The original ending was I know. Back then that would have been considered to risk a for Osgood to know that he has been dating a man. So it got changed.
@@flarrfan you're missing the point I'm in a first version he was supposed to say I know. Either Osgood was bisexual or pan whatever he's just is different .And it would have been considered too risque in the day. So we got the whole Nobody's Perfect in other words the accept and moved on. It doesn't stop him from wanting Daphne
@@Dave-hb7lx wow you're naive gay do you understand gay. This movie was meant to be coded gay, back-in-the-day discuss the way they got movies that were meant to be gay past censorship. They are not friends they're involved dating whatever you want to call it. Get over it gay people exist the original ending was supposed to say I know instead of nobody's perfect in other words he knew the whole time he was dating a man. It was changed because it was considered too risque and it would not have made it past censorship.
My favourite fact about this movie is that George Raft who played Spats was a terrific dancer and actually taught Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown how to tango for their characters’ date scene 😂
The face expression of Jack Lemmon at the end is absolutely amazing. Btw. the quote "Nobody is perfect was just stopgap line of writers before they find out something better, but audience really loved it.
As others have pointed out, Tony Curtis in the guise of “Junior” is doing a wicked impersonation of Hollywood superstar Cary Grant, explicitly mocking his accent. His next film, filmed after Some Like it Hot had been released, was Operation Petticoat (another great film) in which he co-starred with the self same Cary Grant. Must have made for some interesting off camera conversations.
And for fun, here is a TCM short with Tony Curtis talking about Cary Grant, and including his decision in this movie: th-cam.com/video/lS33i-ju1yU/w-d-xo.html
This movie played a key role in ending the Hays Code, and greatly increasing the kind of content movies were able to show. Its use of LGBT themes well beyond what movies had typically done before (this kind of content was part of movies from the beginning, but up until 1959 it tended to not go further than quick jokes based on campy behavior, like the bit with Cary Grant in a nightgown from Bringing Up Baby) forced it to be made without the Code's approval, and the success it had despite that was a big sign that any purpose the Code had ever served had been outgrown.
That final line "Well, nobody's perfect" was initially just something they threw in until they could think of something better, but then they never did. Then it became so iconic that Billy Wilder had it put on his tombstone. And it's naturally become quite popular to speculate that Gerald/Daphne actually is transgender and ends up happy with Osgood.
I always just assumed Gerald is bisexual and didn't realise until it became necessary for them to crossdress. He's having a blast with being Daphne but hes not transgender lol. I do think he ended up happy with Osgood post movie regardless
@@Rmlohner never heard of the stage musical, and I really don't care what a modern reinterpretation thinks of a film that's been out for decades. If someone has made a fun stage show with a non-binary character that's great. It has nothing to do with the film.
Gentlemen is a lot of fun, largely because Jane Russell and Marilyn really loved each other. A lot of people like her Bus Stop role, but I didn't care that much for it. Some Like It Hot is my favorite Marilyn, but there's one other movie of hers not to miss...The Misfits was her final complete film, co-starring with Clark Gable in what turned out to be his last movie as well.
@@flarrfan yeah The Misfit is for me up there with Don't Bother To Knock that showcase Marilyn as a serious dramatic actress (Because mostly she was casted in a comedic film with her dumb blonde character) .
This is one of my favorite comedies of all time, OF ALL TIME. Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis. and Marilyn Monroe, holy carp what a cast! Plus the ending is one of the greatest endings in any movie.
I love this film. The line that cracks me up every time is when he annouces hes engaged Tony says whos the lucky girl and with perfect timing jack lemmon says I am.
Tony Curtis was the husband of Janet Leigh and the father of Jamie Lee Curtis. You've also heard his voice in Rosemary's Baby, as the actor who was blinded. That's actually not his voice as "Josephine" as he couldn't do a convincing enough female impression, so he was dubbed by Paul Frees, who did a ton of voices for Disney cartoons going back to the '30s.
