| Scent of Mystery | |
|---|---|
 A film poster bearing the film's new title: Holiday in Spain | |
| 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 |
Release date |
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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] |
| External videos | |
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 "Holiday in Spain (trailer)" |
Scent of Mystery is a 1960 American mystery film directed by Jack Cardiff and starring Denholm Elliot and Peter Lorre.[4] It was the first film to use the Smell-O-Vision system to release odors at points in the film's plot, and 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 (1952) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1956).
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.[5]
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."[6]
- ^ Scent of Mystery at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
newwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Feature films shot, released domestically in 70mm process". Daily Variety. May 21, 1992. p. 22.
- ^ "Scent of Mystery". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Distillationswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Burnstock, Tammy (1986). "Jack Cardiff about "Scent of Mystery"". 70mm.com.