Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot


Mirisch / United Artists, 1959, Color, 121 minutes, ****

Released March, 1959

A very funny movie! Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis are two musicians who witness a mob hit, then escape by disguising themselves as women and joining an all-female band. You'll roar with delight at the twosome's antics, and savor Curtis' attempts to woo the gorgeous Marilyn Monroe. Billy Wilder's classic co-stars George Raft, Pat O'Brien and Joe E. Brown.



Produced and Directed by: Billy Wilder

Associate Producers: Doane Harrison, I. A. L. Diamond

Assistant Director: Sam Nelson

Screenplay by: Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond

Suggested by a story by R. Thoeren and M. Logan

Background Score: Adolph Deutsch

Songs Supervised by: Matty Malneck

Art Director: Ted Haworth

Set Decorator: Edward G. Boyle

Miss Monroe's Gowns: Orry-Kelly

Makeup Artist: Emile LaVigne

Hair Styles: Alice Monte, Agnes Flanagan

Sound: Fred Lau

Director of Photography: Charles Lang, Jr.

Special Effects: Milt Rice

Film Editor: Arthur P. Schmidt



Cast: Marilyn Monroe [Sugar Kane Kowalczyk], Tony Curtis [Joe, "Josephine" / "Junior"], Jack Lemmon [Jerry, "Daphne"], George Raft [Spats Colombo], Pat O'Brien [Detective Mulligan], Joe E. Brown [Osgood Fielding III], Nehemiah Persoff [Little Bonaparte], Joan Shawlee [Sweet Sue], Billy Gray [Sig Poliakoff], George E. Stone [Toothpick Charlie], Dave Barry [Beinstock], Mike Mazurki, Harry Wilson [Spats' Henchmen], Beverly Wills [Dolores], Barbara Drew [Nellie], Edward G. Robinson, Jr. [Johnny Paradise]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:05] Sweet Georgia Brown (played by Orchestra, Tony Curtis on Sax, Jack Lemmon on Bass, danced by Chorus Girls in the speakeasy); [0:31] Runnin' Wild (sung by Marilyn Monroe); [0:48] Down Among the Sheltering Palms (excerpt sung by the Girls Band); [1:08] I Wanna Be Loved by You (sung by Marilyn Monroe); [1:52] For He's a Jolly Good Fellow (sung by Gangsters); [1:55] I'm Through with Love (sung by Marilyn Monroe)





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