'Some Like it Hot' Reunion - 1984

A 1984 story by "Our Man in Hollywood", Jim Brown about the "Some Like it Hot" reunion at the Hotel Del Coronado include Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Billy Wilder.

[@countessariadnefortescue4454]

My favourite film of all time. Class performances by all.

[@BreezyE-d3n]

hear hear!

[@adelef8280]

Their weren’t many of them, but this is an American masterpiece.

[@antoniomarine1567]

I'm a kid from New York - and I loved this movie growing up. As fortune would have it - I ended up living a few blocks away from this hotel!

[@geoffjoffy]

The Cary Grant impression was so funny.

[@Karen-ou5rh]

Love Jack Lemmon❤

[@yuanliztsang]

I'm 32, and this has been my favorite movie since I was 11

[@Dreamskater100]

and? Why do people associate age with things. It doesn't matter.

[@ccc2784]

its so sad the cast in the interview have since passed away.

[@nicolasimpkins4811]

But look what they left us amazing

[@karolinesmail489]

This movie vis a big favor of mine ! On my bucket list to see the hotel

[@harpoon_bakery162]

iz n-e 1 < ?

[@Maridun50]

That's to be expected - it is many years ago .......

[@Dreamskater100]

@@karolinesmail489 was a big favourite.

[@bowler8]

Great movie, RIP to all

[@sallywhite7678]

How about the last line in the movie Joe E. Brown utters: “Nobody’s perfect!”🤣 Best movie of all time!🥰🐈❤️🤣

[@ИванИванов-й3ы8б]

Тhis is the best screenplay of Hollywood

[@tadimaggio]

Practically every line in "Some Like It Hot" is a classic; but, if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Tony Curtis' on the beach, right after Jack Lemmon runs into him in his millionaire getup. Sugar introduces him to "Daphne" (Lemmon), by saying "Daphne was a Bryn Mawr girl". Sensing that Lemmon is about to blow the whistle on him, Curtis heads him off with his impeccable Cary Grant locutions: "I heard a very sad story about a girl who went to Bryn Mawr. SHE SQUEALED ON HER ROOMMATE, AND THEY FOUND HER STRANGLED WITH HER OWN BRASSIERE."

[@amc042759]

Loved movie! All were class acts. I was born in 1959. 🎥🎞

[@rustykilt]

When American cinema shone....and the Actors were brilliant, the writing sharp and witty, the direction superb....

[@i.m.7710]

It’s always been that way. Hot Fuzz!

[@paulkitt5599]

Wonderful footage great to see the four of them together

[@kijekuyo9494]

There's one prominent survivor from the film as of today: Nehemiah Persoff, who recently turned 101 years old. I think a couple of the band "girls" (Joan Fields, Mary Foley) might still be still around.

[@shirle7343]

“There was something in that cake ,that didn’t agree with him.”😂

[@bowler8]

RIP to Nehemiah

[@MrsOliva]

Maybe the boy who is about 10 years old in this movie (from the beach, collecting shells) is still alive. (?)

[@chrisjeffries2322]

Thank you.

[@ЕвгенийОрлов-р7ш]

Действительно настоящая классика мирового кино!! Великолепный актёрский состав!! ☺☺☺

[@larryrowe5259]

I liked how they recreated 1929 winter in Chicago in the film they got i job 100 miles south in Urbana.

[@LucianaPreuss]

Marylin was pregnant at this time, and she lost the baby because of the scenes that she run in high heels several times. They don't give a shit about her situation, she maybe exhausted! Very unfair all these men talking about her when she's dead. More respect!

[@i.m.7710]

She ran a lot in high heels, and on wet pavement!

[@mikejohnson2638]

cartoon acting, cartoon characters, if this was made today with the same actors it wouldn't even get on local TV.

[@davaotripsters]

©1959 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. ©2020 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.

[@allys744]

“Where’s that bourbon? Oh, there it is.” 😂

[@adespade119]

Marilyn, forget the line, just grab the bourbon !!!

