Some Like it Hot
We’re celebrating the talent of the legendary and magnetic Marilyn Monroe, born exactly a hundred years ago, on June 1, 1926, with three films that highlight major milestones in her career. Henry Hathaway's Niagara solidified her status as a star and her aura as a femme fatale; Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot marked the height of her comedic success; and John Huston's The Misfits offered her a final role that reflected her melancholy and revealed the full depth of her dramatic range—a range she wished she had more opportunities to explore.
Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Marilyn Monroe in 1960
Chicago, in the late 1920s. Two jazz musicians, who got mixed up in a gangster feud, try to escape. To do so, they disguise themselves as women and join an all-female orchestra. There, they fall in love with the lovely Sugar, who, for her part, wants to marry a wealthy man.
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder is an American director, producer, and screenwriter of film noirs and comedies. He is one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American cinema, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. Four of his films are included in the American Film Institute's Top 100 list, a distinction shared only with Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. Over his career, he directed fourteen actors who earned Academy Award nominations for their performances. In the 2002 Sight & Sound poll, he was ranked seventh greatest director of all time. In 1986, he received the AFI Life Achievement Award, an honor given annually by the American Film Institute for outstanding contributions to the art of film.