Love this movie. The main bald mobster (Little Bonaparte) was played by an actor called Nehemiah Persoff who died just 10 days ago at the age of 102 - the only surviving cast member by a clear margin
The 'shoe-covering things' are called spats; they were something worn by those putting on the ritz. The two musicians went to pick up the car at the Clark Street Garage just in time to witness the St Valentine's Day massacre, a famous gangland multiple-murder during Prohibition. 'Daphne''s dirty old man is played by famous comedian Joe E Brown. There's a 2004 film called "Connie and Carla" that is somewhat similar to "Some Like It Hot": they witness a murder & hide out as 'drag queens' in a small drag club. Stars Nia Vardalos (of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"), Toni Collette, and David Duchovny. I enthusiastically recommend it!
I love this movie. It's one of my favorite movies. That ending scene with Jerry/Daphne (Jack Lemmon) & Osgood (Joe E. Brown) "Well, nobody's perfect" get me every time. 🤣🤣🤣 Another classic I absolutely love is 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1944) starring Cary Grant. I hope you decide to watch it someday. Honesty, anything with Cary Grant is great. You've already seen 'North by Northwest'. He's great in that, but I've always preferred his comedic roles. He really is great in everything.
Lol honestly, u picked the perfect movie for ur first Marilyn flick. She’s adorable & funny as hell in this. Plus u can’t go wrong w/Jack Lemon. (Btw, once again - love the shirt m’friend😎)
Always had a big crush on Marilyn. What an icon. Of course, check out her most famous role - The Seven Year Itch, but she's in a lot of great stuff. I'm a big fan of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with the equally stunning and talented Jane Russell.
A sorely underrated one is Don't Bother to Knock. She actually plays the villain, and if you've only seen her comedy roles, it's quite shocking and a big sign of how much further her career could have gone if not for her early death.
Did you know that RIP Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz)(June 3, 1925 - September 29, 2010)(aged 85) who played in Some Like It Hot (1959) was Jamie Lee Curtis's father. RIP Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison) (July 6, 1927 - October 3, 2004)(aged 77) was Jamie Lee Curtis's mother and should watch Little Women (1949) it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
"Girl in the band by day.....Joseph the man by night!" LOL! LOVED this reaction! I've seen this requested before, so happy you got to it! Billy Wilder is one of those super-classic directors, with many under his belt. "Sunset Boulevard" would definitely be one I recommend, that is one of those absolute top-shelf classics. And not only is this your first Marilyn Monroe movie, but you've got Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis - two other giants! (Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee Curtis' dad; married to Janet Leigh, from "Psycho"!). George Raft also, known for his gangster roles in the 1930s.
One of if not the greatest closing lines in movie history, and one of my favorite movies of all time, period. And now you've seen both of Jamie Lee Curtis's parents. Janet Leigh in Psycho, and Tony "Josephine" Curtis in this one.
R.I.P. Nehemiah Persoff (Little Bonaparte). His long career in movies and TV began in 1948 and his last credit occurred in 2003. He was one of the oldest living actors at the time of his death on April 5, 2022 (age 102). Persoff also played the cab driver in On the Waterfront's famous "I coulda been a contender..." scene with Marlon Brando.
Yes, probably the best closing line in movie history. :) This movie regularly appears on lists of the funniest movies of all time, and now you can see why. If you want to see more Marilyn Monroe, I recommend "The Seven Year Itch". Jack Lemmon (Jerry/Daphne in this movie) was in quite a few good movies, I especially recommend "The Apartment" from 1960. It's overall a comedy, but has some more serious undertones too.
The big joke with Joe's oil tycoon character is that his voice is an impression of Cary Grant. Gerald saying "Nobody talks like that" is a reference to how Grant's career hadn't yet started in 1929, but when this film came out in 1959 everyone would instantly recognize it (you might recall that North by Northwest was released the same year). And now it's amusingly evolved into a whole new joke, as Grant's famous "Transatlantic" accent fell sharply out of use after the '50s, and now people will probably just nod along with the line that nobody talks like that.
