“In Glorious Smell-O-Vision! The True Story of The
Godfather of Scented Cinema” |
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| Written by: Tammy Burnstock, Australia | Date:
31.01.2020. Updated with final credits 14.08.2020 |
Synopsis |
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 A
scented documentary focusing on THE ‘Original Stinker’. The Scent of Mystery
(1960). When it comes to
movies, WHY NOT THE NOSE?The story of unsung hero and Godfather of scented cinema, osmologist and Swiss inventor Hans Laube, whose Smell-O-Vision! technology premiered in 1960 with "Scent of Mystery", a big budget feature film, directed by Jack Cardiff with an all-star cast, including Elizabeth Taylor. "Scent of Mystery" was not only the FIRST, but also the LAST film to be presented in Smell-O-Vision!
Australian filmmaker Tammy Burnstock makes it her mission to get to the
bottom of what went wrong, along the way uncovering a very human story of
scientific innovation, heartbreak and redemption. "In Glorious
Smell-O-Vision!" is a documentary film that brings to light a
previously-untold chapter in movie history, proving along the way that
scented cinema has a future. |
More in 70mm reading: Be part of Smell-O-Vision history! A campaign to re-start Mike Todd Jr's. Smell-O-Vision for future screenings of "Holiday In Spain" Mike Todd Jr.'s "Scent of Mystery" in Smell-O-Vision PDF: “In Glorious Smell-O-Vision! The True Story of The Godfather of Scented Cinema” PDF: In Glorious credits Jack Cardiff about "Scent of Mystery" Scent of Mystery lives again! Movies with artificial smells in cinemas: "Behind the Great Wall" and "Scent of Mystery" Internet link: InGlorious Events demo Contact: Tammy Burnstock inglorioussmellovision.com Instagram: @inglorious_smellovision |
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"IN GLORIOUS SMELL-O-VISION!" Credits |
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Strohmaier, Projectionist Per Tofte Nielsen, Tammy Burnstock and Randy
Gitsch in Copenhagen, October 2015. Randy holding "Scent number 3," the cue
to release ‘A salty sea breeze. Image by Thomas HauerslevIn HOLLYWOOD, TCM Classic Film Festival Staff and Volunteers: Lindsey Griffin Chapin Cutler (Boston Light and Sound) Dan Beedy, Adam Harris Engelhard, Charles Ziarko, Lincoln Morrison, John Hora, Doug Knapp, Kurt Wahlner, Sean Menzies, Tobin Larson, George McCann, Lorenzo Paschal In BRADFORD, Duncan McGregor and Team: Lisa Brooke, Jay Arnold, Symon Culpan, Keiko Shimamura, Jack Wentworth-Weedon, Bethany Holden, Dominic Vinton, Kathrine Meyer, Saul Sebag-Montifiore, Kelly Moffitt In COPENHAGEN, Rasmus Brendstrup and Team: Per Tofte Nielsen, Jørgensen Mads Toft Hansen, Gustav Hoder, Nina Neyra, Trevor Smith, Sabitha Sofia, Brooke Beledon, Victoria Routhier, Nina El-Diamante Negro LOCATION DIRECTORS Varcha Sidwell John Anderson Harrison Engle Tammy Burnstock CONSULTANTS Daniel Raim Carolyn Saul DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mike Cahill Robert Garren Armin Balg Sebastian Lama Mia Barker Genevieve Russell Christos Lolos Peter Trilling Laurence McManus Doug Knapp Brendan Young AUDIO Mike O'Brien FOOTAGE CLEARANCES Tammy Burnstock FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY ‘Holiday In Spain’, Courtesy of Cinerama Inc. ‘This Is Cinerama’, Courtesy of Cinerama Inc. ‘Behind the Great Wall’ Trailer, Courtesy of the Packard Humanities Institute Collection at the Academy Film Archive ‘Sniff Receptor’ by Peter de Cupere, 2003 ‘A Trip to Japan in Sixteen Minutes, Revisited’, by IAO + Collaborators, Hammer Museum, Courtesy of the Institute for Art and Olfaction, 2014 ‘Veneno’ by Miguel Matos. Dir. Maria Inês Roque. Perfumer Christian Carbonnel. Public Domain Footage Retrofootage Producers Library RetroFilm Vault Buyout Footage Medicus Collection |
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 Scent
artistes in Copenhagen, getting ready for Tammy Burnstock's
scented "Scent of Mystery" show,
