Reacting to SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) | Movie Reaction

[@tomfowler381]

As some one born in 1950, I grew up on black and white. You asked if you should watch more black and white films…my answer is yes. They’re different on any number of different levels. Made me laugh, made me cry, scared me to death and inspired me. There’s a wealth of classics in black and white. Enjoy them!

[@joepowell7025]

I also was born in 1950 and i LOVE these old classics, you really can't beat them.

[@ignatzmuskrat3000]

Marilyn's contract stipulated her movies be shown in color. Wilder had to convince her it was a period piece...besides the fellas looked worse in color. Lol. Other movies of that year were in black n white so no bif whoop. Suddenly, Last Summer, for instance, finished about the same time. Not sure why Monroe had that in her contract. She tried to control her public image...for Joe? He wasn't worth it.

[@egk2584]

The biggest difference i always notice in B&W films or older films in general is the acting is ofen more like a stage play than what we see today. The 'method" acting style in the 60's totally changed things. Suddenly everyone wanted to be the character they were playing.

[@littletee3649]

I'm in my 20s, but I'm a TCM baby, I grew up with black and white movies and shorts, too. I love black and white media! There is just something magical about them. I also agree that she should watch more of them-there's still so many treasures out there to enjoy.

[@pete_lind]

Funnies part Toy Curtis only reversing that boat , he served in Navy USS Proteus in pacific during WW 2 and was buried with full military honors in 2010 .

[@RicoCosta317]

Nobody's perfect 😂. The best last line of a movie ever!

[@louismarzullo1190]

@@Dave-hb7lx 1A & 1B

[@Keyboardje]

I read somewhere that the line was first meant to be: "I know". But it was felt to be too much for the people of that time to make it so obviously "gay". So they thought up "Nobody's perfect".

[@MrDavidcairns]

@@Keyboardje No, it was always "Nobody's perfect." They write it the night before filming, and said, "Well, maybe we'll think of something better tomorrow." Thankfully, they didn't. (The problem with "I know" would be that it's not funny.)

[@luvthetube07]

Hey Dawn. The garage killing was loosely based on an actual gangland murder called the St Valentines Day Massacre ordered by AL Capone.

[@darthken815]

"when a man named Al Capone tried to make this town his own"

[@timmooney7528]

Fred "Killer" Burke, one of the gunman, was hiding in Stevensville, Michigan under the alias of Fred Dane. He hit another car while drunk driving, and killed an officer who arrived to fill out the accident report.

[@luvthetube07]

@edd7918 Agreed 👍🏾 An instant classic 👌🏾

[@ElliotNesterman]

As "Shell Oil, Jr." Tony Curtis does an impression of Cary Grant, one of the most successful and popular leading men of Hollywood's Golden Age. Cary Grant is in two of the screwball comedies I sent you: _His Girl Friday_ and _The Philadelphia Story._ Spats are cloth covers worn over the shoe and around the ankle to protect shoes and socks from mud and rain, and are also an item of fashion. They started being worn in the 19th century but began to fall out of style in the 1920s. "Osgood" was played by Joe E. Brown, a very successful comic actor in the 30s and 40s. He was known particularly for the size of his mouth, which he used to great comic effect. "Spats" was played by George Raft, another star of the 30s and 40s, best known for playing gangsters. He introduced the trope of a gangster repeatedly flipping a coin in the 1931 classic _Little Caesar,_ which starred the great Edward G. Robinson in the title role. "Johnny Paradise," the young gangster flipping the coin in Florida, was played by Edward G. Robinson Jr. Regarding Monroe's body, her weight went up and down slightly over the course of the 50s. In _The Seven Year Itch_ (1955), the film which the famous skirt-blowing scene is from, she was slimmer than in _Some Like It Hot._ But she was never svelte, always properly curvy.

[@RossM3838]

Curtis and grant did act together in the very funny movie “opperation petticoat”

[@grahamtravers4522]

Spats = spatterdashes

[@HuntingViolets]

Also _Bringing Up Baby,_ _Holiday,_ and _Arsenic and Old Lace._

[@ElliotNesterman]

​@@HuntingViolets _Bringing Up Baby_ was my introduction to Cary Grant, as it used to play on TV frequently when I was a kid. _Holiday_ is a much overlooked gem, but I'll watch pretty much anything with Edward Everett Horton. I saw _Arsenic and Old Lace_ on stage before I saw the film. It's a perennial favorite of High School drama clubs and it was a High School production that I first saw. The reason I didn't mention these is because they are not in the collection of six screwball comedies I sent Dawn: _It Happened One Night, Twentieth Century, My Man Godfrey, Libeled Lady, His Girl Friday._ and _The Philadelphia Story._

[@straypigs]

His Girl Friday is fantastic, she would LOVE "His Girl Friday". "The Philadelphia Story" also.

