Behind the Scenes of SOME LIKE IT HOT: Secrets, Scandals, and Marilyn's Mystique
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2023
- The American Film Institute called Some Like it Hot the greatest film comedy ever made. It's a tale of two musicians on the run from the mob, hiding out in an all-girl band ... and when it first hit theaters, audiences weren't ready. Coming at the tail end of the conservative 1950s, the movie made a mockery of uptight American attitudes about sex. But even more shocking than the movie's premise were the backstage feuds, secret affairs, and a blonde bombshell with a more sophisticated strategy than anyone expected. This is the story of Some Like it Hot -- the comedy that nearly everyone said could never be made, and that helped bring the most powerful men in Hollywood to their knees.
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This was one of the last movies I watched with my grandma as she was dying from Alzheimer’s. I will never forget the scene where Tony Curtis screams “MOVE!” as they booked it across the lobby running from the mob with their heels clacking. My grandma was HOWLING and cackling and that made it even funnier to me lol
What a lovely memory.
Absolutely wonderful! I had a wonderful friend of many years who passed away suddenly a couple of years ago. He and I were having a drink together one evening way back in the 80's in our local. gay bar, and this guy started hitting on him. At first it all seemed good, but as it progressed, it became obvious the guy was bullshitting him telling him how wealthy he was. My friend basically told him to get lost, and as he left the bar he shouted after him "and bring your yacht!" in THE most perfect impression of Jack Lemmon. I swear, this made me spray beer out of my nose! God bless you Lindsay, you are so missed by so many, and loved more than you can imagine XXXXX
The quick scene where Marilyn says, "Where's that bourbon" seems to be a stand-in. The shoulders are "off" and the hair looks like a wig...
Very sorry about your grandmother. She may not have been able to say it, but I'm sure she really appreciated you spending time with her :)
I also lost my grandmother to Alzheimer's. One of her last New Year's Eves, we sat up and listened to old music plus a few songs I had downloaded. She perked up and had such a good time. The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour (also was aired o n) is a contemporary show done old-style, often with country and bluegrass and folk music. So between holiday oldies and that show, my grandmother and I had a good time that night and, for a few hours, I could almost forget she had Alsheimer/s. She was wonderful when she had her full mind and body. It is an awful disease.lessing for anyone who has been through this with a loved one.
- Congratulations who's the lucky girl?
- I am.
Iconic.
Marilyn had horrible struggles.
The only person I’ve heard have a deeply intelligent take on her as her old roommate and lifelong friend was Shelley Winters. She understood her deep pain and could articulate her behavior and her fear, loneliness, and trying to live after a childhood of severe abuse.
Shelley Winters books are fantastic. Such a funny yet down to earth person.
Yeah, Shelly did do a good job, I almost forgot about that.
Abuse of children is absolute evil. It devastates and cripples in endless waves of pain and confusion. Very difficult to overcome and feel successful inside regardless of outward achievement. It just never leaves you.
Thank you for Your comment, @Bill-fs6jt, it ought to be given billions of thumbs up.
I feel like every time I hear about Marilyn I just wish I could give her a hug.
Fun fact: apparently, this movie was one of the most favorite foreign movies of Soviet audiences. They ran this movie in Soviet theaters for years and it was always consistently packed with ppl.
Called in Russian something like _Girls Only in Jazz._
cause it is funny..
Confirm. Boys were in love with Marilyn. Girls found her fat :) And we were innocent , never no-body even thought about homosexuals.
My Mother’s grandmother was married to a wealthy man. After he died, she used his fortune to building a spiritual paradise on Point Loma - with one of Blatavasky’s well known students, whose name I forget. The Point Loma spiritual campus was a College by the time I visited it.
Thank you for the info regarding Marilyn’s serious health issues!
I have watched and studied documentaries on old Hollywood most of my life. I have never heard anyone tell Marilyn's difficult story with such grace, respect, and care. I wept hearing it. I know she would be proud of your work.
Really? She's been done to death since she died.
I thought the episode of Quantum Leap where Sam leaps into Marilyn's assistant was pretty good. OK, I'm sorta kidding and not-kidding, obviously it was fictionalized, but, it was still a good episode, the actress playing Monroe did a good job, and the writing treated her life with respect.
I remember seeing this before......Matt does excellent work 🌈❤
I Luv Matts work he is a true historian who knows his stuff & works 2gether with great people !!