[@nafisehebadi4471]

وای چه خوبن😍 چقدر باکلاس و شیکن بازیگرای اون زمان، اصلا قابل مقایسه نیستن با کسایی که الان خودشونو بازیگر میدونن

[@rubydawn1]

so cool

[@elizabethhestevold1340]

Hillarious, I believe Marylyn did this deliberately, she wanted to make these guys suffer. She was not their sex package. She knew her real actress value. And , she was brilliant as the dump Blonde. They were equally so. A great master comedy, even the one who played the Bell Boy, priceless. And the senior band, + millionary. And , Girl Band manager. Just one off the finest Comedies,off it's time.😍🌷🙏🌅🤗🇺🇸🇩🇰🤔

[@myahollandia3552]

Damn at this time marilyn was dead a long time!

[@TheVerbalVolley]

80 + takes for a line that MM didn't even face the cameras to utter? They should have moved on after take two or three and just dubbed it in later. Problem solved.

[@Dreamskater100]

As that lady said, it was a contest of will. Very strange, twisted almost.

[@Sasa-vv2xu]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@photo161]

Too brief, but fun.

[@mariafernanda-bi8ke]

MARYLIN MONROE FOI UM SONHO. IRRADIAVA UMA LUZ DE INGENUIDADE E BONDADE COMO NINGUEM.

[@terryc4883]

Zowee

[@lovelyoungman]

Marilyn would have been late even on this occasion...

[@charlotteevans7868]

its sad that she really was not very responsible when it came to acting- but her mental state truly wasn't up there and nobody really understood that

[@feefee198423]

I. Think the bell boy was gorgeous

[@jaygatz4335]

He was a sassy number!

[@NickeyONickes]

The "Where's that bourbon?" line could have been dubbed in the studio, after. Those endless takes were unnecessary.

[@ccgrey8731]

Exactly! That's what I've always thought when I heard them going on about it. It seemed like something unimportant. So why did they make Marilyn do the take over and over again? I know Marilyn was difficult because of her emotional issues and probably even more so because of the prescription drugs the doctors had her on like the barbiturates. Barbiturates were the worst drugs for an actor because they make it difficult to focus and remember things. This seemed rather mean spirited making fun of Marilyn decades after her death.

[@NickeyONickes]

@@ccgrey8731 Correct. Also, Marilyn had her back to the camera when she said, "Where's that bourbon?", so she wouldn't have had to match her lips on screen when she dubbed it in the studio. Maybe Wilder and the crew enjoyed seeing her do this scene endlessly or maybe she was insistent on saying the line? I'm not sure. But whatever the case, it was unnecessary.

[@michaelskibitiansky8773]

Morons. She wanted to take more takes.

[@naracharlize3792]

Billy Wilder was also a difficult person to work with. I think a lot of highly creative people have a few loose screws. The "where's that bourbon?" line could have been dubbed. There was no reason for 80+ takes. No idea why Marilyn kept messing it up but it's common knowledge she would deliberately drive directors nuts if they didn't listen to her or she felt disrespected by them. It was her way of fighting back.

[@eliasnascimento3858]

They were all jealous of her. They always tried to make her feel cheap always telling the same thing she was a super star not an actress because if they admitted she was a real actress she would be complete and perfect . beautiful luminous and could act perfectly and I m only a forgettable director and so Wilder started his own way to be a star by trying to destroy Monroe s talent with bullying.believe me this is pure bullying.. I think that where is that bourbon wouldn't t change nothing in terms of meaning if it were where is the bourbon......... He was just trying to make her feel stupid .within a hundred years people will watch the film because it was part of Monroe s filmogragry and will be surprised with the quality.if it was made by any other actress would be known only for those who loves cinema.

[@borleyboo5613]

Marilyn was also extremely intelligent as well. I bet her IQ was higher than those three combined. However , I loved all of them in this wonderful, funny and bright comedy.

[@NoirFan84]

Forgettable director? LOL If you are one of those who "loves cinema" then you'll know he's anything but forgettable. Some Like It Hot, The Seven Year Itch, The Apartment, Double Indemnity, Sabrina, Ace In The Hole, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Love In The Afternoon. This is the work of a forgettable director, yeah? What an ignorant, moronic statement. He also wrote the screenplays for all these great films ffs.

[@michaelskibitiansky8773]

You're a cretin.