October 2018.STILL IMAGES PROVIDED BY Art Archive Press llc Australscope Alamy Cinerama Inc MPTV Images Shutterstock Linda Carfagno Alana Kusin Sally Eccleston Rebekah Delaney Adriene Hughes Tammy Burnstock Jo Wyeth Bruce Kimmel Library of Congress David Higgs Nicole Ene Michal Mrozek NASA Jack Metzger A.P. Vidacovich Kenneth Quail ISTANBUL ‘74 Lizzie Ostrom Christopher Bethell Bill Dill and Co. Armand-Louis-Henri Telory Alex Ehrenzweig Jacquelyn Ford Morie Somatic Drifts, Vitalstatistix, Cat Jones, 2014 Anatomy’s Confection, Proximity Festival, Cat Jones, 2014 Scent of Sydney, Sydney Festival, Cat Jones, 2017 Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries Smoke Cloud, Peter de Cupere, 2013 Invisible Scent Paintings, Peter de Cupere, 2014 Cardiff Family private collection. Author not known. Centre de recherche et d'archivage de la Cinémathèque suisse Tate Sensorium David Bomberg’s In the Hold, Tate Gallery 1967, Photo by Joe Humphrys / Tate Photography Lindt chocolate ©Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG. POLYESTER artwork by Sam Hadley and Raphael Geroni, Commissioned by and Courtesy of the Criterion Collection Available on Blu-Ray and DVD in the U.S. at criterion.com ©2019 The Criterion Collection |
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 Cinerama
Dome, Hollywood 2016. The audience gets ready to help deliver the smells for
"Scent of Mystery” revival for the TCM Classic Film Festival. Image by Mike
CahillADDITIONAL MUSIC ‘Scent of Mystery’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kritzerland Records Stock 20 ADDITIONAL ARCHIVAL MATERIAL Private collection of Carmen Laube Private collections of Susan Jane Todd and Del Todd ‘HOLIDAY IN SPAIN’ REVIVAL EVENT SCENTS by Saskia Wison-Brown, The Institute for Art and Olfaction Neal Harris, Scentevents & Harris Fragrances ‘Scent of Mystery’ fragrance by Antonio Gardoni, bogue-profumo WARDROBE by John Foley CROWDFUNDERS Catherine Stone, Anna D’Errico, Conor McTeague, Stella Egan, Judy Vaknin, John Boyd, Liz Roxburgh, Charles Ziarko, Anna Haywood, Vivian, Alisa and Miri Hirschfeld, Denise Viera, Grant Osborne, Sylvia Hobbs, Gary Greenberg, Aviva Burnstock, Sophie Emtage, Maija Rove, Beth Taylor, KJ, Sally Zwartz, Catherine Strohmaier, Maureen Miller, Paige Livingston, Daniel and Judith Keyser, Wendy Chandler and anonymous supporters. END OF ROLL STATIC LOWER THIRD Dedicated to the memory of Hans Laube (22 February 1900 – 18 January 1976) FADE TO BLACK STATIC FULL SCREEN ©2019 Mortifying Moments Pty Ltd and Anderson Productions, Inc. FADE TO BLACK THE END |
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About the film makers |
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 Carmen Laube, daughter of Hans Laube, the Godfather of
Smell-O-Vision! and Tammy Burnstock with the "Smell Brain"John Anderson is an Emmy-winning and Grammy nominated Director, Executive Producer and Editor. In Glorious Smell-O-Vision! his fourth nose-related project, following work with Pete Townshend, Tiny Tim and punk rocker Skafish. Recent work includes blues documentary "Born In Chicago" and "Horn From The Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story". Tammy Burnstock is an Australian scented storyteller. She recently event-produced a "Scent of Mystery" (1960) revival in participatory Smell-O-Vision! For the National Science and Media Museum in the UK, for the Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen (Denmark) and for the TCM Classic Film Festival at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, USA. Saskia Wilson-Brown is Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Art and Olfaction: a non-profit organisation devoted to access, education and experimentation with scent. She was the scent-producer for "Scent of Mystery" revival events and has created new scents for "In Glorious Smell-O-Vision!" |
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Release plans, and more information |
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Scented screenings coming soon! Plans are
underway for a touring roadshow. In Glorious Smell-O-Vision! along with
cartoon "A Tale of Old Whiff" (1960). North America, New Zealand,
Denmark, Belgium and the UK so far. Please get in touch with
Tammy Burnstock if you would like to
organize a screening near you. |
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In Glorious Trailer |
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Elizabeth
Taylor’s “Scent of Mystery” fragrance in the film inspired a world of
celebrity perfume. Scent of Mystery is thought to have been created by
legendary French perfumer Jean Carles (1892–1966) for Maison de Shiaparelli.
Susan Todd with a bottle of the original
Scent of Mystery, 2019.
All senses were engaged and the
audience responded enthusiastically as this taster of comments from post
screening questionnaire contests: