The Golden Age of Hollywood

The Golden Age of Hollywood
"Garbo, Bogart, Bacall, Gable, K. Hepburn, Astaire, Rogers, Brando, The Marx Brothers, Crawford, Wayne, Stewart, Keaton, Colbert, Gene Kelly, Lancaster, Garland, Peck, Taylor, Douglas, Davis, A. Hepburn, Harlow, Hitchcock, Ford, Hawks, Grace Kelly, Olivier, Dietrich, Cagney, Gardner, Grant, Bergman, Fonda, Monroe, Dean, Welles, West, Holden, Loren, Leigh, Cooper and Fontaine, Tracy, Stanwyck, Gish, Power, Temple, Heston, Hayworth, Pickford"

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Movie Review #1: Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot (1959)        
Director: Billy Wilder                                                                              
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe
Joe E. Brown, George Raft, Pat O'Brien 
Running Time: 120 minutes
Production Co.: The Mirisch Company
Academy Award Nominations:
Best Director, Best Actor-Jack Lemmon, Cinematography, Best Writing
Screenplay, Art Decoration
Academy Award Wins:
Best Costume Design

AFI 100 Comedies: #1


                     Two musicians witness a murder so they dress up in drag as Josephine (Tony Curtis) and  Daphne (Jack Lemmon) in an all girl orchestra. But Josephine falls in love with Sugar (Marilyn Monroe). A millionaire falls in love with Daphne and everything gets complicated.

        This is a great comedy by one of the greatest directors in the history of Hollywood, Billy Wilder. All the cast is at its peak but Jack Lemmon steals the show. He is amazing and SO funny! Tony Curtis does a great Cary Grant impersonation. A funny note: Tony Curtis could actually pass for a woman while Jack Lemmon looks like a very strange man. A must see and one of my favorites!!!

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