Some like it hot

The 1928 St. Valentine's Day Massacre finds Jerry (Jack Lemmon) and Joe (Tony Curtis) as musicians who witness a gangland killing in Chicago and need to get out of town fast. Disguised as women, they join an all-girl band headed for Miami. Joe doffs his wig and promptly falls in love with fellow band member Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe).

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Jerry meanwhile, totally beguiled by his own image of himself as a sexy woman, is being wooed by millionaire Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown). But then the gangsters chasing them turn up at their hotel. Joe and Jerry must figure out a way to untangle the almighty mess they've made and, most importantly, stay one-step ahead of the Mob.

Cast:

Tony Curtis ... Joe / Josephine
Jack Lemmon ... Jerry / Daphne
Marilyn Monroe ... Sugar Kane Kowalczyk
(Billy Wilder ... Director)
Joe E. Brown ... Osgood Fielding III
George Raft ... Spats Colombo
Dave Barry ... Beinstock
Pat O'Brien ... Detective Mulligan
Billy Gray ... Sig Poliakoff
Nehemiah Persoff ... Little Bonaparte
Joan Shawlee ... Sweet Sue
George E. Stone ... Toothpick Charlie
Beverly Wills ... Dolores

Quote:

Joe: [apologizing because the motor boat will only move backwards] I'm afraid it may take a little longer. Sugar: It's not how long it takes, it's who's taking you.

Trailers:

http://akas.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3248751897/

Soundtrack:

"Runnin' Wild" by A.H. Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood Performed by Marilyn Monroe
"Sugar Blues" by Clyde McCoy Performed by Clyde McCoy and His Sugar Blues Orchestra
"Down Among The Sheltering Palms" by A.H. Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood
"Randolph Street Rag" by Adolph Deutsch
"I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Bert Kalmar, Herbert Wood, Harry Ruby Performed by Marilyn Monroe
"Park Avenue Fantasy (Stairway To The Stars)" by Matty Malneck, Frank Signorelli
"I'm Through With Love" by Gus Kahn, Matty Malneck, Jay Livingston Performed by Marilyn Monroe
"Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey
"By the Beautiful Sea" by Harry Carroll, Harold Atteridge
"Some Like It Hot" by Matty Malneck and I.A.L. Diamond

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91 years ago, Nehemiah Persoff was born. (Little Bonaparte)
(August 02, 1919)

77 years ago, Beverly Wills † was born. (Dolores)
(August 05, 1933)

92 years ago, Dave Barry † was born. (Beinstock)
(August 26, 1918)

Trivia

Release date: March 29, 1959

Tony Curtis to Jack Lemmon about Monroe: “ I’m telling you it’s going to go to 60 [takes}”. Lemmon: “I bet it will go further” . Curtis: “I bet you 20 bucks”. Lemmon won, it took 62 or 63 takes to film a scene in which Marilyn had to walk in a room and say “Where’s that bourbon”
--Source: Scene by Scene, Page 47

Some like it hot ranks number 154 in the box-office rankings
Grossing adjusted for inflation -> $215 m

Tony Curtis: “Kissing her (Marilyn Monroe) was like kissing Hitler”

Jack Lemmon to Billy Wilder when asked to play a part dressed up in girls’ clothes: “Fine, I’ll do it when I’m free to do it. And if I’m not free, I’ll get free”.
--Source: Billy Wilder: Interviews, Page 21

In 2008 Tony Curtis softened his remark on Monroe about kissing Hitler. “I had a hard-on all through that scene, and she knew it, which made her even more aggressive. She knew I wasn’t acting. []After the scene some of the crew wanted to know what it was like to kiss her. I figured a question that stupid deserved a stupid answer, so I flippantly replied: Kissing Marilyn is like kissing Hitler. I was right – it was a stupid answer. What I should have said was: What do you think kissing her is like, birdbrain?”
--Source: American Prince: A Memoir, Page 0

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