Some Like It Hot.   In 1959 Marilyn Monroe stars in the ticklish movie, Some Like It Hot. Her co-stars for the movie, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. It is well-publicized and a hit. Some Like It Hot remains a well-watch film, and is listed among the all time greatest films. By the way Marilyn Monroe's salary for the film---$100,000.

Some Like It Hot Chicago of the Twenties was bad for your health if you just happened to have witnessed a murder.

Marilyn Monroe Sugar Kane

Joe and Jerry joined an all-girl band; and no one ever made a more graceful getaway.

Some like it hot. Back in the twenties, all-girl bands were hot stuff. Take Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators. Sweet Sue was no bargain, having already seen thirty summers and a few hard winters. But there was a blonde singer with the band, by the name of Sugar Kane, who was quite a dish. Anybody could see she was made for bigger things.

But the most interesting thing about this band was the fact that two of the girls weren't girls at all. The one on the bull fiddle, called Daphne, was actually a Joe named Jerry; and Josephine, on sax, was a Joe by the name of Joe...

(ABOVE)Sugar squeezed into Jerry's-er, Daphne's berth and cuddled up in sisterly comfort. (RIGHT) Sugar was a blonde with a thing for sax players and only a flask for company. But the boys--er, girls--became close friends with Sugar.

All Girls were out to hook a millionaire.

Osgood....Daphne

Joe, alias Josephine, had a passion for Sugar and a plan to win her affections. "Girls leave me cold, he complained." Naturally, Sugar had to do something to help. After her kiss, he apologized helplessly; "Sorry, it's no use." So they kept trying again and again and again.

(LEFT)The Dance (ABOVE)The Toast (RIGHT)The Kiss

The Cast and Awards Marilyn Monroe (Sugar); Tony Curtis (Joe); Jack Lemon (Jerry); George Raft (Spats); Pat O'Brien (Mulligan); Joe E. Brown (Osgood); Nehemiah Persoff (Bonaparte); Joan Shawlee (Sue); Billy Gray (Poliakoff); George E. Stone (Toothpick); Dave Barry (Bienstock); Mike Mazurki (Spat's Henchman); Harry Wilson (Spat's Henchman); Beverly Wills (Delores); Barbara Drew (Nellie); Edward G. Robinson (Paradise). Awards:Best Costume Design b/w, Academy Awards; Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, Golden Globes(Jack Lemmon); Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy, Golden Globes(Marilyn Monroe); Best Motion Picture, Comedy, Golden Globes

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