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Sweet Smell of Success : A National Disgrace

At Hunsecker's (Burt Lancaster) broadcast rehearsal, he and Sidney (Tony Curtis) wait for Dallas (Martin Milner) and Susie (Susan Harrison) to confront them about the printed smear.

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ambient sound , blocking, camera leading, close-up, depth of field, dialogue, dolly in, dolly out, dolly shot, full shot, hard lighting, high angle, long take, low angle, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, pan, set, source lighting, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Woman, White: White American

"A National Disgrace" in Sweet Smell of Success. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions, 1957, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=3181

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