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Past Event Marilyn Monroe: A Look at the Legend – Some Like it Hot (1959)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

Some Like it Hot (1959) Image courtesy Photofest

Some Like It Hot (1959) 120 min. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, George Raft, Pat O’Brien, Joe E. Brown

This legendary romantic, slapstick comedy directed by Billy Wilder tells the tale of two musicians (Curtis and Lemmon) who witness the St. Valentine’s Day massacre and in order to elude the mob join an all-girl band heading for Miami. To blend in, the men are forced to dress up as women. Monroe gives a memorable performance as Sugar Kane and sings the classic “I Wanna Be Loved By You.”

Pittsburgh author and journalist Barry Paris will introduce the film.

Complete Series Schedule:

November 12, 2010

Don’t Bother to Knock(1952) 76 min. Directed by Roy Ward Baker

Niagara (1953) 92 min. Directed by Henry Hathaway

 

November 19, 2010

River of No Return(1954) 91 min. Directed by Otto Preminger

 

December 3, 2010

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1953) 91 min. Directed by Howard Hawks

How to Marry a Millionaire(1953) 95 min. Directed by Dir. Jean Negulesco

 

December 10, 2010

Some Like It Hot(1959) 120 min. Directed by Billy Wilder
Pittsburgh author and journalist Barry Paris will introduce the film.

 

December 17, 2010

The Misfits(1961) 124 min. Directed by John Huston

Additional Information

Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend

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