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Hecht-Hill-Lancaster. Hecht-Hill-Lancaster was a production company formed by the actor Burt Lancaster in association with his agent, Harold Hecht, and James Hill. In 1948 Lancaster and Hecht formed Norma Productions (named after his wife), which later became Hecht-Lancaster. Hill joined in the mid-1950s.
During the 1950s, his production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was highly successful, with Lancaster acting in films such as: Trapeze in 1956, a box office smash in which he used his acrobatic skills; Sweet Smell of Success (1957), a dark drama today considered a classic; Run Silent, Run Deep (1958), a WWII submarine drama with Clark Gable ...
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One night in Manhattan, slick, up-and-coming press agent Sidney Falco scans the New York Globefor the column of immensely popular journalist J.J. Hunsecker, an influential media kingpin whose journalistic contributions and associated radio show both dominate the entertainment world. For the fifth consecutive day, J.J. has neglected to publicize any...
Faced with potential unemployment from the sale of Ealing Studios to the BBC in 1954, director Alexander Mackendrick began entertaining offers from Hollywood. He rejected potential contracts from Cary Grant and David Selznick and signed with independent production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, enticed by their offer to adapt George Bernard Shaw’s p...
A preview screening of Sweet Smell of Success was poorly received, as Tony Curtis fans were expecting him to play one of his typical nice guy roles and instead were presented with the scheming Sidney Falco. Mackendrick remembered seeing audience members "curling up, crossing their arms and legs, recoiling from the screen in disgust".Burt Lancaster'...
Sweet Smell of Success was released on DVD (Region 1) and Blu-ray (Region A) as part of The Criterion Collection in February 2011. The release includes new audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away, a 1986 documentary produced by Scottish Television featuring interviews with director Alexander Mack...
Bibliography
1. Kemp, Philip (1991). Lethal Innocence: The Cinema of Alexander Mackendrick. London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-64980-6.
Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets (December 1998). Sweet Smell of Success. Faber and Faber Ltd. ISBN 978-0-571-19410-0."Alexander Mackendrick on Sweet Smell of Success" by Alexander Mackendrick, Film in Focus, June 16, 2008.Sweet Smell of Success essay by Andrea Alsberg at National Film RegistrySweet Smell of Success essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 530-532Sweet Smell of Success at IMDbSweet Smell of Success at AllMovie- $3.4 million or $2 million
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Apr 23, 2000 · Not many superstars would have played J.J. Hunsecker, the vicious Walter Winchell-type Broadway columnist in the 1957 classic “Sweet Smell of Success,” which his independent film company,...
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In 1951, Norma Productions became Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, and in its heyday, it was the most successful and innovative company of its kind. Over the course of the decade, Burt co-starred with Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity , which was a box office smash hit, and he made his debut as a director on The Kentuckian .
Nov 1, 2022 · Lancaster was cast, and though short-lived, the show ran long enough for him to be discovered by Hollywood agent Harold Hecht, who thought Lancaster could be a big movie star and told him if he became as big as he thought, they could produce their own films within five years.
Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A preacher and a rebel leader change places during the Revolution. Cast & Crew. Read More. Guy Hamilton. Director. Burt Lancaster. Anthony Anderson. Kirk Douglas. Richard Dudgeon. Laurence Olivier. Gen. John "Gentlemanly Johnny" Burgoyne.
