Sweet Smell of Success
1957
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4 days ago · Clifford Odets, now considered a major American playwright, could not make ends meet with these political plays he was writing, and he ended up moving to Hollywood and writing a bunch of very sappy, awful boxing movies.
3 days ago · Founded during the Great Depression, the Group presented the first plays of Clifford Odets, Sidney Kingsley, and William Saroyan,and launched the careers of such stars as John Garfield, Elia Kazan, Lee J. Cobb, and Karl Malden. its former members directed or produced the Broadway plays Brigadoon, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman ...
3 days ago · The New York based troupe was led by Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler, with playwright Clifford Odets as one of the most notable fellow member. Long before the likes of Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and other household names who made this style of method acting training famous, there was John Garfield blazing the trail.
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5 days ago · In this article, we will uncover 41 fascinating facts about this iconic movie, shedding light on its production, cast, and impact on the industry. So grab some popcorn, sit back, and prepare to delve into the world of The Country Girl!
5 days ago · Brandon and Emmett Stanton take a look at the unforgettable performances of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis as J.J. Hunsecker and Sidney Falco. The acidly poetic screenplay by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets remains one of the wittiest ever seen on celluloid.
5 days ago · The screenplay was by Clifford Odets, America’s chief inheritor of the dramatic tradition of Anton Chekhov, and in that one line, he epitomized the lesson of his master. QI conjectures that the quotation above was constructed from a flawed memory of the line in “The Country Girl” film. The textbook referred to a screenplay by Odets, but ...
3 days ago · She earned further acclaim for The Country Girl (1954), a screen version of Clifford Odets’s play. Cast against type as the dowdy wife of an alcoholic actor (portrayed by Bing Crosby), Kelly won an Oscar for best actress.