The shooting in the garage was a depiction of the 1929 St. Valentines Day massacre where Al Capone's gang took out the North Side gang for control of the bootleg trade in Chicago during Prohibition.
“Operation Petticoat” should be your next Tony Curtis film, then of course “Misters Roberts” with Jack Lemon, Henry Fonda & James Cagney, it’s soooo good! Both movies take place on Navy ships.
If you enjoy Jack Lemmon check out "The Apartment" (1960), with Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray playing against type as a lech. One of the last big Hollywood films to be shot in B/W for budgetary reasons.
Shot in b&w because Lemmon and Curtis looked ghastly in female makeup and drag. I think Monroe had a clause in her contract that she would no longer do b&w, but she got a look at the boys on camera and relented. It was Condemned by the censors; Wilder said, if you don't want to see two popular actors in drag, plus Marilyn Monroe, then good luck to you; I'm releasing it. Biggest hit of 1959.
@@Dularr The movie wasn't banned, though, nor did I say that it was. The censors condemned it; the theaters ignored the censors. It was produced without approval of the Hays Code, but that's not a "ban".
George Raft, who played Spats, was most famous for playing gangsters. Probably his best known role was in the 1932 film Scarface (now better known for its remake with Al Pacino) where he flips a coin, referenced in this movie where he sees someone else do it and says "Where'd you pick up that cheap trick?"
I love this movie. Not only because it stars the great Marilyn Monroe and I make it a point to watch all of her films but it’s just so funny and entertaining and transcends generations 😅 Great reaction as always!
@@elizabitty213 if you do, bear in mind that it is not the Marx Bros best, and Marilyn Monroe is in it for a short time, specifically for Groucho to crack a joke.
The hotel and beach in Floria is actually in San Diego where I live. it’s the Hotel Del Coronado. All the rich folks back in the day use to vacation there it was a popular spot. Supposedly the ghost of Marilyn Monroe haunts the place.
The more people comment about it, the more I agree that it probably falls into the category of LGBTQ+ 👀 Also, I didn’t necessarily mean I wanted to see a remake, but I’m saying since we keep seeing remakes, I would want them to truly choose the right actors if they WERE to remake this, yknow?
Jack Lemon was once asked what was the best direction he was ever given by a director. He said when Billy Wilder gave him a pair of maracas and told him to play with them during a scene he was really worried about, thinking it might end his career. It worked perfectly when Jack was telling Tony that he and Osgood were planning a June wedding. The maracas after each of his lines gave the audience a chance to laugh before he delivered the next line!!!! Sheer genius....Ilove Lemmon's line about the ladies' morgue.
love this film a big fav.The whole cast is brilliant Tony and Jack are awesome. Ive always loved Marilyn and she shines here. I unknowingly found myself in front of that hotel its shot at when I visited San Diego its still a lovely place.
When I was in marching band, we wore spats as part of our uniform. I guess they were originally invented to protect shoes from mud, but they became a fashion accessory.
I would suggest you watch the Children's Hour. From 1961 with Shirley McClaine and Audrey Hepburn. A movie that should be talked about but has remained kind of in obscurity. I believe it is an important LGBTQ movie that was unheard of in that moment in time.Put it on your must watch list,please.
