"inspired by the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre. Despite Monroe's contract requiring the film to be in color, she agreed to it being filmed in black and white after seeing that Curtis and Lemmon's makeup gave them a ""ghoulish"" appearance on color film. ""Some Like It Hot"" opened to largely positive reviews and is today considered to be one of the greatest films of all time. It was voted as the top comedy film by the American Film Institute on their list on AFI's ""100 Years... 100 Laughs"" poll in 2000. In 2017, the film was voted the best comedy of"
"Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American black and white romantic comedy film set in 1929, directed and produced by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. The supporting cast includes George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee, and Nehemiah Persoff. The screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the French film ""Fanfare of Love"". The film is about two musicians who dress in drag in order to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed commit a crime"
"be called his best performance: three interrelated roles in the comedy ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959). Thomson called it an ""outrageous film,"" and an American Film Institute survey voted it the funniest American film ever made. The film co-starred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe, and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards’s ""Operation Petticoat"" (1959) with Cary Grant. They were both frantic comedies, and displayed his impeccable comic timing. He often collaborated with Edwards on later films. In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in ""Spartacus"", which became another major hit for him. His stardom and"
"Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, and Johnnie Ray. This film's lavish production didn't overshadow the dragged plot line. However, Monroe re-gained her success with ""The Seven Year Itch"" in 1955, co-starring Tom Ewell and Evelyn Keyes. ""Seven Year Itch"" showcased the famous scene of Monroe's white dress being skyrocketed in the air by a subway grating. This film was a major success, as was Marilyn's next feature, ""Bus Stop"" (1956), which was her last film with Fox until 1960. However, Monroe's biggest success in a film was in 1959's ""Some Like It Hot"", a comedy co-starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon."
"they could not settle their disagreements and she had begun to suspect that he was embezzling money from the company. Monroe returned to Hollywood in July 1958 to act opposite Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Billy Wilder's comedy on gender roles, ""Some Like It Hot"". Although she considered the role of Sugar Kane another ""dumb blonde"", she accepted it due to Miller's encouragement and the offer of receiving ten percent of the film's profits in addition to her standard pay. The difficulties during the film's production have since become ""legendary"". Monroe would demand dozens of re-takes, and could not"
"success of ""Some Like It Hot"" is considered one of the final nails in the coffin for the Hays Code. It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago, during the era of Prohibition. Joe (Tony Curtis) is a jazz saxophone player, and an irresponsible gambler and ladies' man; his sensible friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) is a jazz double bass player. They work in a speakeasy (disguised as a funeral home) owned by gangster ""Spats"" Colombo (George Raft). Tipped off by informant ""Toothpick"" Charlie (George E. Stone), the police raid the joint. Joe and Jerry flee—only to accidentally witness Spats"
"sex appeal and timing that just can't be beat"". It has been voted one of the best films ever made in polls by the BBC, the American Film Institute, and ""Sight & Sound"". After ""Some Like It Hot"", Monroe took another hiatus until late 1959, when she returned to Hollywood and starred in the musical comedy ""Let's Make Love"", about an actress and a millionaire who fall in love when performing in a satirical play. She chose George Cukor to direct and Miller re-wrote portions of the script, which she considered weak; she accepted the part solely because she was"
"released Wilder's Prohibition-era farce ""Some Like It Hot"" without a Production Code seal of approval, withheld due to the film's unabashed sexual comedy, including a central cross-dressing theme. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis play musicians who disguise themselves as women to escape pursuit by a Chicago gang. Curtis's character courts a singer played by Marilyn Monroe, while Lemmon is wooed by Joe E. Brown—setting up the film's final joke in which Lemmon reveals that his character is a man and Brown blandly replies ""Well, nobody's perfect"". A box office success, the film was lightly regarded during its original release. But"
