Some years ago, I dated a French economics student named Ariane, a woman of many charms and qualities, among them a flawless and effortlessly elegant sense of taste. Not so much in men, perhaps ...

All of which gives a special piquancy to the classic American movie about the gossip trade, Sweet Smell of Success, first released in 1957 and now out on a ravishing new digital transfer from ...

His book makes Sweet Smell of Success seem like a heroic victory over its producers’ own worst instincts, and an even more remarkable achievement than we already thought it was.

An e-book version will be available this summer on Amazon, and he has done Barnes & Noble book signings in Chicago and New York. I met Fischer once, and found him to be a likable avuncular type.

And if it’s sweet — well, you’ve won the trifecta ... Mid-1980s: Malls and airports of America are perfumed with the smell of baking buns of the T.J. Cinnamons and Cinnabon.

Success can be scuppered by an own goal through the advance publicity, marketing or cover copy, and what once looked like a potential finalist fails to get through the group stage. Or a book such ...