Thank you to Kathy Ice for requesting/ supporting ! I wish I had the mean to as well. This IS making my Easter Sunday 🙏💞 I only had access to library movies/ as a kid I had a crush on Elvis ( after a 20/20 special if he was still alive lol) then another after seeing this movie ...even though I'd Already seen Grumpy Old Men. It's Always a favorite to make me laugh that almost NO ONE wants to watch ..when they find out it's it's a black and white film. And yes it took into my 20's to connect GOM movie going.. why does Jack Lemmon look SO familiar 🤔...😳
Hello Sam, I really like that you've watched and reacted to this movie. 😊 This movie is so amazing and way ahead of its time. What a great story, actually quite simple, but excellently realized and as always with Billy Wilder with a good portion of social criticism. The dialogues are just great, the acting especially of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are great and the ending with the sentence "Well, nobody is perfect" (which only became a figure of speech through this film!) couldn't be better. 😉 You have to remember that the film is from 1959 and not 2019 and there was a lot of controversy about the film at the time, but the overwhelming success with audiences finally silenced the prudish, uptight opponents of the film. After all, the film grossed nearly 10 times its production costs in the US alone. I think all the other fun facts have been told, e.g. that Tony Curtis wanted to act like Cary Grant and then they were both starring 'Operation Peticoat', one of my all time favorites and if you want to watch a great comedy, I can only recommend this movie. 😄 Btw, a thematically similar comedy movie, but with a completely different story is Victor/Victoria, very underrated, but really excellent.
A movie like this would never be made today, but it's a lot of fun to watch! Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in this comedy film where they 1920's musicians whom witness a mob killing, then disguise themselves as female musicians on on a train ride to Florida, where they get in more hilarious hijinks!
There was a modern version (don't know if it was based on "Some Like It Hot", but the storyline is remarkably similar: "Connie and Carla". This time the crossdressing to avoid murderous criminals is done by 2 women hiding as male drag queens.
I think that the movie could easily be done today, but the crossdressing premise is now gotten pretty old. Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more recently, Hurricane Bianca. (Admittedly, a pure drag queen movie) Tom Hanks started his career on a show called Bosom Buddies.
Well done Sam. One of my favorites. Spats now seen mostly in marching bands. George Raft "Spats" gangster star for decades. Tony Curtis doing his Cary Grant impersonation. Cary said he didn't talk like that. Cary and Marilyn "Monkey Business". Cary and Tony "Operation Petticoat ". Tony and Jack "The Great Race". Sorry for babbling but babblers often do. B-bye
One of the all-time greatest ending punchlines. I love, love, love this film!! And, of course, I completely fell for Sugar - this was MY very first Marliyn Monroe film, as well, and you could (politely) say I was smitten. So jealous of Tony Curtis. lol!
"Spats"Colombo, the gangster, got his nickname from his shoe coverings, spats, which went out of fashion at about this time. When Jerry mocks Joe's "Shell Oil Jr." dialect by saying 'nobody talks like that', the joke, for the audience, was that somebody did talk like that. As "Jr.'' Tony Curtis was impersonating movie star Cary Grant - an unknown in 1929 but world famous 30 years later.
One of my favorite films is another Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis team-up - "The Great Race," an epic comedy (you read that right) directed by Blake Edwards and scored by the great Henry Mancini.
Tom Hanks first rose to fame in an early 80s sitcom called "Bosom Buddies" which borrowed HEAVILY from this movie. Rather than hiding from mobsters in an all-girl band, he and his "buddy" disguised themselves as "Buffy & Hildegard" in order to get rooms in a women-only hotel which happened to be the only place in the area they could afford. As with Some like it hot, they also appeared as their male selves with Hanks' character having a crush on Donna Dixon, a blonde hottie type hotel resident who basically filled Marilyn Monroe's shoes on the show. As you might expect the jokes were mostly about almost being found out. It was not a great show but it did last a couple seasons and launch Tom Hanks' career.
I was SO excited to see this reaction! It sure brings back memories of when I was in college, my roommate and I came home from a party, were a bit drunk, then smoked some weed, and watched this. We laughed so hard, we were literally rolling on the floor, clutching our stomachs in pain from laughing so hard. AFI (American Film Institute) names this film as No. 1 in its list of Top 100 American Comedies, and it deserves its place. I did think that if I played a drinking game to your reaction, every time you said, "Oohhhhh, noooo!" I'd be drunk in 15 minutes! Fun reaction! 😆
More Marilyn silliness to check out in the future 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. I've loved this movie since I first saw it as a youngster. The lines are so funny and the recurring jokes (TYPE O) make me laugh every time. Glad you enjoyed, as well.
