117 Some Like It Hot (1959)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
117 Some Like It Hot (1959)
- 'Marilyn Monroe' (qv) wanted the film to be shot in color (her contract
stipulated that all her films were to be in color), but director
'Billy Wilder' (qv) convinced her to let it be shot in black and white when
costume tests revealed that the makeup that 'Tony Curtis' (qv) and
'Jack Lemmon' (qv) wore gave their faces a green tinge.
- Monroe required 47 takes to get ``It's me, Sugar'' correct, instead saying
either ``Sugar, it's me'' or ``It's Sugar, me''. After take 30, director
Wilder had the line written on a blackboard. Another scene required
Monroe to rummage through some drawers and say ``Where's the bourbon?''
After 40 takes of Monroe saying ``Where's the whiskey?'', `Where's the
bottle'', or ``Where's the bonbon?'', Wilder pasted the correct line in
one of the drawers. After Monroe became confused about which drawer
contained the line, Wilder had it pased in every drawer. 59 takes were
required for this scene.
- After many takes of a kissing scene, Curtis complained that kissing
Monroe was ``like kissing Hitler.''
- Wilder described making this movie as ``I knew we were in midfight, and
there was a nut on the plane.''
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