[@jtt6650]

Marilyn had a few extra pounds in this film, but she was never skinny, very voluptuous. It’s not black and white, but if you want to see Marilyn at her prime watch The Seven Year Itch; she’s absolutely perfect and adorable. It has the iconic subway vent blowing her dress up scene.

[@stevemccullagh36]

She was actually pregnant while making Some Like it Hot.

[@jtt6650]

@@Dave-hb7lx nah she always had curves, big tatas and a bodacious ass. Michelle Pfieffer is thin.

[@hughjorg4008]

She had a chin implant. Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Michael Gurdin did the implant surgery early in her career after a producer called her "chinless oddity." 🤔

[@lechat8533]

@jtt6650 I couldn`t agree more :)

[@keithdean9149]

or "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and see her perform "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend."

[@keithdean9149]

Marilyn Monroe's first credited movie role was in the Marx Brother's movie "Love Happy." Groucho helped cast the part. There were 3 girls auditioning, and Groucho said, "they were very nice." But when Marilyn walked by, "the whole room rotated." She's only on screen for maybe a minute and only has a couple of lines but her on screen presence was already shining through.

[@kevincaulder20]

Just so you know, Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee Curtis father. The movie with the dress scene you referred to is called THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH. You'll like it very much.

[@gitchegumee]

Joe E. Brown - the guy with the big mouth, ran away to join the circus in 1902 when he as just ten. He learned performing and acrobatics - he was amazingly strong and athletic. His huge smile and loud voice were his trademark. He performed for the troops during WWII using his own money and even after his own son was killed in the war. My favorite movie of his was not his best, but I always like seeing it - "Earthworm Tractors".

[@shwicaz]

I love his 'cameo', if you will in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad world.

[@bubhub64]

Brown loved baseball, and was very instrumental in the development of Pony League baseball for kids and teens.

[@ATN2USN]

He also did a bit with baseballs. I think he could fit 3 in his mouth at one time.

[@gitchegumee]

@@ATN2USN If you’ve seen some of his pictures - you’d absolutely believe he could do that - along with his glove 🤣. I know he did a few movies just to play baseball in the story.

[@JPSE57]

@@gitchegumee Elmer the Great is a fun one. Brown was a massive star in the 30s!

[@brachiator1]

Marilyn is wonderful in The Seven Year Itch and How to Marry a Millionaire. Billy Wilder is one of the greatest directors who ever made movies. Great at drama and comedy.

[@STOCKHOLM07]

Well, nobody's perfect. Except Dawn and her laugh.

[@davewhitmore1958]

No lies detected

[@rayvanhorn1534]

Agreed, it is adorable & infectious.😊

[@mondegreen9709]

So güüd. 😊

[@michaelbradley7595]

Marilyn was pregnant when she made this movie. She lost the weight before her last and unfinished movie, Something's Got To Give. She was pregnant a few times but never carried to term. It was a great sadness to her.

[@coffee-xg6my]

Marilyn was one of a kind. Like Elvis, There will never be another like her.

[@danielparsons2859]

"Well, nobody's perfect" - perhaps the best last line in any movie

[@Ricketik65]

The first time I saw this movie on tv it took me a while to realise that this amazing woman I was looking at was actually Marilyn Monroe. When I did, I immediately understood what all the fuss was about. She was absolutely stunning.

[@dave1986R]

This movie is a classic. My mom showed it to me when I was 13, and I remember vividly looking at Marilyn Monroe in that dress singing “I wanna be loved by you, just you”. For a second I thought she was standing on stage totally topless, I thought I was gonna lose my mind. 😄😄😄. Jack Lemmon told a funny story about the “female character” he developed for his role in this movie. Billy Wilder hired a guy who was a leading female impersonator, who threatened to quit because Jack couldn’t act or talk feminine, and told Billy he should recast. But they just worked with what they had and Jack didn’t realize, until his mother visited him on set, that what he had done was imitate his mother without even realizing it. I also found out that George Raft, who played Spatz Colombo, was a childhood friend of Bugsy Siegel, who introduced Bugsy to the Hollywood scene in the 1940’s.

[@dggydddy59]

Referring to Marilyn's shape and size, they have taken items of Marilyn's actual clothes and measured them to determine that, in today's sizing, Marilyn was a size 6. She was 5'6" 120 lbs and 36-24-34. So yes, definitely not a stick, she was very womanly.

[@PGHEngineer]

Size 6 US I presume you mean, which translates to size 8 or size 10 in the UK.

[@kieronball8962]

The accent Tony Curtis uses for his Shell Oil Junior character, is actually his impression of famous Hollywood actor Cary Grant! :)

[@-R.Gray-]

Great! This was my favourite movie growing up. I got my Cary Grant impersonation from Tony Curtis - and "Nobody talks like that!".