I enjoyed your reaction! While this isn't my favorite Marilyn film, its still such a classic. My favorites are Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Seven Year Itch & How to Marry a Millionaire with the AMAZING Lauren Bacall 🙏
Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee's Dad, if no-one has said that already. (Her mom is Janet Leigh from Psycho.) Billy Wilder did a wonderful job directing this film. He has other classics from the era such as: "Sunset Boulevard"- William Holden/ Gloria Swanson (1950), "Double Indemnity" -Barbara Stanwyck/ Fred MacMurray (1944), "The Apartment" -Jack Lemmon/ Shirley Maclaine (1960), "Witness for the Prosecution" - Tyrone Power/ Marlene Dietrich (1957), "Sabrina" - Humphrey Bogart/ Audrey Hepburn (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" - Marilyn Monroe (1955) and "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" - Christopher Lee/ Robert Stephens (1970). Tony Curtis does a dead on impression of Cary Grant when he's pretending to be the oil tycoon guy. And the final line "Oh well..No one's perfect." Is probably one of the funniest and most memorable endings in film history. It's a great film all around!
There's a movie called Connie and Carla from 2004 with a similar premise, except it's played by two women posing as drag queens. It's a pretty funny movie if you ignore the little things that date it as from 2004 if you're interested in a remake that isn't really a remake!
Hi O. G. Bojangles, " Termites! " About a remake, I hope all remakers have a coronary. These are the right actors. They will always be the right actors. " Josephine isJamie Leigh Curtis' Dad, and husband to " Bates Motel's Janet Leigh. Those two can be seen in the movie " Who Was That Lady? ". Also, did you notice the Cary Grant impersonation? " Hey! " d:)
This is such a classic wild comedy with many great stars. I have a feeling you would very much enjoy The Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Dessert (1994).
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but in case you didn’t know Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee Curtis’s father. I did see someone mention Operation Petticoat and that’s a great one I think you might enjoy that one
The movie was originally to be shot in color but was shot in B&W because it was easier to do the makeup on "The Girls". I don't see any reason for this movie to be remade, I don't think anything could be done better.
I agree with that! I only said that because we live in a world where remakes are so apparent, that if they were gonna remake it, they really need to get the right actors I would rathe they DIDNT remake it but yeah
I knew you'd enjoy this lol. It's just a fun classic for sure. I grew up watching quite a few classic movies on Tv, once cable came along it widened even more because both TBS and TNT would have them on pretty often, which was so great. Anyways, both Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis were a fun duo. And I saw where some others mentioned about who Jamie Lee Curtis' parents were. 🎥🎬🎶🎶
If you ever feel like watching another Tony Curtis movie, "Sweet Smell of Success" is a masterpiece. The dialogue is amazing. I will warn that it is a very dark, cynical movie, and the opposite of this one. Also, keep watching Billy Wilder movies, they are great, whether comedy or drama.
I guess this was your first Billy Wilder movie. He's one of the all-time great directors/screenwriters. His other movies include Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd., The Seven Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, and The Fortune Cookie. You can't go wrong by watching any of them. I'd love for you to react to The Apartment. The bit about Shell Oil actually has a basis in fact. The father of the founder of Shell Oil made his living selling seashells, and the son named the company after his father's occupation. Tony Curtis hated working with Marilyn Monroe. She was very difficult, showing up late, getting upset and locking herself in her trailer, forgetting her lines. . . It didn't help that she was trying to shed the ditzy blonde image that Sugar was the epitome of. Curtis once said that kissing her was like kissing Hitler. Billy Wilder also grew exasperated with her, and didn't invite her to the wrap party. None of this comes across on film, though.
"Nobody's perfect.." the greatest closing line from any movie ever.
"Shut up and deal" ain't bad either!