@@darrylthomas2664 I once mentioned that I throw Matt a buck or two on Patreon at a party. Someone said, "wait, I thought you were straight..." Shame we weren't discussing this episode. I could've responded, "...Nobody's perfect."
When Billy Wilder died, the headline in a major Paris paper was, "Billy Wilder Dies, Nobody's Perfect."
I lived in Coronado, CA when they filmed Some Like It Hot. My cousin and I were on the beach when they filmed the beach scenes. We ducked under the rope which held the crowd back and ended up standing with Billy Wilder and the cast. I asked Marilyn Monroe for her autograph and she pulled me onto her lap and signed my paper. She then pulled my cousin up on her lap and signed her paper. I kept standing there and she asked me if I wanted something else. I stated, "You have my pencil." She gave it back. When she left the beach, the whole crowd followed her to her bungalow. We raced after Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. We caught up to them outside of "The Victorian Room" bar and asked for their autographs. They told us to wait there. In a few minutes, a waiter came out and gave us their autographs and two cokes! Fun Memories!
Good story!
My mother had Endometriosis, and almost died in Uni from an Endometrial Tumor, the size of a volleyball, that was cutting the blood supply off to her brain. She went to a real POS doctor, who did the “YOU WOMEN, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PITY…” speech. My Gram (upon hearing my Mom crying on a pay phone), drove an hour in, walked into his office, and shredded him with her razor blade of a tongue, and got his medical license revoked - and this was back 1969.
My Mom lived, thankfully (sadly she passed during COVID lockdown due to nursing home neglect), but she always empathized with Marilyn. She talked about how her tumor got to be so big, she couldn’t feel her leg anymore. It’s a terribly frightening disease….Which just makes me even angrier with Andrew Dominick and his depiction of Marilyn.
Thank you for trying to always give a measure of compassion, to those you talk about. It feels like it shouldn’t be so rare, but with Marilyn, it really is. Such a bright woman, savvy, sweet, clever, and yes, very beautiful, young lady. She was also such a tremendous ally to the queer community too though, something it seems people forget too often. Such a fantastic movie to leave as a legacy though, not just for Marilyn, but Curtis, Lemon, Wilder, etc.
Oh gosh, so sorry to hear about your mother's experience, but glad that doctor was dealt with. And yes, Marilyn really was a gem -- and so underestimated in her time.
That the hell... nursing home neglect??? My worst nightmare actually, why put her there? I mean, no offense, everyone has struggles in life but damn... My plan Z for life does not involve senior home.
Not everyone has the ability to stay in their own or their child's home, as they may need more care than can be given there, and also depending on lots of other factors. I assume they made the best decision for their situation. The plan doesn't necessarily go along with the vision we have for the end of life, just like it may not when we're born. ❤
@@julijakeitdon't be so cocky. Life throws curveballs, no matter how prepared you think you are. No guarantees in life. Gain some humility.
God bless your grandmother. I love hearing stories like that. I always try and help seniors when I see they need help or always ask if they need help. We are all going to be old one day, and I never had any children. So I hope my elderly years are kind to me if I live to be that old.
Yes, I love this movie, it's truly one of the best comedies of the 50's. It's a shame that Jack Lemmon didn't win an Oscar for his turn as Daphne.
Too true
Trinaq - I've seen you come up in both Cinema Therapy and here in the comments.
Just wanna say, it's great seeing another Baume and Crying Internet Dads fan.
Truly, one of good taste in analysis channels.
Yes he should have gotten an Oscar. He was fantastic.
❌🏆comedy does not win Oscars … especially back then … 🦜too bad.
I agree that SOME LIKE IT HOT was a triumphant movie at the time it came out.
It was also very funny & entertaining with brilliant actors.
I have personally loved this movie from the very first time l saw it 50 plus years ago.
Thanks for making this, it's been one of my favourite films since I first saw it. The last line 'Well, nobody's perfect!" It's one of the greatest endings in cinema history.
It felt like my eyes were going to pop out of my head, even as a little kid, when they managed to get away with that in a major 1950s Hollywood film. Today, I can't think of anything else that came even close to that during the Hays Code era.
YES!
I first watched it dubbed in my language and they used a different line, which would be translated back as "well, everybody has their flaws". Hits a little different and in my opinion even better.
I was so surprised when I saw the movie the first time that they would dare to put such a line in a movie from the 50s.
That line and Jack lemons 9portrayal
The last line of this movie was the first time in my young life that I understood happily ever after didn't mean boy and girl only.