[@harrytrevenen2310]

Dawn, so nice to see how much you appreciate these older movies, Marylin has always been one of my favorites, beyond the sex appeal she was a great actress, the the whole Marylin persona was actually an act, some of her other comedies you would love are "The Prince and the Showgirl" from 1957, the scene where she goes from sober to drunk in about five minutes is great, "The Seven Year Itch" from 1955 is another great one, her more serious roles include my favorite "The Misfits" from 1961, which had a great cast including Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift, big, big name actors of the time, probably Marylin's best acting?

[@Hayseo]

“The seven year itch” is the movie where Marilyn’s dress flies into the air.

[@asterix7842]

I'm really glad you're enjoying these classic movies. Sabrina and Stalag 17 are a couple other good Billy Wilder films. Tony Curtis was also good in the war comedy Operation Pettycoat, with Cary Grant Jack Lemmon was in The Odd Couple with Walter Matthau, the movie the 70s tv sitcom was based on.

[@RossM3838]

And the fortune cookie

[@gordonhaire9206]

Don't forget "Mr. Roberts"

[@bigbow62]

One of my all-time favorite movies with Tony Curtis ( The Great Leslie )Jack Lemmon ( Professor Fate ) Peter Falk ( Max / The Professor's henchman) & Natalie Wood ( Maggie Dubois ) is.... The Great Race (1962) New York to Paris... 20,000 Miles & the worlds biggest pie fight .. 2357 Pies ! Lemmon & Falk are a riot in this classic movie..... 😊 ( "Hey professor... rise n shine... Rise N Shine... when you rise, you shine ! ) 😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅 A must-see movie Dawn, just like... The Philadelphia Story Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, Katherine Hepburn Bringing up Baby Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn

[@bigbow62]

Have a classic thriller for you Dawn... Niagara Falls (1953) Marilyn Monroe & Joseph Cotten Shot on location with both of its natural beauties... I'm talkin' about The Falls & Marilyn so keep your mind out of the gutter !

[@asterix7842]

@@bigbow62 Or The Third Man, with Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles.

[@bryanlangerud7953]

As always your enthusiastic reaction to the movies you watch is a joyous delight. As you stated Marilyn was a little fuller in body than usual in this movie because she was one month pregnant at the time of filming.

[@JoelAAK]

Came here to say this!

[@josephmayo3253]

Feel better Dawn. 🤗 Great movie. One of the best comedies of all time.

[@jackmessick2869]

Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 - July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Earthworm Tractors (1936), and Alibi Ike (1935). In his later career Brown starred in Some Like It Hot (1959), as Osgood Fielding III, in which he utters the film's famous punchline "Well, nobody's perfect." Diring World War 2, even before the USO was organized, Brown spent a great deal of time traveling, at his own expense, to entertain troops in the South Pacific, including Guadalcanal, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Caribbean and Alaska. He was the first to tour in this way and before Bob Hope made similar journeys. Brown also spent many nights working and meeting servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen. He wrote of his experiences entertaining the troops in his book Your Kids and Mine. On his return to the U.S., Brown brought sacks of letters, making sure they were delivered by the Post Office. He gave shows in all weather conditions, many in hospitals, sometimes doing his entire show for a single dying soldier. He signed autographs for everyone. For his services to morale, Brown became one of only two civilians to be awarded the Bronze Star during World War II.

[@DawnMarieX]

Change of plan again. Still having no luck with Train to Busan, so I'm going to have to come back to it another time. I hope you enjoy my reaction to Some Like it Hot as much as I enjoyed the movie 😁 P.S. for any Billy Wilder fans, my reaction to The Apartment (1960), the full length and one week early access to the KZbin edit, are both now up on Patreon: www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson

[@CJPeiper13]

From what I've read, Marilyn was pregnant during the making of this movie, which explains why she's a little fluffy. She unfortunately had a miscarriage. As I said, I read this somewhere and am not entirely sure how accurate it is. Thanks for the reaction Dawn 😎🌹

[@Lensmaster1]

​@CJPeiper13 yes, that is correct.

[@goldenager59]

Dear blithe and bonny lass, you reaction to SLIH was just divine - and no more or less than it's been deserving of for over six decades. Want to see Curtis and Lemmon together again in a comedy? Then look up the grand slam called *The Great Race* from 1965, a colossal _magnum opus_ from classic comedy director Blake Edwards (he of the storied *Pink Panther* series, which you should also find a string of gigglefests). *The Great Race* is (very) loosely based on an actual epic auto race in 1908 from New York westward around the world to Paris. The movie is intimidatingly long, but buoyant, colorful and joyous all the way - and it also stars the gorgeous Natalie Wood, mainstay of Hollywood for over 30 years. Want to see Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder together again in a comedy? Then cast your eyes upon an underrated gem from 1971 titled *Avanti!* where Lemmon plays opposite the delightful Juliet Mills. It's _terribly_ frustrating not to be able to share any of the plot with you, but so much of the fun comes from the surprises that burst in your face along the way! Well, I'd better go before I wear out my welcome, but _by all means keep seeking out_ worthy B&W films. It's the efforts of those in this business that help make the medium more appreciated among our newer generations - _and also keep the legendary names immortal._ (Say - are you perchance a fan of haggis? If you are, you might have some soon for the sake of one who's always wanted a taste.) Success in your endeavors, lass. 😘

