James Wong Howe showing why he is a cinematography GOAT. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
NYC street scenes in b&w are the best. #SweetSellOfSuccess #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
James Wong Howe showing why he is a cinematography GOAT. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
"Senator, do you believe in capital punishment?"
"Why?"
"You've just seen a man get executed."
Damn, this dialog. #TheSweetSmellofSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
"Why?"
"You've just seen a man get executed."
Damn, this dialog. #TheSweetSmellofSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
August 1, 2026 at 12:28 AM
"Senator, do you believe in capital punishment?"
"Why?"
"You've just seen a man get executed."
Damn, this dialog. #TheSweetSmellofSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
"Why?"
"You've just seen a man get executed."
Damn, this dialog. #TheSweetSmellofSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
Larry Tate holding it down! #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
May 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Larry Tate holding it down! #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
This scene with Susie and Sidney is so perfect and uncomfortable. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
August 1, 2026 at 1:35 AM
This scene with Susie and Sidney is so perfect and uncomfortable. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
Match me, Sidney. #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
May 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Match me, Sidney. #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
"Start thinking with your head and not with your hips." is a line that creeps me out right to my bones when he says it and how he says it. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
"Start thinking with your head and not with your hips." is a line that creeps me out right to my bones when he says it and how he says it. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
The irony: The one noble thing he did, saving her life, will kill him. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
August 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
The irony: The one noble thing he did, saving her life, will kill him. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
#Caturday #AlexanderMackendrick, Scots-American director of #TheLadyKillers, #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess, #TheManInTheWhiteSuit and #WhiskyGalore with cat friend.
March 28, 2026 at 9:34 PM
#Caturday #AlexanderMackendrick, Scots-American director of #TheLadyKillers, #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess, #TheManInTheWhiteSuit and #WhiskyGalore with cat friend.
There's such a fascinating contrast in Susie being such a powerless character but having a lot of power in ways she doesn't see. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 1:18 AM
There's such a fascinating contrast in Susie being such a powerless character but having a lot of power in ways she doesn't see. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
Where’s your coat, Sidney? Saving tips? #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
May 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Where’s your coat, Sidney? Saving tips? #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
August 1, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The great thing about the #SummerOfDarkness is you can quote along to #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess without being shushed. #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The great thing about the #SummerOfDarkness is you can quote along to #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess without being shushed. #TCMParty
"I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." That is one of the most #Noir lines ever spoken, delivered with surgical precision by Lancaster. #TCMparty #SummerOfDarkness #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
August 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"I'd hate to take a bite out of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic." That is one of the most #Noir lines ever spoken, delivered with surgical precision by Lancaster. #TCMparty #SummerOfDarkness #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
The lifetime pass to the Polo Grounds won’t be worth much in a few months, Sidney! #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty #SFGiants
August 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The lifetime pass to the Polo Grounds won’t be worth much in a few months, Sidney! #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty #SFGiants
May 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
And his lawyer in The Postman Always Rings Twice could have RULED this city!!! #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 1:30 AM
And his lawyer in The Postman Always Rings Twice could have RULED this city!!! #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
In the world of J.J., Sidney, and the columnists we are all content to be used. We're all Ritas.
#SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
#SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
August 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
In the world of J.J., Sidney, and the columnists we are all content to be used. We're all Ritas.
#SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
#SummerOfDarkness #TCMParty #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
I just realized how telling it is that J.J. watches his sister leave from up on his perch above the city..... #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I just realized how telling it is that J.J. watches his sister leave from up on his perch above the city..... #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
"JJ happens to be one of my best friends." #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
Ehhh
Alt: Little girl looks stunned by something that has confused her. A bit of side eye happening while she processes this.
static.klipy.com
August 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
"JJ happens to be one of my best friends." #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
Kathy is doing a much better job at standing up for herself than #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess 's Susan Hunsecker. I approve.
#NewYorkConfidential
#TCMParty
#NoirAlley
#NewYorkConfidential
#TCMParty
#NoirAlley
October 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Kathy is doing a much better job at standing up for herself than #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess 's Susan Hunsecker. I approve.
#NewYorkConfidential
#TCMParty
#NoirAlley
#NewYorkConfidential
#TCMParty
#NoirAlley
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A press agent eats a columnist’s dirt and is expected to call it manna.”
Tony Curtis in The Sweet Smell of Success
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #AlexanderMackendrick #TonyCurtis #CliffordOdets #ErnestLehman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
“A press agent eats a columnist’s dirt and is expected to call it manna.”
Tony Curtis in The Sweet Smell of Success
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #AlexanderMackendrick #TonyCurtis #CliffordOdets #ErnestLehman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
September 29, 2026 at 11:03 AM
MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A press agent eats a columnist’s dirt and is expected to call it manna.”
Tony Curtis in The Sweet Smell of Success
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #AlexanderMackendrick #TonyCurtis #CliffordOdets #ErnestLehman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
“A press agent eats a columnist’s dirt and is expected to call it manna.”
Tony Curtis in The Sweet Smell of Success
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #AlexanderMackendrick #TonyCurtis #CliffordOdets #ErnestLehman #moviequotes #moviequoteoftheday
"You're a snake, Falco."
"We're all content, hon. Feed the algorithm or die. That's how it works."
Wait - that's the modern take. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
"We're all content, hon. Feed the algorithm or die. That's how it works."
Wait - that's the modern take. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
August 1, 2026 at 12:49 AM
"You're a snake, Falco."
"We're all content, hon. Feed the algorithm or die. That's how it works."
Wait - that's the modern take. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
"We're all content, hon. Feed the algorithm or die. That's how it works."
Wait - that's the modern take. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty #SummerOfDarkness
What? A hint of incestual control? In a movie featured on #SummerOfDarkness? Oh, the folks on #TCMParty must be clutching their pearls. ^_^
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
August 1, 2026 at 1:06 AM
What? A hint of incestual control? In a movie featured on #SummerOfDarkness? Oh, the folks on #TCMParty must be clutching their pearls. ^_^
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
#TheSweetSmellOfSuccess
I love how beautiful and powerful that morning sunlight looks, slowly but surely dissolving all the oppression and that claustrophobic feeling, as if it only lived at night. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
August 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I love how beautiful and powerful that morning sunlight looks, slowly but surely dissolving all the oppression and that claustrophobic feeling, as if it only lived at night. #TheSweetSmellOfSuccess #TCMParty
May 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM