On this day in movie history - Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success

directed by Alexander Mackendrick,

written by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman and Alexander Mackendrick,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1957.

Based on the novelette Tell Me About It Tomorrow! by Ernest Lehman,

originally published in Cosmopolitan (1950).

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

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Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Sam Levene, Barbara Nichols, Jeff Donnell, Joe Frisco, Emile Meyer, Edith Atwater, David White, Chico Hamilton, Fred Katz.

On this day in movie history - Hell’s Island (1955)

Hell’s Island

directed by Phil Karlson,

written by Maxwell Shane,

was released in the United States on June 27, 1955.

Based on a story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard.

Re-released in 1962, with the new title: South Sea Fury.

Music by Irvin Talbot.

Cast:

John Payne, Mary Murphy, Francis L. Sullivan, Eduardo Noriega, Arnold Moss, Walter Reed, Sándor Szabó, Pepe Hern, Robert Cabal, Paul Picerni, Mario Siletti, Matty Fain, Ralph Dumke, Lillian Molieri, Gil Barreto, Victor Bartell, Tom Bernard, Eumenio Blanco, Argentina Brunetti, Edward Coch, Delmar Costello, Sayre Dearing, Henry A. Escalante, Duke Fishman, Bess Flowers, Ben Frommer, Nacho Galindo, David Garcia, Kenneth Gibson, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, Dick Gordon, Josefa Heredia, Ramiro Jaloma, Manuel López, Paul Marion, Margarita Martín, Harold Miller, Alex Montoya, Julia Montoya, Forbes Murray, Monty O’Grady, José Oliveira, Don Orlando, Murray Pollack, Paul Regas, Carlos Rivero, Jack Tornek.

Born on this day – Paul Koslo:

Actor

June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019

Born on this day – Shirley Anne Field:

Actress

June 27, 1936 – December 10, 2023

Credits:

Beautiful Relics (2014); The Power of Three (2011); The Kid (2010); Doctors (2000); Last of the Summer Wine (2008); Heyday (2005); Monarch of the Glen (2005); The Green Door (2005); Waking the Dead (2003); Where the Heart Is (2001); The Good Doctor (2000); Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000); The Bill (2000); Dalziel and Pascoe (1999); A Monkey's Tale (1999); Madson (1996); Barbara (1995); Bramwell (1995); Rumble (1995); Taking Liberty (1995); Loving Deadly (1994); At Risk (1994); U.F.O. (1993); Lady Chatterley (1993); Anna Lee (1993); Murder, She Wrote (1992); El C.I.D. (1992); Hear My Song (1991); The Rachel Papers (1989); Getting It Right (1989); Shag (1988); Santa Barbara (1987); Never the Twain (1987); My Beautiful Laundrette (1985); Two by Forsyth (1984); Buccaneer (1980); Shoestring (1979); Centre Play (1977); House of the Living Dead (1974); A Touch of the Other (1970); With Love in Mind (1970); Hell Is Empty (1967); Five More (1966); Alfie (1966); Carnaby, M.D. (1966); The Wedding March (1966); Lunch Hour (1963); Kings of the Sun (1963); The Damned (1962); The War Lover (1962); Jungle Street Girls (1960); Man in the Moon (1960); Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960); Wild for Kicks (1960); The Entertainer (1960); Peeping Tom (1960); And the Same to You (1960); Once More, with Feeling! (1960); International Detective (1959); Upstairs and Downstairs (1959); Horrors of the Black Museum (1959); The New Adventures of Martin Kane (1957); The Beasts of Marseilles (1957); The Flesh Is Weak (1957); The Good Companions (1957); Dry Rot (1956); The Silken Affair (1956); The Weapon (1956); Loser Takes All (1956); It's a Wonderful World (1956); It's Never Too Late (1956); Yield to the Night (1956); Tears for Simon (1956); All for Mary (1955); Simon and Laura (1955).