[@kelseyk530]

And Curtis played a naval submarine officer with his idol, my favorite delicious sexy man Cary Grant, in "Operation Petticoat"* (1959) and in this film he was using Cary's unique voice/accent impression when he was in the Shell Oil Jr. character, which is why Jack Lemmon's line was commenting about the accent and "Nobody talks like that..." Please watch the quintessential film noir by Billy Wilder "Double Indemnity" (1944) starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanywk with Edward G. Robinson. I'm 33 and was raised on TCM through my grandpa (who lived through the Depression...and first got me watching Laurel and Hardy) and my aunt and have seen most of all the top 100+ top ranked classic movies in all genres except horror. Cary Grant is my all-time favorite actor and I like Kate Hepburn immensely. She shined with Grant in all their 4 pictures just like Irene Dunne did in their 3 together. And Grant along with Jimmy Stewart...who were both together with Kate Hepburn in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940)...were Alfred Hitchcock's go to leading men at 4 films a piece. She needs more Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock films. She'd love "The Awful Truth" (1937) starring Grant, Dunne, and Ralph Bellamy (who was with Grant and Rosalind Russell in "His Girl Friday" (1940)---another top lightning fast dialogue bit of screwball comedy--which was one of the top ultimate romantic scewball comedies along with "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) with Grant and Kate Hepburn. And she'd also like "The Great Race"* which reunited Curtis and Lemmon with Natalie Wood (1965) which was written and directed by Blake Edwards and Henry Mancini doing the score as he did Edward's other films like "The Pink Panther" movies and "Breakfast at Tiffanys" etc. Also, movies like "Rebecca" (1939) with Sir Larry Olivier and Joan Fontaine, "Notorious" (1946) with Grant and Ingrid Bergman, "Rear Window"* (1954) with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly, and in my opinion Hitch's best film as it encompasses almost every genre "North by Northwest"* with Grant and Eva Marie Saint...that was the movie that inspired the upcoming Bond films. Also "Charade"* with a silver fox Grant and Audrey Hepburn (1963/1964?) which was directed by Stanley Conan who did "Singing in the Rain" and was called "one of the best films Hitchcock never made." And then in her debut Best Actress Oscar winning role "Roman Holiday" (1953) with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. And you need more film noir like "Sunset Boulevard"..."Double Indemnity" (1944) is another top Billy Wilder film with dialogue full off innuendo and starred Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanywk. "Rebecca" which I aforementioned is a but noir-ish. And then "Laura" (1944) starring the breathtakingly gorgeous Gene Tierney along with Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Clifton Webb, and Dame Judith Anderson (who was creepy as hell in "Rebecca.) *--Color

[@sueshoemaker2924]

Marilyn was famously a size 12. I also highly recommend "Bronging up Baby" and "Roman Holiday". Both are fantastic!

[@austntexan]

A size 12 in those days(late 50s) is the equivalent of a modern size 6-8. By today's standard she'd barely even be considered voluptuous. You can look at her and tell she's a 6 or possibly a 4. No way she's a modern size 12.

[@straypigs]

"Roman Holiday" is fantastic, I love that movie.

[@wheelmanstan]

She had on a little more weight in this film due to being pregnant. She miscarried shortly before this film and shortly after. Yeah, she was surrounded by tragedy.

[@jtt6650]

YES, you should definitely do ALL BLACK & WHITE. I have a list a mile long and they’re all great!

[@justBud.503]

Black and White movies are the closest thing to reading a book. They force your imagination to engage in everything except the sound and the story. YOU have to insert through your imagination the color, the temperature, the smells (of the ocean), the wind and weather conditions, etc. Color, especially modern color and enhanced sound effects, IMPOSES those decisions upon you. Instead of being engaged (sharing) in the creative process, Color reduces you to being merely a spectator, which is why those movies almost always seem to 'lack something' and never change you or really touch your heart like the B&W ones often do.

[@zanyzander]

This film tops the AFI (American Film Institute) list of funniest film of all time. What a joyous reaction! Ive seen this soooo many times but you breathed new humour into it for me. Marilyn is a cultural icon. She steals any scene she's in, no matter how small her role. My other 2 favourites of hers are Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Bus Stop.

[@nealrepetti2396]

I love 💕 Marilyn Monroe. She is one of my all time favorites . This movie 🎥 is my favorite M.M. movie. Enjoy!

