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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