[@stefaniaautry3009]

​@@NoirFan84 👏👏👏👏👏👏well said !!

[@ML-rc7kb]

We need a remake of this movie and put it on tv i love watching this old original i do know this one will always be the best if another was to be made

[@Kareragirl]

I think a remake would probably be terrible and involve low-brow humor. But I think in order to get more people to watch the movie, someone would have to color it. Many people I know are turned off instantly by black-and-white movies.

[@Dreamskater100]

No way. Hope not. Why encourage a re make? I'll be awful, ruined. Leave it be, as a unique classic.

[@troie2145]

Nobody has got the great level of humour and the sense of the comedy like in this wonderful periode with Marylin, Jack and Tony. It will be boring today. This movie is a pure jewel.

[@tryshyx]

Nein, kein Remake! Auch sollte niemand mehr Marylins Lieder aus diesem Film singen dürfen.

[@TheTmny876able]

is that Chevvy chase at 4.27 lol he is his double and another great comedian.

[@ontologicallysteve7765]

If this movie was made in today's world, and Lemmon and Curtis went into a women's bathroom; they'd be #metoo'd right out of a career...even though they had no nefarious intentions.

[@whatsdifference590]

Miller said that Marilyn was ill. And I think that it's true. WHERE IS that bourbon? She could not said it. That's strange 😱 Marilyn, Marilyn...💄💅💖💋

[@normadesmond6017]

Yeah..... but the only reason that movie became a classic was because Marilyn Monroe was in it and doing what she did. Lets not forget that.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Far from the only reason. She was very good in it, but there was also a great script and direction and Lemmon and Curtis were both excellent too.

[@normadesmond6017]

@@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg but that movie became iconic because of one blonde...

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

@@normadesmond6017 Not quite. Otherwise every movie she was in would have become iconic because of her sheer presence. And that's definitely not the case. Anyone watch those "iconic" movies "Niagara," "The Prince and the Showgirl" or "Something's Got to Give" lately? It was the combination of Billy Wilder, Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis that made the movie the classic it is.

[@normadesmond6017]

@@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg well, then we must agree to disagree. Niagara is not a great movie. It became great because of her, with the walk and the song she did. The Prince and the Showgirl.... also not a great movie. She payed for it herself and she played Olivier right of the screen. And her performance is what is remembered. Something's got to give is only known because it was the last movie (unfinished) she did. When she got fired, even her co- star, Dean Martin, quit because he said : I wanted to be in a Marilyn Monroe film and without her there is nothing left. And some like it hot is about her. Put any other actrice, however great, in that part and it would have been a great movie but not the iconic one that it is now.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

@@normadesmond6017 Hard to say what would or wouldn't have become of the film if another actress had played the role, except that Billy Wilder made several films considered among Hollywood's greatest, including Double Indemnity, The Apartment and Sunset Boulevard, none of which included Monroe, and film historians regularly rank Some Like it Hot as among the funniest classic Hollywood films ever, thanks to Wilder's script and direction of the cast, and not just because of Monroe's wiggle or singing. Yes, she was ideal for the movie, but so were Curtis and Lemmon. It takes far more than one actress to make a film classic.

[@whatsdifference590]

Marilyn hated this movie. Maybe someone know why?

[@naracharlize3792]

Its been a year and no one responded yet lol. She had struggling mentally from a miscarriage and she was trying desperately to get out of the "dumb blonde" typecast her studio forced her into. Arthur Miller's legal fees were building up and she was running out of money, so he convinced her to do it.

[@joinjen3854]

Marilyn was great in it. NOBODY knew what she was thinking or feeling, and that includes you.

[@annagalas102]

I wonder when those policalycorect people cancel this movie

[@flenif2247]

Maybe she didn't want to say the line. Play herself as a drinker. Imo, flubbing the line was genius move by a woman under the control of a patriarchal system in 1959

[@nyccolm]

Careful carrying on about Marilyn forgetting her lines ad nauseum boys- it starts to look petty and vindictive. She was a fragile woman. And it’s a nasty business.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

They were simply stating facts. I didn't detect any pettiness in the comments. There is no reason to deny what happened. Her emotional problems in her career have been well documented. No one is blaming her for them.