![]() ![]() Gary Vitacco-Robles is the author of ICON: The Life, Times and Films of Marilyn Monroe, Volumes 1 & 2 , and writer/producer of the podcast series, Marilyn: Behind the Icon. Harrison Ghee in Some Like It Hot, at the Shubert. The movie was to be called Some Like It Hot. ![]() You can read all of Gary’s Marilyn: Behind the Icon articles for CMH here. By Jackson McHenry, a Vulture critic covering theater, film, and TV. In early 1958 legendary director Billy Wilder offered Tony Curtis the chance to star in a new picture. ![]() –Gary Vitacco-Robles for Classic Movie Hub At the height of her stardom, Marilyn Monroe took an 18-month hiatus from Hollywood. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association honored the film with three Golden Globe Awards in all the categories in which it was nominated: Best Comedy Film, Best Actor (Lemmon), & Best Actress (Monroe). Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Some Like It Hot’ Was a Troubled Production That Produced a Classic Movie. Diamond), Best Black & White Cinematography (Charles Lang, Jr.), Best Black & White Art Direction/Set Decoration (Ted Haworth), and Best Black & White Costume Design (Orry-Kelly). Some Like It Hot garnered six nominations by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the categories of Best Director (Billy Wilder), Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), Best Adapted Screenplay (Wilder & I.A.L. Monroe is awarded the Golden Globe as Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, March 1960 ![]()
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