Marilyn's dresses in this movie left me awestruck and still do. Not only are they stunning but they're absolute marvels of "how the hell is that staying on??" and "is there anything covering her boobs besides sheer??" I love this movie!
They (and she) really is spectacular in this movie! It's hard to fathom how this could have passed the Hayes Code when the (planned) dress from the "Diamonds are a grirls best friend" number in "How to marry a millionare" didn't...
She was pregnant at the start of filming, hence being more 'blessed' than usual. There are b/w shots of her throwing up on the dockside before scenes, due to morning sickness & stage fright. Her legendary lateness on set was due to terrible stage fright.
Hearing about Marylin's story in wanting to be a mother made me cry a little, it's so sad how bittersweet her life story was.
Mostly bitter - which makes it worse. I sometimes wonder what her life, and Judy Garland's, would have been had they been treated like human beings. If they'd received the mental health support and care they needed, without alcohol or pills. If men wouldn't have taken advantage of them.
I agree. They were both very talented people and we could have gotten so much more great art from them if forces outside of their control hadn't exploited them since they were kids. Sadly we live in a twisted world and the dark truth is that if they HADN'T died young they probably wouldn't be as legendary. Still I wish they had had that fate and not what happened to them.
Perhaps she should not had abortions if that was true ?
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Perhaps you should have been?
Nice comment .@@MR-intel
I've always adored this film, it was so unusually progressive for it's time and Osgood was my first bisexual representation, even if that wasn't their intention.
I really hope Daphne stayed with Osgood, they made a very cute couple.
@@teijaflink2226 I hope so too, it's nice to imagine!
I saw the current show on Broadway and it is obvious that the writers thought so too.
@@jacquelinecallejas1390 I will definitely watch the stage show, cause I think the music is also from the guys who worked on SMASH, which is a musical show I love and coincidentally about the life of Marylin Monroe, who starred in the film.
it wasn't even close to their intention.
The last line alone earns its spot as one of the funniest movies ever.
People may not be perfect, but that ending is!
That line is on many lists for "The Best Ending Line in Movies". Including all genres of movies compared.
Why is it so funny?
Seems negative slam against men.
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@007nadineL nice try, but no. In the context of the quote, Joe E. Brown's character is heterosexual, so his ideal is a woman. Nevertheless, he fell in love, and is willing to accept Jack Lemmon just as he is - so really it's more affirmational than denigrating anyone.
It is always hilarious (and frightening) how much these Leagues of Decency types seem to 'know' about the 'darker recesses of the human imagination'. You have to wonder what their private lifes were really like.
Yeah, whenever I encounter people who are loudly morally judging everyone else I stop and think OK, what are they compensating for ?
I always kind of get a they never had consensual sex, vibe. So they assume all sex is predator-prey. Where one person has been at the very least nagged into having sex they don't want.
They’re the ones who assume the right to tell the rest of us how to live. Fabulous.
So true! Look no further than that era’s longtime FBI director J. Edgar (Edna) Hoover…talk about skeletons in the closet! 😏
He was in the back of my mind!
I'm transgender and I love this movie. I live in San Diego and drive for Uber. I do a lot of rides from San Diego International Airport to the Hotel del Coronado (the hotel that was a part of the movie) and am always asked about the movie. Everyone always has a smile on their face. It has stood the test of time.
Aw, I love that! So wonderful that the hotel's still standing. Just one of many icons connected to that film!
It opened in 1888 and it's still a magnificent place to experience. L Frank Baum wrote a couple of Oz books there. He designed the chandeliers in the Crown Ballroom. It's pretty all the time but even more stunning at Christmas.@@MattBaume
Hoping the best for you.
God understands and simply is pulling us to know Him.
Not religion.
Not rules.
Just knowing Jesus and the presence of unconditional for any one. Especially me.
And His presence is beyond language..
It's the devil that hurts lies and teaes people down.
Thank you for reading.
Some Like It Hot is SOOOOOOOO good. The ending joke of "No ones perfect" to Osgod learning "Daphne" is a man is so perfect. Increased by Jerrys reactions to it seeming to be a mixture of confusion but also like, questioning himself and trying to find what about not being a woman denied the clearly great relationship he had with this man.
