Scent of Mystery
1960 American smell-o-vision film by Jack Cardiff / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scent of Mystery is a 1960 American mystery film, the first to use the Smell-O-Vision system to release odors at points in the film's plot. It was the first film in which aromas were integral to the story, providing important details to the audience. It was produced by Mike Todd, Jr., who, in conjunction with his father Mike Todd, had produced such spectacles as This Is Cinerama and Around the World in Eighty Days.
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Directed by | Jack Cardiff |
Screenplay by | Gerald Kersh |
Based on | Ghost of a Chance 1947 novel by Kelley Roos |
Produced by | Mike Todd Jr. |
Starring | Denholm Elliott Peter Lorre Elizabeth Taylor |
Cinematography | John von Kotze |
Edited by | James E. Newcom |
Music by | Harold Adamson Mario Nascimbene Jordan Ramin |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Running time | 125 minutes (original cut) 102 mins (re-release) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2 million[2] |
Box office | $300,000 (US/Canada rentals)[3] |
The film was later re-released in Cinerama under the title Holiday in Spain without Smell-O-Vision. In 2012, the film was restored, reconstructed and re-released by David Strohmaier. In 2015, a version complete with reconstructed scents was presented at screenings in Los Angeles, Denmark and England.[4]
Jack Cardiff called it the "one film I want to erase from my memory. The reason for this is that, through no fault of my own, the film was a complete disaster."[5]