[@dennismason3740]

During Prohibition, which outlawed alcohol, gangsters stepped up to provide alcohol. The new law was so unpopular and created so much crime and death Prohibition was repealed a few years later.

[@sodapop1850]

It's noon and I'm in Phoenix, AZ and it's 109 degrees Fahrenheit (42.77 Celsius). Now that's HOT!

[@reverendB]

This is widely considered the best comedy of all time.

[@lukebarton5075]

That iconic scene with the billowing skirt is from another Billy Wilder film, “The Seven Year Itch”

[@louismarzullo1190]

Btw, the Italian hand gestures & "Why am I doin this? Who do I think I am?" was the most you've ever made me laugh & that's saying something! 😂 And I already suggested a second all B&W/foreign films channel months ago! 💡💡💡

[@mikedignum1868]

This is such a good Billy Wilder film. The conversation in the boat at the end is hilarious, topped off by Jack Lemmon looking at the camera. Curtis and Lemmon team up in another comedy The Great Race (1965) with Natalie Wood, directed by Blake Edwards. And Jack Lemmon with Walter Matthau's 1974 film The Front Page.

[@charlescarter9600]

thanks in advance for reacting to THE APARTMENT one of my favourite films

[@farmerbill6855]

Again, best reaction ever! If you liked this you'll enjoy "The Apartment". Again starring Jack Lemmon, this time with Shirley McClain. One of my all time favorites. Marilyn Monroe was not only exceptionally beautiful, she was a wonderfully talented actress as well. I don't think she gets proper credit for her work. Pick any film she's in and you will enjoy it.

[@walterpanovs]

Definitely check out Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" which came out a year later in 1960 and also starred Jack Lemmon. A superb, sophisticated drama (very adult for its time) with bits of comedy. Billy Wilder, a German refugee who fled Hitler, had an amazing career in the USA, writing and directing a wide variety of films with superb success.

[@THOMMGB]

She’s already announced The Apartment is coming up next, very soon.

[@walterpanovs]

@@THOMMGB I simply reinforced her choice.

[@-R.Gray-]

There is a Marylin movie where heat is a factor called "The Seven Year Itch".

[@kieronball8962]

I'm SO glad you loved this movie, Dawn Marie. If you can, please check out the Billy Wilder movies Stalag 17, Witness For The Prosecution and Sabrina.

[@deltabravo2678]

The Thin Man movies are great B&W films from the 1930s with William Powell and Myrna Loy (nobody wore bras back then) - comic private detective genre

[@JasonSum1979]

for 1959 this film is ambitious and so brave! There are so many great B&W films! You can’t go wrong with Marilyn Monroe there is a reason she is timeless/iconic 👍👍👍👍 (I highly recommend James Dean 3 films and On The Water Front are classic films from the golden age of Hollywood! Chicago is in many ways the most underrated US City (NY gets all the attention but, Chicago is everything modern America was meant to be the city itself has a rich history then again the entire midwest gets stereotyped by people usually from the west coast or east coast (There’s a lot in the heartland of America it’s truly the working class/working middle class

[@Lightmane]

So great to see people today discovering these great old movies.

[@Hey_Jamie]

Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee Curtis’ dad 😃 he’s the brunette lol. And her mom is Janet Leigh, Aka Marian in Psycho 🙃

[@markerractrillion7267]

HOUDINI

[@AubreySciFi]

The later part of the film is supposed to take place in Florida but was really shot on Coronado Island in San Diego, California. The hotel featured is the now famous Hotel Del Coronado, and fans like to go there and book Marilyn's room from the movie. It is a lovely old hotel. I've visited it before but never stayed there. This is my favorite Marilyn Monroe movie, and the only one I own, mostly for Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis (Who's Jamie Lee Curtis's dad, btw) who are hilarious together in this film. Billy Wilder is also a great comedic director. He's a great director all around, really.

[@glen1ster]

The song is one of the versions of Runnnin' Wild (music by Arthur Harrington Gibbs/lyrics by Joe Grey and Leo Wood). 20:00--Tony is doing an impression of Cary Grant. Joe E. Brown was also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

[@ignatzmuskrat3000]

Monroe was pregnant during the making of this movie but miscarried later in the year. I believe she was three months and had frequent absences causing production overruns. Her kid would be about my age, 63.

[@davidterhune8277]

Funny that Tony Curtis was doing an impression of Cary Grant and Jack Lemmon says "Nobody talks like that!" Thanks Miss Marie for not being shy about doing an old black and white classic. Funny is funny no matter how old a movie is

[@chickenmusic1]

My favorite line is when Tony Curtis is doing his `Cary Grant` `British` accent, and Jack Lemmon say`s "What`s with the accent? Nobody talks like that!"