Your spotlighting on where Marilyn was in her life at this time of production, and then how she spiritually pushed the first domino to bring more creative freedom to the silver screen low key made me cry. I've always loved this movie, but having more context to where it sits in movie canon now in parallel to her story, and independent film-making as a whole is I just can't even. Thanks as always for the great essay
Couldn’t agree more. This is a masterclass of storytelling in and of itself.
Intertwining those threads, which I knew individually but showing the larger, richer picture they form when put together… it’s done really well.
I had no idea Marilyn had endometriosis. I struggled with it too and had surgery to treat it, though I didn't suffer with the symptoms as badly as some. But I relate really hard to needing painkillers all the time (thank god I've never abused them)-- if I didn't bring some with me to class in high school my whole body would ache and I'd have to be sent home for the day.
Even 10 years ago it wasn't that talked about, so I'm lucky my mom who had it too recognized how I felt. I really congratulate Marilyn for pulling through as long as she did.
This is just another reason that I believe she did NOT kill herself, that it was just an accidental overdose. Poor, precious dear thing....
It definitely could have been an accident, sounds like she really suffered and was in lots of pain.
There's no way she took pills without anything to drink. It's just not physically possible!
Yeah it really gets to me how ppl that have no idea just say Marilyn had abortions but in reality she couldn't have kids from endo. She tried.
I believe it was an accidental OD. But that's not interesting enough to sell books, interviews, documentaries etc.
I met Jack Lemmon when I worked at the Dorchester Hotel in the UK, he was so polite and I was thrilled to meet him because this is my favourite film...😊☕
I'm sure someone else mentions it in the comments, but the inscription on Billy Wilder's tombstone is, "I'm a Writer, But Then Nobody's Perfect." RIP Billy, your movies captivated me.
Billy Wilder was a genius. I heard a story where MM went into the ladies' room at some restaurant & she ran into Rita Hayworth, who was crying about some man. Monroe tells her, "Honey, if I looked like you, I wouldn't be crying." These 2 absolute amazing women both suffered childhood traumas, made it to the pinnacle & still were both internally broken. The thing about MM she was really funny & far from stupid. When Shelly Winters asked her if she could date anyone who would it be, Monroe replied....Einstein. Shelly said she had to stifle her laughter because Monroe was dead serious. I laughed all over again watching some of the scenes & I agree the maraca scene is hysterical.
I was lucky to interview Curtis near the end of his life at a TCM Festival. Of course, I had to ask him how he pulled of being such a gorgeous woman. He said he asked for help from his gay friends!
Thanks for covering this fantastic, tradition breaking masterpiece!
He wasn't a gorgeous woman
Jfc
@@007nadineL I thought he was. 🤷♀️
@@007nadineL His lips and make-up as well as his walk were fantastic.
me too. Especially in that curt with the high white fur collar.@@etherealtb6021
He wasn't gorgeous, per say but he acted so feminine. That was what made him so pretty.
This movie is a miracle. It has an incredibly breezy, libertine, “what the hell”quality, a tone unmatched in cinema history. It’s farcical, yet at the same time it staunchly defends the pursuit of happiness at all cost. Best of all, there is an underlying sympathy for whatever is going on psychologically with “Daphne”. The complexity of Jack Lemmon’s portrayal is great and mind boggling.
I grew up watching movies like Some Like It Hot and To Wong Foo. It’s no wonder that I love queer culture in my adulthood. Whenever I watch Some Like It Hot I always think “how did they get away with making this movie in the 50’s?”. Now I know. Thanks!
To Wong foo and kinky boots
Plus white chicks😅, mrs doubtfire 🥹, tootsie😁
@@456loveluck Yes! All fabulous films!
@@456loveluckThe “Bird cage” too!
As someone who grew up near Sheboygan Wisconsin, the Sheboygan conservatory of music makes me laugh so hard. It's a small industry city. Most people work at Kohler making bathtubs and toilet, or at Johnsonville making sausage or Sargento's making cheese.
Lolzzz
There's a Cheboygan MI, too. I used to go camping there as a kid.
I was born and raised in Wisconsin, and always enjoyed the reference to the Sheboygan Conservatory!
I'm from Muskego. That reference gets me every time.
I'm literally crying, thank you so much for talking about Marilyn's endometriosis. It's such an overlooked aspect of her life, but it impacted her in so many ways. We still don't have a cure for it, and it's so painful some days I have to lay in bed all day.
My year six teacher showed us this film once and I think half of the class decided they needed to get it on DVD. For probably a week at least "Well, nobody's perfect" was the ultimate punchline for a bunch of 10/11 year olds. And of course, the older you get the more of the jokes you get.