"is taken from a nursery rhyme, and bears no relation to Billy Wilder's acclaimed 1959 comedy film ""Some Like It Hot"" starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. Some Like It Hot (1939 film) Some Like It Hot, reissued for television as Rhythm Romance, is a 1939 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Krupa. Directed by George Archainbaud, its screenplay was written by Wilkie C. Mahoney and Lewis R. Foster, based on the play ""The Great Magoo"" by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, which performed briefly on Broadway in 1932. The film was released the year"
"and the resulting movie was a box office hit. Curtis then co-starred with Frank Sinatra and Natalie Wood in ""Kings Go Forth"" (1958), a war story. It was mildly popular, but ""The Defiant Ones"" (1958), was a bigger success. Curtis gave an Oscar-nominated performance as a bigoted white escaped convict chained to a black man, Sidney Poitier. Curtis and Leigh then made a popular comedy for Blake Edwards at Universal, ""The Perfect Furlough"" (1958). He co-starred with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder's ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959). It was a huge success and became a classic; equally"
"fright worse, and it is suggested that she deliberately ruined several scenes to act them her way. In the end, Wilder was happy with Monroe's performance and stated: ""Anyone can remember lines, but it takes a real artist to come on the set and not know her lines and yet give the performance she did!"" Despite the difficulties of its production, ""Some Like It Hot"" became a critical and commercial success when it was released in March 1959. Monroe's performance earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and prompted ""Variety"" to call her ""a comedienne with that combination of"
"herself. Another tragedy took place on the beach at the hotel in 1904 when actress Isadore Rush drowned. The hotel was first featured in a film when it was used as a backdrop for ""The Flying Fleet"" (1927). Since then, it has been featured in at least 12 other films, including: ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis, where it represented the ""Seminole Ritz"" in southern Florida; ""Wicked, Wicked"" (1973), which was completely filmed on location there; ""The Stunt Man"" (1980), starring Peter O'Toole; and ""My Blue Heaven"" (1990), starring Steve Martin and Rick"
"Fox, requiring her to star in four films within the next seven years. By 1959, she had completed only one: ""Bus Stop"", which had been released in 1956. While Monroe shot ""Some Like It Hot"" in 1958 (for United Artists) her husband, Arthur Miller, completed the screenplay for ""The Misfits"" (1961), which they had intended on being Monroe's next film. ""Some Like It Hot"" was released in March 1959 and became an enormous success. Critics praised the film and Marilyn's performance. Hoping to capitalize on this, 20th Century Fox required Marilyn to fulfill her contract. ""The Misfits"" was put on"
"Some Like It Hot (album) Some Like It Hot (subtitled Modern Jazz Performances of Songs featured in the Motion Picture starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon Produced and Directed by Billy Wilder) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel performing adaptations music from Billy Wilder's 1959 film ""Some Like It Hot"", recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: ""Such tunes as 'I Wanna Be Loved by You,' 'Runnin' Wild,' 'Down Among the Sheltering Palms,' and 'By the Beautiful Sea' are given fairly modern arrangements but still retain the flavor"
"of the 1920s, and it's particularly interesting to hear Gordon and Pepper soloing on these ancient songs"". Some Like It Hot (album) Some Like It Hot (subtitled Modern Jazz Performances of Songs featured in the Motion Picture starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis & Jack Lemmon Produced and Directed by Billy Wilder) is an album by guitarist Barney Kessel performing adaptations music from Billy Wilder's 1959 film ""Some Like It Hot"", recorded in 1959 and released on the Contemporary label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states: ""Such tunes as 'I Wanna Be Loved by You,' 'Runnin' Wild,' 'Down Among the"
"Some Like It Hot (1939 film) Some Like It Hot, reissued for television as Rhythm Romance, is a 1939 comedy film starring Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, and Gene Krupa. Directed by George Archainbaud, its screenplay was written by Wilkie C. Mahoney and Lewis R. Foster, based on the play ""The Great Magoo"" by Ben Hecht and Gene Fowler, which performed briefly on Broadway in 1932. The film was released the year before ""Road to Singapore"" converted theatre and radio star Hope into a huge movie box office draw. Legendary cinematographer Karl Struss filmed the movie. The title of the film"
"was not well received by critics in the United States (in contrast to France where he proved highly popular). As in the United Kingdom, in the next decade much of this talent would move into television. Sex symbols, particularly Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis, established the sex comedy by the end of the decade. Set in the 1920s, ""Some Like It Hot"" borrowed elements from the Pre-Code era with its subtle undertones and suggestions. Doris Day and Rock Hudson also offered material that set the stage for the sexual revolution of the next decade. The next decade saw an increasing"