[@wheelmanstan]

Marilyn is just so damn alluring. One of a kind. A very highly rated comedy. Yeah, she had great proportions and was never Hollywood skinny. She had a couple extra pounds in this due to being pregnant and depressed from a recent miscarriage..then she miscarried again. During this film her mind was all over the place..it's really amazing what she managed to pull off.

[@Bozolisand]

"His mouth is MASSIVE." Joe E. Brown was one of the 1930s Warner Brothers stars in this movie, along with Pat O'Brien (Detective Mulligan), George Raft (Spats Columbo) and George E. Stone (Toothpick Charlie). Brown was one of the highest paid comedy stars of the 30s. He started out as an acrobat; we were watching one of his movies where he took off his shirt. My wife's eyes went wide and she said, "My god - Joe E. Brown was *ripped*!"

[@Purplenaut]

B&W comedies you absolutely HAVE TO watch: - The Apartment - The Philadelphia Story - It Happened One Night - Design for Living - Arsenic and Old Lace

[@geraldmcboingboing7401]

Great reaction, Dawn!!! What Billy Wilder did for the movie industry in Sunset Boulevard (1950), he also did for the newspaper industry in Ace in the Hole (1951). It's a great film!!!

[@straypigs]

"Ace In The Hole" is FANTASTIC, definitely endorsing "Ace In The Hole" for the next time she goes around for Billy Wilder. That was on the poll, it got votes, I'm sure if she ever does Billy Wilder poll again, "Ace In The Hole" will be a contender.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

Hey dawn, I know you love these old flicks. Have you thought of starting Audrie Hepburn ? You would ADORE Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina, Funny Face and my fave, Roman Holiday. There are two amazing feelings about owning a yacht... the day you buy one and the day that you sell one.

[@debravega2453]

Dawn, I'm LOVING your Billy Wilder journey and can't wait to see your reaction to The Apartment, my personal favorite of his films. Billy Wilder and his co-writer, I.A.L. Diamond originally thought the "nobody's perfect" line was weak and decided they would change it later...until the first preview audience burst out laughing!

[@oobrocks]

If memory serves, Prohibition said “no sales or purchase of alcohol;” so if we had alcohol before it kicked in, u could drink it. I recommend: 1940’s Great Dictator (comedy / drama,) Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (thriller) & 1948’s treasure of sierra madre (pure drama)

[@sandrasullivan7247]

The scene with the Marilyn's dress blowing up is from the movie "The Seven Year Itch". Also a good movie.

[@hannahl8]

Excellent reaction Dawn! Please do some Cary Grant movies. My favorites His Girl Friday & Bringing Up Baby are both are hilarious & black & white.

[@drg3712]

Mr Blanding Builds His Dream House with the great Myrna Loy. A must see

[@auapplemac2441]

The older yacht owner is Joey Brown. He was a famous comedian in the into the 50s. He was known for his big mouth and played it up as part of his act.

[@ChaoticButterfly]

Marilyn Monroe's weight fluctuated between movies. She was TINY in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Still curvy and soft, but TINY, especially next to Jane Russell, who was taller, and curvier. You should check that one out. She was even thicker in "Let's Make Love." So, it really depends when you catch her.

[@jrobwoo688]

I love this comedy and am really excited for the upcoming The Apartment reaction. Both films are classics I’ve always loved.

[@EShelby2127]

A Marilyn Monroe movie to catch with Tom Ewell, "The Seven Year Itch" - 1955 - Looking forward to The Apartment.

[@louismarzullo1190]

Woke up from a nap to 2 gorgeous blondes for the price of none. I call that a bargain, the best I ever had (how's that for dating myself? 🤣) Loved your comments about Billy Wilder's use of non-traditional relationships ahead of their time & the merits of B&W films 👍

[@dankryskalla8490]

Spats: Spats were worn by men and, less commonly, by women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They fell out of frequent use during the 1920s. Made of white cloth, grey or brown felt material, spats buttoned around the ankle. Their intended practical purpose was to protect shoes and socks from mud or rain, but also served as a feature of stylish dress in accordance with the fashions of the period.. I LOVE DAWN MARIE!

[@DevlinDomini]

Pretty frisky reaction. This one drew out drew out a few randy comments. Funny. When you watch more Hitchcock movies you’ll get to see Cary Grant. When Tony Curtis is posing as the rich guy he’s doing an impression of Cary Grant.

[@RossM3838]

One of the movies gags has a mafia thug ominously flipping a coin. George raft, who plays spats, had played an identical character in the original Scarface where he stared down victims while casually flipping a coin. In some like it hot he turns to the thug flipping the coin and asks “where did you learn that cheap trick?”

[@flarrfan]

And the actor playing the thug was Edward G. Robinson Jr.

[@RossM3838]

@@flarrfanmaking it even funnier

[@jeffmartin1026]

I am so glad to see you enjoying this film so much, and yes, you need to watch more B&W movies. A very sweet comedy from 1950, Harvey, is one that I think you will enjoy. It's about a man and his best friend, a 6' tall invisible rabbit. Hijinks ensue. George Raft (Spats) was an accomplished ballroom dancer. He used his spare time on the movie set to teach Jack Lemon & Joe E. Brown how to dance the tango for their dance scene.

