Some Like It Hot - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "Some Like It Hot"
Some Like It Hot (1959)
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2:3 (123 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- Since Billy Wilder believed that it was impossible to film a movie based on a finished script, he continued working on the script with I.A.L. Diamond during filming. They most often did this on weekends, right on the set. They were only able to finish working on the script four days before the end of filming.
- The film was shot based on the German film “Fanfare of Love” (1951), which, in turn, was a remake of the French film of the same name from 1935. However, the German film did not feature any gangsters.
- The famous phrase “Everyone has their flaws” was born completely by chance. It was uttered by I.A.L. Diamond in a conversation with Billy Wilder when they were discussing the film’s ending.
- Initially, the film was planned to be shot in color, but after several screen tests, this idea was abandoned due to the obvious green tint around the heavy makeup of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the roles of Josephine and Daphne.
- The film ranks 32nd in attendance among foreign films in Soviet cinema distribution.
- During its re-release in Soviet cinemas in 1985, the film was seen by 28.9 million people.
- The total audience for the two releases in the USSR amounted to 77.9 million viewers.
- The film was shortened by 17 minutes for Soviet cinema distribution.
- In the original version, when the hero pretends to be a millionaire, Tony Curtis imitates the voice of Cary Grant. Thus, this is arguably the longest parody of one star by another in the history of Hollywood cinema.
- Mitzie Gaynor, Audrey Hepburn, and Elizabeth Taylor were considered for the role of Josephine.
- Marilyn Monroe was flawless on screen, but not during filming. Because of her, Tony Curtis had to bite into a chicken leg for 42 takes, as the star couldn’t properly play the scene. Due to this, the actors stood in high heels for 47 takes, sweating under silk stockings and prosthetic breasts.
- After first trying on women’s costumes and makeup, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon decided to test how convincingly they could portray women. They wandered around the studio, went into women’s restrooms, adjusted their makeup, and when people stopped paying attention to them, it became clear that believable female images had been created.
- Originally, the falsetto voices of Josephine and Daphne were performed by other actors, Paul Frees and Anthony Perkins. But in the Russian dub, the same actors voiced both the male and female versions of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. These were Felix Yavorsky (Joe/Josephine) and Boris Ivanov (Jerry/Daphne).
- The image of Josephine, as portrayed by Tony Curtis, was based on several personalities – his own mother, Grace Kelly, and Eve Arden.
- When asked if Billy Wilder was willing to make another film with Marilyn Monroe, the director replied: "My doctor and my psychiatrist... say I’m too old and too rich to go through that again."
- On the last door in the office building, which Jerry and Joe open in their job search, is a sign reading "Jules Stein, President." This is the name of a real person, the founder of Music Corporation of America (also indicated on the sign). The film's director, Billy Wilder, and Stein often played cards together.
- The working title of the film was "Not Today, Josephine."
- The character of mobster Columbo bears a resemblance to the famous Chicago gangster Al Capone. In 1929, Capone orchestrated the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in warehouses on Clark Street, in which members of another gang were gunned down. An identical crime is shown in the film, and Clark Street is also mentioned.
- During filming, Marilyn Monroe was pregnant and appeared noticeably larger than usual. Because of this, for promotional materials for the film, her stand-ins Evelyn Moriarty and actress Sandra Warner (who played the role of Emily and was not credited) were filmed in place of Marilyn, and Monroe’s head was later composited onto their images in photographs.
- For the roles of Jerry/Daphne, director Billy Wilder initially wanted to cast Frank Sinatra.
- Speaking about his relationship with Monroe, film director Billy Wilder said: "It was as if we were flying on a plane, and mid-flight we discovered there was a madman on board." Wilder repeatedly criticized the actress for her behavior. And upon completion of filming, she was not invited to the farewell party.
- According to Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe was regularly 2-3 hours late to the set, and sometimes refused to leave her dressing room altogether.
- The film's release in the state of Kansas was limited due to the fact that men dressing as women was considered "too outrageous for the state's residents."
- In the "farewell" scene between the characters played by Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis, it is noticeable how the actress's eyes dart from right to left, because she is reading her lines from a specially prepared cue card.
- One of the few American films to receive a "condemnatory" rating from the Legion of Decency of the Roman Catholic Church.
- A cabaret dancer named Babette tried to teach Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon to walk in high heels. After a week of training, Lemmon refused his services, stating that he wanted to walk not like a woman, but like a man imitating a woman.
- In the scene where Daphne dances the tango with Fielding and he says “you’re leading again,” Fielding is actually leading, and Daphne is in the lady's position (the partner's left hand holds the partner's right hand, his right hand is on her waist, and her left hand is on his shoulder). This is also noticeable in the couples dancing in the background in the correct position. So, after Fielding's remark, they switch into the "incorrect" position.
- When asked if Billy Wilder was willing to make another film with Marilyn Monroe, the director replied: "My doctor and my psychiatrist... say I'm too old and too rich to go through that again."
- On the last door in the office building that Jerry and Joe open in their job search, there is a sign that reads "Jules Stein, President." This is the name of a real person, the founder of Music Corporation of America (also indicated on the sign). Film director Billy Wilder and Stein often played cards together.
- The working title of the film was "Not Today, Josephine".
- Speaking about his relationship with Monroe, the film's director Billy Wilder said: "It was as if we were flying on a plane, and in the middle of the flight it turned out there was a madman on board." Wilder repeatedly criticized the actress for her behavior. And upon completion of filming, she was not invited to the farewell party.
- The film's release in the state of Kansas was limited because men dressing as women was considered "too scandalous for the state's residents."
- In the scene of the "farewell" conversation between Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis, it is noticeable how the actress's eyes dart from right to left because she is reading her lines from a specially prepared cue card.
- One of the few American films to receive a "condemned" rating from the Roman Catholic Legion of Decency.
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