Tag Archives: Some Like it Hot

Remembering Marilyn & Classic Monroments!

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe on 5th August, we asked Movie Talk guest contributor Shreya Patel to pick out a couple of classic Marilyn Monroments! “A beautiful moment here from ‘Some Like it Hot’, … Continue reading

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Blu-ray review | Forever Marilyn

With the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe coming on 5th August, 20th Century Fox has released four of the Hollywood icon’s best-loved films in a new Blu-ray collection, Forever Marilyn. In Billy Wilder’s classic comedy Some Like … Continue reading

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Christmas Cracker #5 | Today: A Bad Joke

Marilyn has a blonde moment in Some Like It Hot. Sugar: I come from this musical family. My mother is a piano teacher and my father was a conductor. Joe: Where did he conduct? Sugar: On the Baltimore and Ohio. … Continue reading

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Name That Chest: The Loin King

The film turned this British stage actor into a screen superstar. In his latest role, he plays a toyshop owner who turns out to be a cinematic pioneer. Last week’s chest featured a screen legend who’s the subject of a … Continue reading

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Some Like It Hot – Tony Curtis tribute on ITV1 tonight

ITV has been quickest off the mark to pay tribute to Tony Curtis – they’re showing Some Like It Hot on ITV1 tonight. Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy sees Curtis and Jack Lemmon play a pair of 1920s musicians who … Continue reading

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Tony Curtis: a true Hollywood legend

In tribute to Hollywood legend Tony Curtis we’ve selected a scene from probably his greatest film, Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot. It’s the one where he first puts on his pose as an oil-rich playboy to … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | My 10 movie-themed cocktails

The last time I ‘wrote about’ Cocktail, I used it as an excuse to list my favourite classic cocktails along with the films in which they star. Actually I didn’t say much about the Tom Cruise film at all. Check … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Bafta night discovery

Earlier today, my Movie Talk colleague Jason described last night’s Baftas as a night of surprises. I couldn’t agree more, but for very different reasons. You see, while the industry darlings gathered in all their finery in Central London for … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings: Cocktail, and my top 10 film cocktails

I purchased a cocktail-making masterclass for my partner’s birthday present this year. What a treat! Unfortunately, however, said class ended up being hogged by a giggling hen party with little interest in the chemistry of cocktail-making, but much interest in … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | 10 things I like about Some Like It Hot

1. It marked the peak of Marilyn Monroe’s career and truly shows her off as a great comic actress. 2. It was ahead of its time. The racy story line, men in drag and Marilyn’s revealing costumes were all very … Continue reading

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