[@johnrob3215]

Dawn, when I’m talking to Gen Y/Z who have no desire to watch a B&W because they think it’s not worth the time I remind them back then they had no CGI or hundreds of millions for production values, all they had was a script, actors and a camera…and yet they created masterpieces because they couldn’t rely on computers and auto tune to fix mistakes and cover for lack of real talent.

[@cliffchristie5865]

The white shoe coverings were spats, a popular fashion accessory at the time. Hence his nickname "Spats" Colombo. Tony Curtis' falsetto was provided by prolific voice actor Paul Frees, who also speaks a few lines for a couple of other characters in the film. The Hotel del Coronado in California stood in for the fictional Seminole-Ritz in Florida. And, not surprisingly, Joe E. Brown ( Osgood Fielding ) was well known for that massive mouth. This was something of a comeback for a film career that had largely faded by then.

[@barblessable]

"NOBODY TALKS LIKE THAT , " lol Tony Curtis does when he mimics Carey Grant 😅😄.

[@charlessheifer2264]

Another classic black and white Billy Wilder film (again with Jack Lemmon) is "The Apartment". You will love it.

[@Dej24601]

The hotel that was supposed to be in Florida was actually the famous Hotel del Coronado, built in 1888 on the Coronado island next to San Diego, Calif.

[@joeconcepts5552]

And ironically that hotel inspired Disney’s Grand Floridian in, obviously, Florida.

[@christopherleodaniels7203]

The millionaire was Joe E. Brown, who was a major Hollywood comedian in the silent movie era 1920’s and kept working into the sound era.

[@johncampbell756]

If you don't know Tony Curtis, you do know his daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis. The alcohol was called coffee. There is no coffee. The film is from the 1950s, but set in the 1930s during Prohibition. The mobster is called Spats. Spats are the whilte things on his shoes. "Made of white cloth, grey or brown felt material, spats buttoned around the ankle. Their intended practical purpose was to protect shoes and socks from mud or rain, but also served as a feature of stylish dress in accordance with the fashions of the period." Apparently, Marilyn was in a very bad place. He marriage wss on the rocks. She couldn't remember her dialogmost of the time and the director made cue carss for her to read off camera. Tony hated working with her. It once took 40 takes for her to say, "Where's the bourbon?" She was also in early pregnancy.

[@CuzDud]

Feel a silly pride as a Chicagoan every time Dawn makes a new Chicago connection... Fantastic reaction as always!

[@javieruranga9028]

This is why you’re my favorite! Your appreciation of the classics! You’re definitely going to want to check out Abbott and Costello, the Bob Hope movies, especially the road pictures he did with Bing Crosby!

[@THOMMGB]

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) I would love to see in October.

[@bartondonnelly5293]

Tony Curtis was Jamie Lee Curtis’ father. Her mother was Janet Leigh (Psycho).

[@brucewilliams4152]

One of best comedies ever, you should also watch the film Mr Robert, Henry fonda and Jack lemon

[@moreanimals6889]

Apparently spats, were to protect shoes and socks from mud or rain, but also served as a feature of stylish dress in accordance with the fashions of the period. Emily Post's 1931 Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage stated, "Spats are optional. If chosen, they must match the gloves exactly."

[@torbjornkvist]

Hm ... I was actually born four (4) days after Marilyn Monroe's death ... poor thing, she never knew what she missed.

[@leonbrowder5980]

Bus Stop is one of my favorite Marilyn Monroe movies

[@rickardroach9075]

22:31 He also played Cap'n Andy Hawks in MGM's 1951 remake of _Show Boat,_ which is a sentimental favourite of mine. "Happpppy New Year!"

[@stevecholewczynski6308]

The Florida hotel is actually The Hotel Del Coronado located in San Diego California. It Still looks the same way today😊

[@dtnetlurker]

Funny he mentioned in the beginning "Suppose the Dodgers leave Brooklyn". When this film was being made the Dodgers had already left Brooklyn. The very early draft of the script that was written just before they had left was never updated.

[@skyhawksailor8736]

The old guy plays the Captain on the old black and white movie Showboat, another great romance move.

[@coffee-xg6my]

She was a little heavier in this. Watch the movies "Seven Year Itch" (1955) or "Bus Stop" (1956) (Excellent movie!) when Marilyn was younger. You'll see that she actually did have an almost perfect slim curvy figure at one time (That's not the same thing as "skinny" mind you). (Hope that doesn't disappoint you, since you seem to like her being a little pudgy in this movie, lol.) I say there's nothing wrong with a woman being naturally slim and nothing wrong with a man appreciating that..Marilyn was photographed for many magazines and various print media as a model before she became a movie star. And no, they didn't have photoshop in those days And she wouldn't have needed her shape to be altered anyway.