This is such a good movie. I had no idea of all the difficulties the production faced. For me, the unexpected lovestory between Daphne and Osgood was perfection. I should watch this film for a change, it's been a while.
Osgoods expression at the end always gives me the impression that he has known all along.
@@ultravioletpisces3666 Yeah, he probably knew and didn't care. 😄
Every picture of Marilyn Monroe has a luminous aura.
Joe's first appearance as Osgood shows his trademark big grin when he sees Jack as Daphne...Also Jack gives him threatening looks and impatient as he just wants to get away from the old man.😊😊
I’ve watched this movie about 50 times when I was a kid, about 7 when I first saw it, and I always loved it! Now I’m a 46 year old (straight) married lady and I still love it! I always thought men dressed as women were fascinating and funny, and some men look amazing as women! I don’t know why some people have a problem with drag. They need to open their minds! I personally love it. Thanks for the great synopsis of this movie! ❤😊
I still cannot believe this was the family movie of choice for my home back in the 90s in freshly post-communist, religious Poland. :,) From my grandparents, to us little kids, it always scored laughs.
Probably the first depiction of drag and hint of homosexuality I have seen in my life.
33 now, sharing the exact same mentality. People are too scared of and upset about things that aren't threatening to their way of being, wasting all of the energy, stressing.
Be well. :)
How about the other way aroud - women dressing up as men ? How about one of them being your boss or your nanny?
@@ms-jl6dl They are beautiful and it's cool they dress in clothing that makes them comfortable/happy/confident.
it wasn't about drag.
I watched the movie with my dad. He rented it in the 80’s. I’m 45 years old now. When I saw the movie, I laughed so much. It was a fun hilarious story. At that age I never had any questions about them dressing as women. It was just a comedy to me. It’s amazing how angry people were back then just because they played a funny role as women in that time period.
My cousin-in-law GRACE LEE WHITNEY was in this movie. She played one of the girl's playing the trumpet. She told us that none of the girls were allowed to have a brighter blond hair or wig. Because they couldn't upstage Marylin Monroe. After all, she WAS the star.
But, my cousin played in the original Star Trek , and she played YEOMAN JANICE RAND (the lady with the beehive hairdo).
She also was in one of my favorite movies was IRMA LA DUECE.
She will be missed.
Jack's "bad impression of my mother" is the exact thought I had when I first started doing drag 😂💖 We're all just our mothers in the end lol
Tony Curtis was SERVING! Marilyn Monroe was GORGEOUS as usual! This makes me want to watch this classic again!
"I'm Daphney" and then Tony's double take at 26:05 is hilarious!
Love this film since I was even too young to understand it. JL is a comedy legend. 🧡
Matt Baume you have this incredible gift for uplifting the LGBTQIA community. You have an incredible knack for displaying the complex yet authentic humanity of people. Thanks for this video. I'm so grateful that you exist.
That's a really great way to explain what he does. I love historical anecdotes, especially when they pertain to groups whose stories are still looking to be researched and told. Mix in old Hollywood and sign me up every time!
😂❤
Nikita Khrushchev visited the US in 1959. He was asked what he wanted to see and where he wanted to go. One of his wishes was going to Hollywood and that Marilyn would be there. She was there. When he saw her, he apparently said: "We don't have women like that in Russia...." (I think it made her laugh when she heard that one....)
The League of Decency sounds like a name for a modern day hate group that markets itself as a group that protects “family values”.
Thank you Matt, for doing these videos. These stories need to be told in an honest way.
you know perhaps a little decency wouldn't be a bad thing in today's world.
@@janetannerevans2320way to completely miss the point of this video.
@@janetannerevans2320
Are you a book banner?
@@janetannerevans2320 Schools in red states are banning "Catcher in the Rye", by J D Salinger. That's what decency means in evangelical hell.
And we don't want to protect family values do we.
One of the greatest comedies ever made by one of the greatest directors ever, Billy Wilder. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis were both deserving of Oscars for this fantastic film!
Matt, we absolutely LOVE your work! Thank you so much 😊.
Aw thank you so much, that really means a lot! :)
@@MattBaume Quick question why does Tony Curtis whom's female voice was dubbed sound so much like Bae Arthur LOL!?🤔🧓🤷🙆♂
Hmmmm....as much as I admire the acting of Tony CurtisI, I wouldn't believe anything he said or wrote about Marilyn His stories just got taller and taller over the years.
