FILM FORUM CORONADO: "Sweet Smell of Success"

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Coronado Public Library, in partnership with the Coronado Island Film Festival, presents FILM FORUM CORONADO, taking place the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the library's Winn Room. Film expert Ralph DeLauro provides a brief introduction to each film and leads a discussion afterwards, often including pointers about how lighting or camera angles contribute to a scene’s mood or propel the story.

January 4: Sweet Smell of Success (1957, 96 min)

A scathing, energy-charged dispatch from the dark wilds of 1950s Manhattan. An immoral press agent (Tony Curtis) sells his soul to a treacherous Broadway columnist (Burt Lancaster), beginning a Machiavellian struggle for power, money and survival.