LET'S MAKE LOVE

Let's Make Love
20th Century-Fox, 1960, Color, 118 minutes
Released September, 1960

Engaging comedy concerning a millionaire (Yves Montand) who's determined to shut down a stage show that's burlesquing him...until he falls for cast member Marilyn Monroe! Tony Randall, Wilfrid Hyde-White co-star under George Cukor's direction; cameos by Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly.


Producer: Jerry Wald
Directed by: George Cukor
Assistant Director: David Hall
Written for the Screen by: Norman Krasna
Additional Material by: Hal Kanter
Music Director: Lionel Newman
Music: Lionel Newman
Associate: Earle H. Hagen
Words and Music: Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" by Cole Porter
Musical Numbers Staged by: Jack Cole
Art Direction: Lyle R. Wheeler, Gene Allen
Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Fred M. MacLean
Costumes Designed by: Dorothy Jeakins
Makeup by: Ben Nye
Hair Styles by: Helen Turpin
Sound: W. D. Flick, Warren B. Delaplain
Director of Photography: Daniel L. Fapp
Filmed in CinemaScope, Color by DeLuxe
Color Coordinator: Hoyningen-Huene
Film Editor: David Bretherton

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Score - Musical (Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen)

Cast: Marilyn Monroe [Amanda], Yves Montand [Jean-Marc Clement], Tony Randall [Howard Coffman], Frankie Vaughan [Tony Danton], Wilfrid Hyde-White [John Wales], David Burns [Oliver Burton], Michael David [Dave Kerry], Mara Lynn [Lily Nyles], Dennis King, Jr. [Abe Miller], Joe Besser [Lamont], Madge Kennedy [Miss Manners], Raymond Foster [Jimmy], Mike Mason [Yale], John Craven [Comstock], Harry Cheshire [Minister], Larry Thor [Wilson], Richard Fowler [Van Cliburn], John Gatti [Elvis Presley], Marian Manners [Maria Callas], Oscar Beregi Jr. [Chauffeur], Geraldine Wall [Miss Hansen], Milton Berle, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly [Guest Stars]

Musical Program: [0:00] Let's Make Love (sung by Marilyn Monroe and Chorus behind titles); [0:13] My Heart Belongs to Daddy (sung and danced by Marilyn Monroe and Boys Chorus); [0:26] Sing Me a Song That Sells (sung by Frankie Vaughan); [0:36] Hey You with the Crazy Eyes (sung by Frankie Vaughan); [0:59] Strip City (excerpt danced by Chorus); [1:01] Specialization (excerpt sung by Frankie Vaughan and Marilyn Monroe); [1:03] Specialization (sung by Frankie Vaughan and Marilyn Monroe); [1:25] Let's Make Love (sung by Frankie Vaughan and Marilyn Monroe); [1:29] Incurably Romantic (sung by Bing Crosby and Yves Montand); [1:34] Incurably Romantic (sung by Yves Montand and Marilyn Monroe); [1:47] Incurably Romantic (sung by Frankie Vaughan); [1:56] Let's Make Love (excerpt sung by Yves Montand)