Some Like it Hot Companion

Some Like it Hot Companion by Laurence Maslon


ISBN
9781862058644
Published
Released
02 / 11 / 2009
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
192
Dimensions
238 x 305 x 22mm

Voted the Number One movie on the American Film Institute's List of 100 Funniest Movies, Some Like It Hot remains an undisguised movie classic, 50 years after its debut. Billy Wilder's hilarious film skillfully blends several American preoccupations - jazz, gangsters, drag, and Marilyn Monroe - into one scintillating bootleg cocktail.

The Some Like It Hot Companion details the complete history of the comedy, from its roots as a 1951 German codey to its Hollywood conception, where the superb Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe transposed the material to the Roaring Twenties. MGM is a participant in this book and has opened its vaults for full access. Included in the book are drafts from the original screenplay, the full production log for the actual shoot, a sheet noting all of Marilyn's absences, latenesses, and illnesses, the "Style Booklet" prepared by MGM Consumer Products for all images and products associated with the movie, casting trivia (the boys were almost Frank Sinatra and Danny Kaye), on-set production gossip, location shots from the Hotel Coronado in San Diego (doubling for Miami), lyrics from the songs in the film, the Broadway and West End musical versions (one of which starred Tony Curtis), and loads and loads of photographs, many of which have just been unearthed and never-before-published.

As the movie concludes, 'Nobody's perfect!' but this companion to the beloved film will be the perfect addition to the library of anyone who loves comedy, jazz, American film - or Marilyn Monroe.
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