"musical play based on the screenplay of the film, entitled ""Sugar"", opened on Broadway, and starred Elaine Joyce, Robert Morse, Tony Roberts and Cyril Ritchard, with book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and (all-new) music by Jule Styne. A 1991 stage production of this show in London featured Tommy Steele and retained the film's title. Tony Curtis, then in his late-70s, performed in a 2002 stage production of the film, this time cast as Osgood Fielding III, the character originally played by Joe E. Brown. Some Like It Hot Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American black"
"1958, shortly before the movie star flew out to Hollywood to film ""Some Like It Hot"", Perutz was contracted by the Hearst Corporation to conduct a photo-shoot with Monroe for their 1958 cover-story, “Milady’s Easter Bonnet” in ""The American Weekly"" Sunday supplement, for which six leading milliners to provided a hat for six well-known women; Monroe along with Kathy Grant Crosby, Lucille Ball, Elsa Maxwell, Eleanor Roosevelt and Mamie Eisenhower, wife of the President. Perutz shot about sixty frames during this session in which Monroe wore several hats from Northridge’s salon, including a black unblocked felt hat worn low over"
"Grant, and Charlton Heston, all of whom declined. It was eventually offered to Yves Montand, who had appeared in a French film version of Miller's ""The Crucible"" (1957) and had received praise for his recent one-man musical show in New York. Monroe and Miller both gave their approval for Montand in the role. The title was changed to ""Let's Make Love"" and production began in January 1960 with George Cukor directing. In March 1960, Monroe was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress—Musical or Comedy, further cementing the success of ""Some Like It Hot"". Montand's wife Simone Signoret, with"
"sent Marilyn Monroe along to see Kenneth after she complained that excessive bleaching and perming was making her hair fall out. Kenneth softened, smoothed and straightened Monroe's hair, and became her hairdresser of choice while she lived in New York, plus travelled with her to Chicago for the ""Some Like It Hot"" premiere in March 1959. He became a close friend of Monroe's. Among Kenneth's regular clients was Karlys Daly Brown, the beauty editor for ""Glamour"", who in 1961 commissioned Kenneth to write articles on how women could care for their own hair, and uniquely for a hairdresser, featured him"
"whenever Spats' gangsters appear. In terms of cinematography and aesthetics, Billy Wilder chose to shoot the film in black and white as Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in full drag costume and make-up looked 'unacceptably grotesque' in early color tests. ""Some Like It Hot"" received widespread acclaim from critics, and is considered among the best films of all time. It received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor for Lemmon and Best Director and Best Screenplay for Wilder, the latter along with I.A.L. Diamond. It was voted as the top comedy film by the American Film Institute on their list"
"appears to be a deliberate tribute to the musical from which the film is derived. The film was nominated for two other Academy awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Shirley MacLaine), and Best Cinematography, Color. ""Irma la Douce"" was conceived as a Marilyn Monroe vehicle in 1962. The project would have reunited her with director Billy Wilder and actor Jack Lemmon, both of whom had worked with her on ""Some Like It Hot"" in 1959. After Monroe's death, the movie was recast with Shirley MacLaine, who had worked with Wilder and Lemmon in 1960 on ""The Apartment"". MacLaine was"
"In it, Monroe stands on a subway grate with the air blowing up the skirt of her white dress, which became one of the most famous scenes of her career. After appearing in ""Bus Stop"" (1956), Monroe founded her own production company, Marilyn Monroe Productions, in 1955; the company produced one film independently, ""The Prince and the Showgirl"" (1957). Monroe then appeared in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959) and ""The Misfits"" (1961). She was suspended from the filming of ""Something's Got to Give"" in June 1962, and the film remained uncompleted when she died in August. Although she was a"
"with all of Paramount's films during the 1930s and 1940s, though he occasionally worked for other studios, for instance on ""The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"" (1947). In 1951, he began the second phase of his career, this time as a free-lance cinematographer. His credits include ""The Big Heat"" (1953) with Glenn Ford and Lee Marvin, ""Sabrina"" (1954) with Humphrey Bogart and William Holden, ""Gunfight at the O.K. Corral"" (1957) with Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, ""The Matchmaker"" (1958), ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959) with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, ""The Magnificent Seven"" (1960) with Steve McQueen, ""One-Eyed Jacks"" (1961) with"