The original ending was I know. Back then that would have been considered to risk a for Osgood to know that he has been dating a man. So it got changed.
@@flarrfan you're missing the point I'm in a first version he was supposed to say I know. Either Osgood was bisexual or pan whatever he's just is different .And it would have been considered too risque in the day. So we got the whole Nobody's Perfect in other words the accept and moved on. It doesn't stop him from wanting Daphne
@@Dave-hb7lx wow you're naive gay do you understand gay. This movie was meant to be coded gay, back-in-the-day discuss the way they got movies that were meant to be gay past censorship. They are not friends they're involved dating whatever you want to call it. Get over it gay people exist the original ending was supposed to say I know instead of nobody's perfect in other words he knew the whole time he was dating a man. It was changed because it was considered too risque and it would not have made it past censorship.
@@flarrfan I love The Apartment. Wish more reactors watched it.
My favourite fact about this movie is that George Raft who played Spats was a terrific dancer and actually taught Jack Lemmon and Joe E. Brown how to tango for their characters’ date scene 😂
George Raft turned down the role of Rick in Casablanca. Joe E. Brown was a big comedy star I. The 1930s.
@@wadeheaton123 Yeah at this point Brown was at the end of his career but he literally stole the movie in the last scene from Lemmon and Curtis.
That is a fascinating piece of motion picture trivia. Thank you! ❤
The face expression of Jack Lemmon at the end is absolutely amazing. Btw. the quote "Nobody is perfect was just stopgap line of writers before they find out something better, but audience really loved it.
As others have pointed out, Tony Curtis in the guise of “Junior” is doing a wicked impersonation of Hollywood superstar Cary Grant, explicitly mocking his accent. His next film, filmed after Some Like it Hot had been released, was Operation Petticoat (another great film) in which he co-starred with the self same Cary Grant. Must have made for some interesting off camera conversations.
Love that movie!
And for fun, here is a TCM short with Tony Curtis talking about Cary Grant, and including his decision in this movie: th-cam.com/video/lS33i-ju1yU/w-d-xo.html
This movie played a key role in ending the Hays Code, and greatly increasing the kind of content movies were able to show. Its use of LGBT themes well beyond what movies had typically done before (this kind of content was part of movies from the beginning, but up until 1959 it tended to not go further than quick jokes based on campy behavior, like the bit with Cary Grant in a nightgown from Bringing Up Baby) forced it to be made without the Code's approval, and the success it had despite that was a big sign that any purpose the Code had ever served had been outgrown.
Not only LGBT but showing a lot of harassement woman has to face every day.
That final line "Well, nobody's perfect" was initially just something they threw in until they could think of something better, but then they never did. Then it became so iconic that Billy Wilder had it put on his tombstone. And it's naturally become quite popular to speculate that Gerald/Daphne actually is transgender and ends up happy with Osgood.
in the new broadway musical version, daphne IS transgender and ends up happy with osgood!!!!
I always just assumed Gerald is bisexual and didn't realise until it became necessary for them to crossdress. He's having a blast with being Daphne but hes not transgender lol. I do think he ended up happy with Osgood post movie regardless
@@bubblewrapstargirl The new stage musical has Gerald/Daphne realize they're actually non-binary and bisexual.
@@Rmlohner never heard of the stage musical, and I really don't care what a modern reinterpretation thinks of a film that's been out for decades. If someone has made a fun stage show with a non-binary character that's great. It has nothing to do with the film.
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" is a fun Marilyn Monroe movie. It's culturally iconic as you'll understand once you see it.
Yeah and ofc
The Seven Year Itch
Tho my personal fav Marilyn movie is Some Like It Hot and How To Marry Millionaire
Yes, great movie and I love how the two women stand together.
Gentlemen is a lot of fun, largely because Jane Russell and Marilyn really loved each other. A lot of people like her Bus Stop role, but I didn't care that much for it. Some Like It Hot is my favorite Marilyn, but there's one other movie of hers not to miss...The Misfits was her final complete film, co-starring with Clark Gable in what turned out to be his last movie as well.
