Sweet Smell of Success

by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman

The screenplay of the 1950s film, Sweet Smell of Success, which starred Tony Curtis and Burt Lancaster. Written by Ernest Lehman (North by Northwest and The Sound of Music) and the leftist playwright... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571194109
• ISBN13: 9780571194100
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Great writing remains in style forever

If you are too young to have read SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS when it first came out, be sure to grab this re-issue. Then go re-rent the movie. A perfect way to spend a weekend. Mr. Lehman may be best known for writing some of the greatest screenplays ever, from the original Sabrina, through West Side Story and North by Northwest, and of course, the film version of SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS.The stories in this book remain as fresh, powerful and intriguing as they did 40 years ago. It's certainly a "must read" for those interested in the history of stage and screen. I remember distinctly several years ago haunting many dusty used book stores to find these stories. How terrific it is to have them together again!