"a smoking habit to infertility. Osgood dismisses them all; he loves Daphne and is determined to go through with the marriage. Exasperated, Jerry removes his wig and shouts, ""I'm a man!"" Osgood, unfazed, simply responds, ""Well, nobody's perfect."" The soundtrack features four songs performed by Marilyn Monroe for the movie, nine songs composed by Adolph Deutsch, as well as 2 songs performed by jazz artist Matty Malneck. Billy Wilder wrote the script for the film ""Some Like it Hot"" with writer I.A.L. Diamond. The plot is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the 1935 French"
"17th Golden Globe Awards The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960. ""' Anthony Franciosa - ""Career"" ""' Jack Lemmon - ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' Elizabeth Taylor - ""Suddenly, Last Summer"" ""' Marilyn Monroe - ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' William Wyler - ""Ben-Hur"" ""' ""Ben-Hur"" ""' ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' ""Porgy and Bess"" Ernest Gold - ""On the Beach"" ""' Stephen Boyd - ""Ben-Hur"" ""' Susan Kohner - ""Imitation of Life"" ""' ""The Diary of Anne Frank"" Barry Coe Troy Donahue George Hamilton James Shigeta"" Angie"
"she founded a film production company in late 1954; she named it Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). She dedicated 1955 to building her company and began studying method acting at the Actors Studio. In late 1955, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Her subsequent roles included a critically acclaimed performance in ""Bus Stop"" (1956) and the first independent production of MMP, ""The Prince and the Showgirl"" (1957). Monroe won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her work in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), a critical and commercial success. Her last completed"
"Dickinson Janet Munro Stella Stevens Tuesday Weld"" Edward R. Murrow The Nun's Story Andrew Marton - Ben-Hur ""(For directing the chariot race)"" Francis X. Bushman ""(For a famous silent film star)"" Ramon Novarro ""(For a famous silent film star)"" Hedda Hopper Louella Parsons Doris Day Rock Hudson Room at the Top Bing Crosby 17th Golden Globe Awards The 17th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film for 1959 films, were held on March 10, 1960. ""' Anthony Franciosa - ""Career"" ""' Jack Lemmon - ""Some Like It Hot"" ""' Elizabeth Taylor - ""Suddenly, Last Summer"" ""' Marilyn Monroe -"
"used especially in television and film with notable examples such as Erika Eleniak in the 1992 movie ""Under Siege"", Mariah Carey in the music video for the 2001 song ""Loverboy"", and The Joker in the September 11, 1992 ""Joker's Favor"" episode of """". In the 1959 movie ""Some Like It Hot"", starring Marilyn Monroe, a gangster pops out of a cake with a machine gun, killing almost everyone in the room. Often the person jumping out of the cake is a stripper, showgirl or model during a celebration. For example, Naomi Campbell popped out of a cake in 2004 for"
"de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Dolores del Río, Ava Gardner, Ann Sheridan, Barbara Stanwyck, and Merle Oberon. Orry-Kelly was known for his ability to ""design for distraction"" to compensate for difficult figure shapes. He also had the job of creating clothes for the cross-dressing characters played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in ""Some Like It Hot"". His skill is shown by the fact that while ""Some Like It Hot"" was in production, Curtis and Lemmon would go into the ladies' room after eating lunch without being spotted as men. He wrote that when he finished draping Dolores del Río in"
"(1952), ""Inside Detroit"" (1956) and ""Kill Me Tomorrow"" (1957). In 1959 O'Brien appeared in one of his best-known movies as a police detective opposite George Raft in ""Some Like It Hot"", starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis. In his later years, O'Brien often worked in television. He was cast in 1956 and 1957 in four episodes of the religion anthology series, ""Crossroads"". In three of the four programs, he played priests. He also performed in two episodes of ""The Virginian"" in the mid-1960s. In the 1960-1961 television season, O'Brien joined Roger Perry in the 34-episode ABC sitcom, ""Harrigan"
"end of an era. In March 1959 the theater completed an $850,000 remodeling that reduced the number of seats from 3,316 to 1,885 but made them wider and increased the space between rows. The proscenium arch also was eliminated and a wide-screen projector was installed to permit the showing of CinemaScope and VistaVision (but not Cinerama) motion pictures. The interior was redecorated using a beige-on-gold palette. The remodeled theater reopened with the premiere of ""Some Like It Hot"", with Marilyn Monroe in attendance. The theatre held a number of very notable world premieres including ""The Three Musketeers"" (1948), ""Annie Get"