Directed by Alexander Mackendrick • 1957 • United States
Starring Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison
In the swift, cynical SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster stars as the vicious Broadway gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker, and Tony Curtis as Sidney Falco, the unprincipled press agent Hunsecker ropes into smearing the up-and-coming jazz musician romancing his beloved sister. Featuring deliciously unsavory dialogue, in an acid, brilliantly structured script by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman, and noirish neon cityscapes from Oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is a cracklingly cruel dispatch from the kill-or-be-killed wilds of 1950s Manhattan.
Directed by Frank Borzage • 1958 • United States
Starring Victor Mature, Li Li-Hua, Ward Bond
Introduction: This film has been programmed as part of the series Hollywood Chinese, a survey on the history of Chinese representation in American cinema, curated by filmmaker Arthur Dong. He notes: “Wi...
Directed by Richard Quine • 1960 • United Kingdom, United States
Starring William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms
Introduction: This film has been programmed as part of the series Hollywood Chinese, a survey on the history of Chinese representation in American cinema, curated by filmmaker Arthur...
Directed by Henry Koster • 1961 • United States
Starring Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong
Introduction: This film has been programmed as part of the series Hollywood Chinese, a survey curated by filmmaker Arthur Dong on the history of Chinese representation in American cinema. For further ...
