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349 SUNRISETwentieth Century-Fox, 1927PRINCIPAL CAST George O’Brien, Janet GaynorDIRECTORF.W. MurnauSCREENWRITER Carl MayerMurnau’s shattering film of redemption and forgiveness is told in a simple story of amarried farmer, lured to the big city by a “wicked woman.” A cavalcade of urbanimages and horrific storms almost destroy the farmer when he thinks his wife is lostat sea in this expressionistic masterpiece.350 SUNSET BLVD.Paramount, 1950PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSCREENWRITERSGloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von StroheimBilly WilderCharles BrackettCharles Brackett, Billy Wilder, D. M. Marshman, Jr.Struggling writer Holden hides out from car repossessors in the ancient mansion ofaging silent star Swanson (“I am big. It’s the pictures that got small.”). He sees alucrative break for himself when she wants to make a return to the screen, but he isunaware of the price he will have to pay.351 THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESSUnited Artists, 1957PRINCIPAL CAST Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Barbara NicholsDIRECTORAlexander MackendrickPRODUCERJames HillSCREENWRITERS Clifford Odets, Ernest LehmanJames Wong Howe’s masterful black-and-white cinematography casts a low light onthe cynical and seamy side of New York’s press agents and the deals they make withthe devil, just to get a bit in J.J. Hunsecker’s column. Lehman and Odets’ barbs stillpack a punch: “I’d hate to take a bite outta you. You’re a cookie full of arsenic.”352 SWING TIMERKO, 1936PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSCREENWRITERSFred Astaire, Ginger RogersGeorge StevensPandro S. BermanHoward Lindsay, Allan Scott, Erwin GelseyProspective groom Astaire misses his wedding and must prove that he is marriagematerial. He heads to NYC, where he dances his heart out with Rogers to the songsof Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. Every song advances the plot and the courtshipof two hoofers looking for A Fine Romance.American Film Institute 113