I very much love his work, but I'm just gonna say it: Tony Curtis was WEIRD.
I agree. Tony never said that him and Marilyn were having an affair during Some Like It Hot until he was looking to sell his books later in life, long after Arthur Miller had died and I believe Jack lemmon was gone too and Billy Wilder. So he likely felt safe to embellish as much as he wanted. When Marilyn died, Tony didn't make any public statement like you would think he would have if they had been close. Jack lemmon did and said kind things about Marilyn. Tony said only negative things about MM in the 1970's into the 80's then when it was clear that her star was not dimming he changed his tune.
@@verdatumRight and its also worth mentioning he was quite a bad father, which doesn’t have much relation to this but i feel like its very telling how you treat your kids when it comes to judging character.
@ 20:03.
Tony Curtis: I learned that from Mae West.
Me: And Mae West learned it from DRAG QUEENS!! Yaaas!
Hearing about Marilyn's push for independence, I totally get the people who think she was murdered.
She was by the Kennedys! Do some research!
No one "thinks" she was murdered. Everyone KNOWS she was.
Like Prince and George Michael
And Princess Di!🇬🇧♥️♥️♥️🐊🐊🐊
I knew Marilyn had her demons but I didn’t know what she was going through. Going to the park to experience fleeting moments of motherhood is just…
This is one of the greatest films of all time! And the last line is my absolute favorite. Also, Osgood looks like my darling beloved deceased grandfather. This movie couldn't possibly be better! ❤
Marilyn Monroe is one of my heroes. She deserved so much better, so much more. I adore her & this film. I really have fun with this channel because I get to learn lots of new stuff about the actors & filmakers I already like.
If I had seen that this documentary lasted nearly an hour and already knowing the film in question and feeling generally "been there, done that" about it, I might have put off watching this. However, this documentary and the brisk and interesting commentary of Mr. Baume have me exceedingly and very pleasantly surprised. Very well done!! I'm going to see what else he's done.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
I remember watching this with my Mum who insisted I see it as a little boy! I also watched it with my grandparents and have had the privilege to introduce to many of my friends who never had an idea it existed! XXX
Thanks so much for this take on "Some Like It Hot"! I had no idea how much was going on behind the scenes while this film was being made.
Thank you for being so respectful of Marilyn. In general this is an excellently researched and told story.
I am neither queer nor have much of an interest in classic cinema, but I seem to watch every one of Matt Baume's Docu-Videos.
You have the most natural script read of all the channel personalities I follow. Brilliant! 🤩
Fwiw, my #2 is Robert from In Deep Geek.
I always got an extra kick out of them saying they studied at the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music. I’m from Sheboygan and we have never had a conservatory of music. Funny that we also get mentioned in Home Alone as John Candy’s destination and polka capital of the world (also not factual 😂)
That's why those jokes are funny - because they don't exist!
Love that at least three people from Sheboygan (or Sheboygan-ish) follow and comment on Matt's great stuff (Sheboygan North 85')
Another brilliant touch by Wilder: he made the crime they witnessed the famous St. Valentine's Day Massacre and that set the story in the 1920s with the costumes being wonderful.
I love how you report on the climate and circumstances around these iconic entertainment milestones and figures we all know but only know a certain narrative about. Good journalism and humanity shows through. I adore this movie, it was ahead of it's time but that was the point. Icons and activists all of them. Thanks for another one! 💗✨
bell book and candle is one of my favorite films. I didn't know it was such a flop when it came out; it's so good!
Same! I was really surprised to hear that.
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE is such a favorite, I usually name my calico cat at the time Pyewacket (and then get to explain where I got the name). I periodically rewatch the movie, and enjoy it all over again. At one point, I was able to read a copy of the original play. I loved Jimmy Stewart in the movie.
I didn’t know Bell, Book, and Candle was a commercially flop, it’s one of my all-time favorite movies! Jack Lemmon is one of my favorite actors, and I especially love his 1950-60s era, especially The Apartment, How to Murder Your Wife, and The Odd Couple.
I liked the reference to the Pokata-Pokata Machine in "How To Murder Your Wife". I need to re-watch that movie!
Damn, that blue Tony Award dress is killer. No doubt the thing is effectively priceless.