@@flarrfan yeah
The Misfit is for me up there with Don't Bother To Knock that showcase Marilyn as a serious dramatic actress (Because mostly she was casted in a comedic film with her dumb blonde character) .
This is one of my favorite comedies of all time, OF ALL TIME. Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis. and Marilyn Monroe, holy carp what a cast! Plus the ending is one of the greatest endings in any movie.
I love this film. The line that cracks me up every time is when he annouces hes engaged Tony says whos the lucky girl and with perfect timing jack lemmon says I am.
Oh btw, the other guy w/Jack Lemon is Tony Curtis - Jamie Lee Curtis’ dad!
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Tony Curtis was the husband of Janet Leigh and the father of Jamie Lee Curtis. You've also heard his voice in Rosemary's Baby, as the actor who was blinded. That's actually not his voice as "Josephine" as he couldn't do a convincing enough female impression, so he was dubbed by Paul Frees, who did a ton of voices for Disney cartoons going back to the '30s.
Which, given that he also was also the narrator for the Haunted Mansion, shows the ridiculous amount of vocal range that Paul Frees had.
He was also the original voice of the Pilsbury Doughboy,as well as the villainous Boris Badanov on the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons!
Honestly, every time I heard Tony say his lines as Josephine I felt like I was listening to Jamie.
Love this movie. The main bald mobster (Little Bonaparte) was played by an actor called Nehemiah Persoff who died just 10 days ago at the age of 102 - the only surviving cast member by a clear margin
Wow! Thanks for sharing. What a life.
@@ScarlettM Great character actor. He did a lot of TV shows. He played a rabbi on the original "Magnum P.I.".
Love this! Two other old films you’d might enjoy:
(1) All About Eve (1950)
(2) Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Definitely seconding Whatever Happened to Baby Jane! It’s camp and melodramatic and just so perfect! The performances are fantastic!
YES!!! to whatever happened to baby jane. Its hag horror at its finest.
Yes and Yes!!!!
Both great movies!
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is one of my favorite movies of all time
Roger Ebert described Sugar's dress and performance of 'I Wanna Be Loved By You' best as 'a striptease in which nudity would be superfluous.'
That dress is everything.
The 'shoe-covering things' are called spats; they were something worn by those putting on the ritz.
The two musicians went to pick up the car at the Clark Street Garage just in time to witness the St Valentine's Day massacre, a famous gangland multiple-murder during Prohibition.
'Daphne''s dirty old man is played by famous comedian Joe E Brown.
There's a 2004 film called "Connie and Carla" that is somewhat similar to "Some Like It Hot": they witness a murder & hide out as 'drag queens' in a small drag club. Stars Nia Vardalos (of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"), Toni Collette, and David Duchovny. I enthusiastically recommend it!
I love this movie. It's one of my favorite movies. That ending scene with Jerry/Daphne (Jack Lemmon) & Osgood (Joe E. Brown) "Well, nobody's perfect" get me every time. 🤣🤣🤣
Another classic I absolutely love is 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (1944) starring Cary Grant. I hope you decide to watch it someday.
Honesty, anything with Cary Grant is great. You've already seen 'North by Northwest'. He's great in that, but I've always preferred his comedic roles. He really is great in everything.
That one is an older movie I've been wanting to see! Hopefully some day soon
Arsenic and Old lace 👍👍👍
Lol honestly, u picked the perfect movie for ur first Marilyn flick. She’s adorable & funny as hell in this. Plus u can’t go wrong w/Jack Lemon. (Btw, once again - love the shirt m’friend😎)
Jack Lemon. We Need The Grumpy Old Men films!!! That and The Odd Couple.
Jack Lemmon is one of my favorite actors. He can do anything - from the most hard hitting dramas to the most screwball of comedies!
