Some Like it Hot

I love old movies and luckily, Becks does too. Tonight we watched Some Like It Hot starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. The film was made in 1959 and follows two musicians who witness a mob killing and then make a break for Florida with an all girl band in attempt not to sleep with the fishes. The twist happens when the two guys disguise themselves as women and hilarity ensues.

I had never seen this movie before and after seeing it, really liked it. When I think of Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis I think of The Odd Couple. I remember watching this show on Nick at Night when both Lemmon and Curtis were older and were very entertained by their performances. I didn’t realize that they were just as funny when they were younger. There were so many double entendres in the movie, my favorite was when the girls were piling into “Daphne’s” bunk and someone asked them if they wanted any salami. Too funny.

For the most part the film served as a vehicle to exhibit Marilyn Monroe, which was not a bad thing. Jack Lemmon, posing as “Junior” of Shell Oil fame lured the beautiful Sugar Kane (can you make this stuff up?) to his yacht and convinced her that he was devoid of passion as a result of watching his former girlfriend plummetto her death at the Grand Canyon. Glad to see that Ms. Monroe was ready and able to convince him life was still worth living.

Overall it was an entertaining movie. The best part was when Spats and his boys caught a bunch of lead while at the Italian Opera Appreciation Banquet. If you have never seen Some Like It Hot, I definitely recommend it. Plus, any movie with Marilyn Monroe is worth the rental fee.