Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, August 30, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

“I love this dirty town.”

New York City’s vernacular never smelled sweeter than it does in 1957’s Sweet Smell of Success. Any device designed to test acidity levels, applied to this film’s dialogue, would itself disintegrate after flicking the “on” switch. The film, reviewed here, will be shown Saturday, August 31 at 11:15 pm PDT.

(From left) Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster

TCM's current “Summer of the Stars” schedule can be confirmed by clicking on the above TCM image. Only the “Summer of the Stars” East Coast setting is currently reliable. For the correct West Coast or PDT showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the film’s East Coast or EDT airtime.

All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.

Hope to see you Monday, September 2nd.

A.G.