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Scent of Mystery

United States of America, 1960
film

Scent of Mystery is a 1960 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..

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A Sense of touch

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Tales of mystery and imagination

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