Some Like It Hot Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
29th October 2012
Quote: "One day we were walking along Broadway and nobody noticed. I couldn't believe it and I said, 'This is unbelievable! We're walking along, it's Marilyn Monroe, nobody's going crazy.' And she said, 'Oh, you want to see her?' And I said, 'Sure!' and all she did was change her body posture and all of a sudden within 10 feet we couldn't move. We were surrounded by people. It took five policemen (to escort us). She became Marilyn. That's a great movie star." Actor Burt Reynolds was mesmerised by the Some Like It Hot bombshell.
10th June 2009
Fact: Actor Tony Curtis has revealed Jack Lemmon's character in Some Like It Hot was originally to be played by Frank Sinatra. Director Billy Wilder picked Lemmon after telling Curtis, "I think Frank would be too much trouble".
17th December 2008
Fact: A California man who found a little black dress in his closet was stunned when appraisers for U.S. TV series ANTIQUES ROADSHOW determined it once belonged to Marilyn Monroe. The frock - which Monroe was sewn into for 1959 film Some Like It Hot - is estimated to be worth $250,000 (GBP163,400).
25th September 2008
Fact: Amateur film footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of the 1959 movie Some Like It Hot has been sold for $14,400 (GBP8,000) at an auction in Australia. The two-and-a-half minute film was taken by a U.S. naval officer whom Monroe invited to visit the movie set.
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