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Sweet Smell of Success
Tue, Feb 15 | 7:30pm | DGT 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.
DIRECTOR: Alexander Mackendrick.
CAST: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner.
1957. 96 min. USA. B&W. English. 35mm.
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Tue, Feb 22 | 7:30pm | DGT Selected by the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch.
When a litter of dalmatian puppies is dognapped and the humans can’t pick up the scent of their trail, the animal world takes up the task to save the pups. Featuring one of Disney’s iconic villains, the fur-loving Cruella De Vil, the film’s use of xerography helped the film become a success, thereby saving anima- tion at Disney. Sequels and decades later, live action reboots have cemented this beloved animated feature in the popular imagination.
DIRECTORS: Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton S. Luske, Clyde Geronimi. CAST: Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth.
1961. 80 min. USA. Color. English. DCP.
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