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Box office. $49 million [2] Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy [3] film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles.
Jun 1, 2021 · How Monroe overcame her health issues, personal problems and director's challenges to deliver her greatest performance in this classic comedy. Read Variety's coverage of the film's production, reception and legacy.
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- THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN COMEDY WAS INSPIRED BY A DRY GERMAN REMAKE OF A FRENCH FARCE. The seed that bloomed into Some Like It Hot was planted by an obscure 1951 German film, Fanfaren der Liebe (Fanfares of Love), which was a remake of an older French comedy, Fanfares d’Amour (1935).
- BILLY WILDER BUCKED ALL CONVENTION TO MAKE GANGLAND MASSACRE VITAL TO A COMEDY. When Wilder and Diamond began writing, Wilder knew they needed to “find the hammerlock of the story, the ironclad thing in which these two guys trapped in women’s clothing cannot just take off their wigs and say, ‘I’m a guy.’”
- SOME LIKE IT HOT ALMOST BOASTED MARILYN MONROE AND FRANK SINATRA. With the plot locked down, attention turned to casting. Names thrown around for the roles of Joe/Josephine and Jerry/Daphne included Danny Kaye and Bob Hope.
- BILLY WILDER AND MARILYN MONROE WERE THE BEST OF FRENEMIES. The biggest piece of Some Like It Hot casting was, hands down, Marilyn Monroe in the role of singer/ukulele player/saxophonist lover Sugar Kane.
Two musicians disguise as women and join an all-female band to escape the mob after witnessing a massacre. They face complications with their identities, their attractions and their pursuers in this classic comedy.
Apr 10, 2024 · Some Like It Hot, American screwball comedy film, released in 1959, that is considered one of best in that genre. Some Like It Hot featured Marilyn Monroe as a “dumb blonde” and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as women.
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A classic Hollywood comedy by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe as a singer who falls for a cross-dressing musician. Watch the film, listen to the commentary, and explore the costumes and behind-the-scenes stories of this 1959 masterpiece.
While Joe pretends to be a millionaire to win the band's sexy singer, Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), Jerry finds himself pursued by a real millionaire (Joe E. Brown) as things heat up and the mobsters ...
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