Awhile back I was listening to a segment on NPR that was talking about a history of the early underground lesbian bars in Washington DC, as well as some of the more prominent musical groups that would perform there. Apparently they were super counter-culture and not at all hesitant to throw-down with the police. And it sorta blew my mind that there was this whole detailed history of a struggling culture that I not only hadn't heard of, but barely even considered the possibility of such a conflict. And once the topic was introduced, it was immediately obvious that of course it would exist, and absolutely it would have the sort of struggles that it did have.
Lord don't say that EVER! where KIM Kartrashian can hear you, she'll want to "borrow" it and ruin it as well...such a parasite that woman is
I love your content and your book! So excited to watch this!
Yay thank you so much! :D Glad you're enjoying my stuff!
Best last line ever: Nobody’s perfect.
This has to be one of the most informative and entertaining videos that I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
Wow. Matt, this is an extraordinary piece of work. I have been a Marilyn fan since high school (I'm in my 50's now) and I adored this movie back then. I feel like you made this for my 17 year old self. Thank you.
I have loved her since I've been 8 years old and had started my memorabilia. I am now 70. I still collect her.
It's one of the most delightful films I've ever seen, and I enjoy watching it over and over again. Everyone gave a wonderful
performance and Billy Wilder was a genius. It's a pleasure to hear the background story as well as Tony Curtis' and Jack Lemmon's comments. Thank you for this entertaining and educational video and your respectful, warmhearted portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.
I wish she could have had the baby she wanted so much. She didn't get the love she deserved in her private life, but the public then
and now has made up for that lack. Men and women realize what deep pain she went through and love her still.
I truly believe that, had Marilyn Monroe been able to have children, she might very well still be alive or lived a lot longer than she did.
I remember the first time I watched this movie. I was a young kid in elementary school and it was a Saturday night aka time for PBS’s (or technical OETA’s) movie club movie of the week. My parents and I usually watched the movie club movies so this was no exception and from the moment the film started I was enthralled. My dad was a pretty conservative old guy and my mom has always been a pretty liberal lady so looking back it still kinda astounds me how much they both loved this movie. It was my first introduction to anything drag related and I remember how normal it seemed and was treated especially by my parents who used to stop movies to talk about anything weird in them with me to make sure I knew what was good or not good. To this day it’s still one of my favorite movies that I watch a couple times a year. And Osgood’s last line of “well, nobody’s perfect” is still one of the best lines in cinema history!
Some like it hot
Brilliant brilliant brilliant!!!!!
Thank you so much!!!!!
Matt, you're a great film history host. I enjoyed this retrospective of this very groundbreaking and fun film, even a bit more than I did watching the movie itself. You were so sweet to tell all that Marilyn was going through that caused her to be erratic. She was so incandescently talented and beautiful, that I've always thought it a shame this movie wasn't shot in glorious technicolor. Her hair, skin and makeup was made for the saturated color films of that time, and the camera loved her. But of course that would have made it even more prohibitively expensive. Also the black & white film did fit the Era it was set in. I enjoyed seeing the actors talk about doing the film. Which was quite a risk at that time. I learn so much from your entertaining and informative videos. Thank you.
I read somewhere that they shot it in black and white because in colour the makeup on Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon looked too clownish.
This was fantastic! I first watched Some Like it Hot on TV as a child in the early 80s. I remember laughing at Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon and thoroughly enjoying this gem of a movie. Fascinating to find out the back story and juicy gossip : )
I'm Canadian and grew up watching a lot of British TV and movies in the 1950s and 60s. Dressing in drag is a mainstay of British humour. At Shakespeare's time only men could be actors so men dressed as women. In traditional Panto there has to always be The Dame played by a man. To Americans, Benny Hill and Monty Python may give an idea of how accepted it was for dressing in drag.
I have always loved this movie. And I am so glad it was made at that time. It is truly iconic. 🎉🤣💜
The comments show how lovingly detailed and knowledgeable you are about this film. It was one of my Mom's favorites, and i love it just as much. Thank you for showing the good, bad and sometimes ugly truth behind the scenes of this gem ❣️
"Men in dresses didn't get guesses," I am dying! Best paraphrase of HRH, Dorothy Parker, I have EVER heard!
Tony Curtis embellished so much of his life one should take his accounts as less than reliable.
This is one of my very favourite films, I'm so thrilled you've covered it. You did an amazing job and another amazing job detailing the complexities of Marilyn. Thanks so much for that.
I have just joyful memories of watching this film, it definitely opened my eyes to how the world could be much less binary thanks to Daphne and Osgood.
