The Making of Some Like It Hot
My Memories of Marilyn Monroe and the Classic American Movie

Perhaps the best book about movies that I've ever read... Seriously: if you want to know everything about "Some like it hot", from the casting, writing and technical details (like the lightening of a specific scene or the costume design) to backstage gossip and the famous 81 takes of 'Where's that bo......more

I liked the film, but I mostly bought this book to read what he had to say about Marilyn (since I'd previously written a paper about her). So my review is mostly going to reflect that since I skipped over a lot of parts. If you're interested in hearing what he says about Marilyn, it basically comes......more

Tony Curtis was one of the last surviving members from the cast of Some Like it Hot. Hardly the most famous member, Curtis is not the first place one might go looking for information about the famous comedy, but he turns out to be quite an interesting source in this book. Curtis talks a bit about his......more

Half a century after "Some Like It Hot" premiered on the big screen, it's still beloved by fans and is consistently rated one of the funniest, if not the funniest, film comedy ever made. Sadly, most of the key players responsible for it are gone--the director and co-writer Billy Wilder; and stars Ja......more

[URL not allowed] While Curtis is always an entertaining read, his never-ending ego does grow tiresome after a while. He tries to sound humble, but can't help pondering that he was possibly "the handsomest" actor in Hollywood: "Some Like it Hot did a lot for my development as a......more