad they didn't cast Agnes Moorhead in the role as Orson wanted. But, despite all of his shenanigans, Robinson was amazing and I think a bit bitter at not getting the credit he felt he deserved. As for " Sweet Smell", I think your theory is absolutely on the money. The public never wanted to admit that show biz was so unremittingly ugly. because to the average person, the stars had fulfilled their dreams, they lived in the heavens of Hollywood, despite this being made during the McCarthy witch hunts and the blackmail days of "Confidential Magazine" . Show biz. Down & dirty, ugly show biz.
How in the world could this movie have bombed? Does anyone know why? Was it too soon - years ahead of itself? Did people really like Mr. Winchell? I can't figure it out -- I consider it a bona fide CLASSIC! One of my favorites. Tony Curtis was so delicious, wasn't he?
When it comes to Tony...I'd certainly have seconds.
Yet another one I haven't seen. Thanks Steve for the heads up. I love Burt Lancaster and Tony's lips. I love it when they are shot on location.
Steve you never stop making me renew my Interests in Old Flicks.....Bravo!
Thank you so much for watching. Please push the "LIKE" button. It really helps.
Oh, I hate those dead eyed people. Maybe Burt worked it out later. People can change. Or not. Maybe that's why he played that ghost so well in"Field of dreams".
Who knows. But in show biz, there are alot of 'em.
Don't make me wait more than one week for your reviews
.It's cruel, it's cruel I tell ya!
I live for my TOQATM reviews!!!
What can I say? I'm a torturer...I say that like it's a bad thing.
O! M! G! YESSSSSS! YESSSSSS!
A GREAT ONE! 😄 I'M SCREAMING!
OH SO GOOD! GO STEVE! GO!
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Thanks so much!
"The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river!"
If it were happening today, the publicist would be in position of power and the columnist would be the toady!
Ever seen THE LAST OF SHEILA? (The Stephen Sondheim-Anthony Perkins script is very, very clever...)
Yes! Thanks for reminding me! I love that film! I'll put it on my "to do" list right away! Steve
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Steve, you reviewed "Sweet Smell of Success," but never "A Face In The Crowd?" REALLY?! "Sweet Smell" is a fine film, but "Face" is even more worthy of your delightful insight! PLEASE add it ti your list!
I will! Don't yell at me...I'm just little.
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Totally nailed this review. Tons of great performances up and down the cast list. I was worrying you were not gonna give us the "arsenic cookie" sound bite, but you saved it for the end!
Tee hee. Kept you in suspense! Mission accomplished! Hope you have a wonderfuil end of summer and thanks for watching! Steve
1Adam 12 's Marty Milner plays the boyfriend.
A far cry from "Route 66".
speaking of great ugly movies.... born to win with george segal
Yup...one of many.
Such a great movie,reading thre bio on Walter Winchell
Now, I'll bet that's an eyeopener! A nasty peice of work. Probably should have been titled "; " Snake in the Grass". Enjoy! Summer bios! Love 'em! Steve
Awesome film. Sharpest, nastiest script ever.
Yes! So many quotable lines...
It should have won the Oscar. Brilliant beyond.
Thank you! Now I know what THAT was about. I was digging for the information about a certain publicist, and the movie was mentioned in a description of her. Now, I know what the Times meant. But I'm having a really hard time believing that ANYONE....EVER thought Tony Curtis was a 'prettyboy'. I mean, he's about as hideous and repulsive as they come, by today's standards. Tastes, apparently, have really changed. And who would ever have believed Burt Lancaster as a dried-up old columnist? Maybe TODAY, when everybody lifts weights - but back then, he must have been the most physically magnificent man in Hollywood. As 'The Swimmer', he was perfect. But as a columnist who hung around in bars, drinking and smoking? ....not even slightly believable.
Laqncaster played an alcoholic middle-aged man in Come Back Little Sheba and he nailed it with a few carefully selected movements, mannerisms, though many disagree with me on this. Tony Curtis does nothing for me either but I think his looks are more attractive on Jamie Lee than they are on him.
Steve you never stop making me renew my Interests in Old Flicks.....Bravo! ...hey steve - why doesn't LOGO ,Bravo pick up your vids for a 3min to 5min segment...it would be great!
Ya got me! Thank you so much for watching. Please push the "LIKE" button. It really helps.
This is great movie wow
Right?!? So bitter and raw.
Haven't watched in awhile!
Loooooove this movie!
Me too
Me too!
If you make a great film that exposes the swamp creatures of the press, don't be surprised when the press smears you.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I first learned about it via Barry Levinson's first flick, Diner. A side character in that movie had the film memorized and his only lines in the film were him reciting the film, muttering to himself, oblivious to the world around him.
Yes, and the stories surrounding the filming are as creepy as the movie itself. A nasty business all around and a brilliant film never-the-less. Thanks so much for watching and have a Happy, SAFE New Year! Best Wishes; Steve