Sweet Smell of Success News

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Hollywood icon, heartthrob and Oscar nominee Tony Curtis has written a book about the making of his 1959 comedy classic "Some Like It Hot." So, upon the 50th anniversary of Billy Wilder's landmark comedy, I called Curtis at his Nevada home to ask the actor about his expansive career in movies such as "Spartacus," "The Defiant Ones," "The Sweet ...

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress as women in the movie "Some Like it Hot." Photo: Filmreference.com Legendary film actor Tony Curtis, now 84 years old, will be appearing at the Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, NY on Friday November 6, 2009 to sign copies of his new book "The Making of 'Some Like It Hot' My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and The ...

Actor Tony Curtis, during an interview ahead of Sunday's visit to The Avon Theatre in Stamford, recalled a late 1950s drive up the California coast with legendary leading man Cary Grant.

Jazz is not usually thought of in conjunction with genre films, but it does turn up in the odd sci-fi or horror picture.

This week Goldenstein Gallery in uptown Sedona is home base for the legendary Tony Curtis.

Sedona AZ: The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to welcome legendary Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis to town for special screenings of "Some Like It Hot" and "Sweet Smell of Success" on Thursday, Oct.

Director Billy Wilder's Oscar-winning sensation 'Some Like It Hot' will be featured at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Oct.

One Tony Curtis' dearest projects is 'Cats Helping Horses,' a series of fine art giclees on canvas, whose proceeds help support the Shiloh Horse Rescue Ranch in Nevada.' Above: 'Blanco' by Tony Curtis.

Curtis has always been an actor who has refused to play it safe, and has devoted his working life to performing a vast array of characters.

Curtis has always been an actor who has refused to play it safe, and has devoted his working life to performing a vast array of characters.

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BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK: Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 thriller "To Catch a Thief" stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly and screens as part of the park's summer series "Movies With a View." Thursday at sunset.

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Tomorrow at 2 p.m., the Enoch Pratt Free Library 's Southeast Anchor branch, 3601 Eastern Ave., will celebrate Plan 9 's golden anniversary with a free screening of the film, as well as an appearance by Maryland's own Conrad Brooks, who played a policeman in the movie.

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Tony Curtis, ony Curtis, the 1950s matinee idol who developed into an acclaimed actor in such classics as "Some Like It Hot," "Sweet Smell of Success" and "The Defiant Ones," was in a reflective mood recently.

Dismissed in the early stages of his career for his pouty, almost feminine features, Hollywood heartthrob Tony Curtis soon developed into one of the most versatile leading men in movies of the 1950s and 1960s.

For nearly 60 years, Tony Curtis has rubbed shoulders with sirens and studs of the big screen.