The movie has nothing more offensive than several of Shakespeare's comedies which have cross dressing men like The Taming Of The Shrew, and even more of them have women dressed as men. I wonder what the censors would have said about movies based on those plays?
Others in the cast are great, but Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe are just about perfect in this film.
"Isn't he a bit of terrific?" I have loved this movie since it first hit the "nabes" in 1959, and yet learned so much more about it from your video. Thanks, Mr. Baume!
I love how you put Some Like It Hot in historical context at the end of your video. Its cultural impact.
*Matt Baume* Will you ever do a video on the queerness or just all around LGBT feel of 'Psycho' and its star Norman Bates aka Anthony Perkins?
Huh?
This was pure confection, not just the subject matter, which is classic, but the commentary. Well-researched and delivered with an unbiased, enthusiastic charm.
Absolutely one of the best films of all time.
Great content delivered by a skilled story teller. Well-done, Matt.
Everything about this video essay is perfection.
Matt- You've outdone yourself with this one. I enjoy ALL of your behind-the-scenes presentations, but this one has a little extra sparkle. Since I grew up around the time most of the films you comment on initially played, I feel wonderfully connected to a richly informed history. Thank you.
Some Like it Hot is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I saw it on TV in the 60s and when my parents took me to Hotel Del Coronado a year or 2 later, I was thrilled to recognize the venue!
Another interesting bit of Trivia: Althogh the female voice of Daphne was done by Jack Lemmon, the female voice of Josephine (Tony Curtis) was dubbed in by Paul Frees. Curtis sounded too masculine. Frees was Movie Narrator (for example, Roger Coman's St. Valentines Day Massacre), Cartoon Voice Actor (example, Boris Badanov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show) and Theme Park Attraction Voice (such the Ghost Host of Disney's Haunted Mansion).
Billy Wilder is by far my favorite director. Jack Lemmon is my favorite actor. What a great film!
Thank you for this. I saw Some like it hot as a child and never forgot it. It's literally one of my favorite movies. You are so good at what you do. Wishing you many more followers and success. 👍❤
Marilyn did acknowledge Tony's "kissing Hitler" comment. It's one of the rare audio clips we have of her talking about it. She essentially says it's his problem.
Yes ,I thought that she knew what he had said .then he continually stepped away from the comment after Marilyn's death .
Would think it was sarcasm, if a reporter asked "what was it like to kiss M. M.!"
@@ellentuton7642 I think Tony tried to make the comment come across as sarcasm after. But Marilyn didn't see it that way.
This film was just amazing and had me rolling, it is just sad how tragic her life was.
Your mention of Victim makes me wish you made a video on it someday. There's so many fascinating stories behind it, from the real life legal report that inspired the film and helped lead to the decriminalization of homosexuality in Britain to a director dedicated to making films on important social issues and a lead actor playing a man in the closet while himself being in the closet.
An amazing movie that so many have never heard of.
I'd love to see a video about that or indeed a more general reaction to the pioneering British films you mentioned in general e.g. Leather Boys and A Taste of Honey.
This is an amazing video. The ending scenes is one of my favourite in cinematic history. Not to mention the history of Marilyn
What a terrific behind-the-scenes production! I enjoyed every minute of this!❤
This is one of the most hilarious movies I've ever seen. This film alongside Mean Girls, Return of the Living Dead and Hot Fuzz
If a perfect movie exists, it's this one
This is my favorite movie of all time. The first time I saw it I was in high school on the TCM channel. It just made me laugh 😂to this day it just makes me happy. I even bought it on DVD and I own a digital copy, I watch it at least once a year I love it that much.
"Appearing in drag would have been a colossal risk to his [Anthony Perkins'] career."
Well, when he/the industry took that risk, it paid off big time.
For someone who spoke English as a second language, Billy Wilder was wonderful with funny dialog.
It's true -- his sense of humor really did transcend language, and then he was SO GOOD at finding exactly the right words.
Thank you thank you, thank you! This deep dive into my very favorite movie was fascinating! I love everything Billy Wilder but this was his best. I appreciate all the fascinating essays on this channel!
It wasn't obvious to me that Marilyn was having any problems! I've always loved this movie and the struggles of the two in drag. It's really funny when he said he was engaged, because he's a straight man so he lost his mind! Marilyn couldn't have been sexier and more complex, she was brilliant 🌬️❤️🔥🌬️❤️🔥