Born on this day – Geneviève Fontanel:

 

Actress

June 27, 1936 – March 17, 2018

Born on this day – Magali Noël:

Actress

Singer

June 27, 1931 – June 23, 2015   

      

Credits:

A qualcuna piace calvo (1960); Absolument cinema (2001); Acteur studio (1987); All the Other Girls Do! (1964); Amarcord (1973); Amarcord de Federico (2004); Astragal (1968); Boris Vian, swing à Saint-Germain des Prés (2010); Boulevard (1960); Ça n'arrive qu'aux vivants (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Café Picouly (2009); Caroline and the Rebels (1955); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2009); Champs-Elysées (1983–1990); Ciao, Federico! (1970); Cinépanorama (1960); Comme avant, mieux qu'avant (1972); Comment ne pas épouser un milliardaire (1966); Crimes et jardins (1991); Dans la gueule du loup (1961); Demain nous divorçons (1951); Dernier tiercé (1965); Destination Fury (1961); Deux de l'escadrille (1953); Diesel (1985); Discorama (1961); Donnarumma all'assalto (1972); Doris (1956); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); È arrivata la parigina (1958); École des vedettes (1961); Edipeon (1970); Elena and Her Men (1956); Exit-exil (1986); Fellini dice... (2006); Fellini Satyricon (1969); Fidelity (2000); Gastone (1960); Gioventù di notte (1961); Il prete sposato (1970); J'avais 15 ans (2008); Jean-Christophe (1978); La banca di Monate (1976); La chance aux chansons (1985); La corde au cou (1965); La dama de Beirut (1965); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1982–1986); La Dolce Vita (1960); La nuit de l'éclusier (1989); La ragazza in vetrina (1961); La source des Sarrazins (2002); La traite des blanches (1965); Le belve (1971); Le chemin perdu (1980); Le dernier des cinq (1974); Le dernier fils (1998); Le désir mène les hommes (1957); Le mas Théotime (1969); Le miroir à trois faces: Carmen (1965); Le mois le plus beau (1968); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le p'tit vient vite (1972); Le Sahara brûle (1961); Legge di guerra (1961); Les bottes rouges (1985); Les coeurs brûlés (1992); Les dossiers de l'écran (1980); Les héritiers (1997); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978–1980); Les trois Henry (1962); L'histoire du samedi (1999); L'invité (2009–2011); Lovers and Thieves (1956); Lundi noir (1989); Mardi cinema (1985); Marie of the Isles (1959); Midi Trente (1972); Mille Bravo (1990); Monsieur Cinéma (1980); Mourez, nous ferons le reste (1954); Murder Party (1961); Musique and Music (1977); No Escape (1958); Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (2009); Noi siamo due evasi (1959); Noi siamo due evasi (1959); Numéro un (1976); O.S.S. 117 n'est pas mort (1957); Oh! Qué mambo (1959); Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (1975); Passing show (1964); Passionate Summer (1956); Pentimento (1989); Querido cabaret (1991); Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982); Queste pazze pazze donne (1964); Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti (1972); Razzia (1955); Regina Coeli (2000); Requiem pour un caïd (1964); Rififi (1955); Saint Laurent (2014); Samedi soir (1971); Season for Assassins (1975); Seul dans Paris (1951); Si le roi savait ça (1958); Stato interessante (1977); Sur les traces de Fellini (2013); Système 2 (1976); Temptation (1959); The Accident (1963); The Confessions of Felix Krull (1982); The Death Eye of Ceylon (1963); The Death of Mario Ricci (1983); The Eighties (1983); The Golem (1967); The Grand Maneuver (1955); The Lowest Crime (1955); The Lustful Vicar (1970); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Meetings of Anna (1978); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988); The Road to Shame (1959); The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964); Totò e Cleopatra (1963); Toute la chanson (1960); Transit (1982); Trente-Six Chandelles (1957); Tropic of Cancer (1970); Un pas dans la forêt (1980); Upshaw (1967); Vertiges (1985); Z (1969); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

                                                                                                                                       

Born on this day – Peter Maas:

Writer

June 27, 1929 – August 23, 2001

Credits: 

Books:

The Rescuer (1967); The Valachi Papers (aka The Canary That Sang) (1968); Serpico (1973); King of the Gypsies (1975); Made in America (1979); Marie (1983); Manhunt (1986); Father and Son (1989); In a Child's Name (1990); China White (1994); Killer Spy (1995); Underboss (1997); The Terrible Hours (1999).

Movies and television:

 90 Minutes Live (1976); Biography (2004–2005); Film '73 (1973); Frost on Saturday (1969); History's Mysteries (2000); Homicide: Life on the Street (1997); In a Child's Name (1991); King of the Gypsies (1978); Marie (1985); Mobsters (2007); Oz (2001); Pownews (2010); Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir (1998); Serpico (1973); Serpico / TV show (1976–1977); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Submerged (2001); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1973); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Valachi Papers (1972); Today (1968); Top of the Pops (1981).