[@nikkidupras3667]

I am 38 and i started watching black and white movies more just 3 years ago. Thats all I watch now and they're the best movies to watch! Yes watch more!

[@2011littlejohn1]

You won't be aware but Tony Curtis was so famous you could go in a hairdressers and ask for a Tony Curtis haircut. This was a ground breaking movie when I was a kid in 1959. Jack Lemon and Marilyn Monroe in the sleeping car were priceless.

[@ink-cow]

His mouth is massive! Joe E. Brown was an early film comedy star and his mouth was his trademark, along with a yell that gets progressively louder. He was sometimes caricatured in old animated cartoons, usually Hollywood party stuff so they could caricature a bunch of Hollywood stars. This was one of his last film roles, and he killed it.

[@user-bt1up9jo8o]

Jack lemmon is one of the greats, could i suggest The Out of Towners (1970) and The Great Race (1965) which also stars Tony Curtis. Loving Your reactions

[@wadesnider5218]

Marylin was SO amazingly beautiful

[@fannybuster]

This movie was voted best Comedy of all Time...Marilyn Monroe was rumored to be Pregnant during the making of this movie,But later lost her baby.

[@joeconcepts5552]

That final word is so much more of an outrageous ending in 1959!

[@chrispittman8854]

One of my favs... ALL... TIME! The filming on Coronado is part of history here in "Sahn dee AH GO." Haven't gone to dinner there once and not taken the time to stroll through the "Some Like it Hot" picture gallery.

[@ParkerAllen2]

Maybe the best time I ever had at a movie was a Billy Wilder movie that I'd highly recommend to you, Dawn: Witness for the Prosecution. I was young and flipping through channels and this old black-and-white movie came on. I didn't recognize any of the actors (Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich, etc.) or know that Billy Wilder is considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors, so my expectations were low. I think that's partly why it caught me by surprise, because I found it entertaining from beginning to end.

[@MartinBeerbom]

High heels on man: Depends on the man. Patrick Swayze was so good with it that he taught women how to do it!

[@michaelbriefs9764]

Excellent reaction, Dawn!! You get it, girl!! You should definitely watch more Marilyn Monroe films! You should watch "The Seven Year Itch" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", at least. Once you are a more seasoned fan, then watch her other films like "Niagra" (she plays a femme fatale) and "The Prince and the Showgirl". Those are great films and there are many others! Enjoy!

[@tonyharmon8512]

I think the word you want to describe Marilyn is Zaftig. It came into popularity at about the same time as this movie. It means a well rounded woman who is well proportioned. It comes from Yiddish and means juicy or succulent. That well describes Marilyn who was never really skinny except as a teen when she posed for the first ever Playboy centerfold.

[@FloridaMugwump]

The term was "hour glass figure"; large bust, skinny waist and wide hips. 38-24-36 was considered sexy until the mid sixties.

[@dadoleyna]

Re Monroe's figure : Marilyn was certainly a few sizes larger than the norm in Hollywood. I can't say that none of her famous images were not altered, but as a photographer, I know there are more than a few posing and lens choice 'tricks' to accentuate features or to mask them. It is more likely that the famous Monroe images simply caught her with her arms down, de-emphasizing them, and with her hips pivoted slightly, masking a portion of their full breadth.

[@flarrfan]

Wasn't Monroe in the early stages of pregnancy during this?

[@tarmaque]

I've done my fair share of photo retouching in my time, and once while researching photographer George Hurrell I came a cross an interesting portrait of Norma Shearer in a sequined dress. The interesting thing about it is you can see where it has been edited in the darkroom to make her upper arm look more slender. It's subtle, but in a time before digital editing you wouldn't notice it unless you had experience looking at such images. Hurrell was a master at photographing celebrities and probably invented many of the tricks you just described. I'm a big fan of vintage glamour shots, hence my study of George Hurrell, and while I agree with Dawn about curvy women being better than the sticks we see now days I'd still take Norma Shearer or Myrna Loy over Monroe.

[@straypigs]

FANTASTIC reaction. Yes, do as many old movies you want (black & white, or in color)! As far as Marilyn's photos: her body type changed over the years, due to age, and also drug and alcohol abuse. She started in her early 20s and died in her late 30s. Other essential Marilyn: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, How To Marry A Millionaire, The Seven Year Itch (also Billy Wilder, and that's where the iconic dress scene is from), and her last film, "The Misfits" (which is also Clark Gable's last film, and one of Montgomery Clift's last as well. The shadow of death eerily hangs over this great movie). Also, early in her career she appears in two 1950 classics: "All About Eve" ("Sunset Boulevard"'s competition) and "The Asphalt Jungle" (great film noir).