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  1. Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy [4] film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert ...

  2. Some Like It Hot (song) " Some Like It Hot " is a song by British-American band the Power Station. It was the first single released from the group's 1985 eponymous debut album. Released by Parlophone in 1985, the song features loud, prominent drum beats from Tony Thompson and lead vocals from Robert Palmer.

  3. Sep 24, 2024 · Lead actor (Jack Lemmon) Lee Pfeiffer. Some Like It Hot, American screwball comedy film, released in 1959, that is considered one of best in that genre. Some Like It Hot featured Marilyn Monroe as a “dumb blonde” and Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as women. Curtis and Lemmon played down-on-their luck musicians who are marked for death by a.

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  4. Mar 3, 2023 · The Some Like It Hot musical takes place in the 1930s (a change from the 1920s-set movie), just before the end of Prohibition. Musicians Joe and Jerry work at a mob-controlled speakeasy, and they see mob boss Spats kill an informant. Spats resolves to kill them for being witnesses, forcing Joe and Jerry to go on the run.

  5. Nov 6, 2021 · Some Like It Hot is an enduring work of art because of the meticulousness of Billy Wilder (1906 - 2002). The script, which he co-wrote with I. A. L. Diamond (1920 - 1988), is full of witty one liners, goofy characters, and a humorous take on a fairly common partnership — a marriage of convenience.

  6. Aug 22, 2017 · Nicholas Barber explains why. In 1958, Tony Curtis was at a Hollywood party when Billy Wilder took him aside. Wilder was planning a film about two musicians who dress up as women to join an all ...

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  8. Some Like It Hot is a 2022 musical comedy with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman, and a book by Matthew López and Amber Ruffin. [1] It is based on the 1959 MGM / UA feature film Some Like It Hot, which in turn was based on the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. The musical, like the film, follows the story of jazz age ...

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