Always had a big crush on Marilyn. What an icon. Of course, check out her most famous role - The Seven Year Itch, but she's in a lot of great stuff. I'm a big fan of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with the equally stunning and talented Jane Russell.
This was her best. River of no return too.
A sorely underrated one is Don't Bother to Knock. She actually plays the villain, and if you've only seen her comedy roles, it's quite shocking and a big sign of how much further her career could have gone if not for her early death.
"Nobody's perfect"
BEST. ENDING. EVER.
Did you know that RIP Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz)(June 3, 1925 - September 29, 2010)(aged 85) who played in Some Like It Hot (1959) was Jamie Lee Curtis's father. RIP Janet Leigh (born Jeanette Helen Morrison) (July 6, 1927 - October 3, 2004)(aged 77) was Jamie Lee Curtis's mother and should watch Little Women (1949) it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
Your film selection is all over the place and I am HERE FOR IT!!!💚
I'm always so glad to see people reacting to the classics.
"Girl in the band by day.....Joseph the man by night!" LOL! LOVED this reaction! I've seen this requested before, so happy you got to it! Billy Wilder is one of those super-classic directors, with many under his belt. "Sunset Boulevard" would definitely be one I recommend, that is one of those absolute top-shelf classics. And not only is this your first Marilyn Monroe movie, but you've got Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis - two other giants! (Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee Curtis' dad; married to Janet Leigh, from "Psycho"!). George Raft also, known for his gangster roles in the 1930s.
One of if not the greatest closing lines in movie history, and one of my favorite movies of all time, period. And now you've seen both of Jamie Lee Curtis's parents. Janet Leigh in Psycho, and Tony "Josephine" Curtis in this one.
R.I.P. Nehemiah Persoff (Little Bonaparte). His long career in movies and TV began in 1948 and his last credit occurred in 2003. He was one of the oldest living actors at the time of his death on April 5, 2022 (age 102). Persoff also played the cab driver in On the Waterfront's famous "I coulda been a contender..." scene with Marlon Brando.
Yes, probably the best closing line in movie history. :)
This movie regularly appears on lists of the funniest movies of all time, and now you can see why. If you want to see more Marilyn Monroe, I recommend "The Seven Year Itch". Jack Lemmon (Jerry/Daphne in this movie) was in quite a few good movies, I especially recommend "The Apartment" from 1960. It's overall a comedy, but has some more serious undertones too.
The big joke with Joe's oil tycoon character is that his voice is an impression of Cary Grant. Gerald saying "Nobody talks like that" is a reference to how Grant's career hadn't yet started in 1929, but when this film came out in 1959 everyone would instantly recognize it (you might recall that North by Northwest was released the same year). And now it's amusingly evolved into a whole new joke, as Grant's famous "Transatlantic" accent fell sharply out of use after the '50s, and now people will probably just nod along with the line that nobody talks like that.
The shooting in the garage was a depiction of the 1929 St. Valentines Day massacre where Al Capone's gang took out the North Side gang for control of the bootleg trade in Chicago during Prohibition.
The American Film Institute named this the best comedy of all time.I know that can be subjective but I have to agree with them.
“Operation Petticoat” should be your next Tony Curtis film, then of course “Misters Roberts” with Jack Lemon, Henry Fonda & James Cagney, it’s soooo good! Both movies take place on Navy ships.
Mister Roberts is one of my favorite movies of all time. Every one of the guys on that ship are perfectly cast.
@@kathyastrom1315 Absolutely agree
@@kathyastrom1315 Same here, it gives me a Whiplash of emotions!
If you enjoy Jack Lemmon check out "The Apartment" (1960), with Shirley MacLaine and Fred MacMurray playing against type as a lech. One of the last big Hollywood films to be shot in B/W for budgetary reasons.
This is 100% one of my all time favourite movies. The final line and look at the camera is just perfect. As you said pure shenanigans
Shot in b&w because Lemmon and Curtis looked ghastly in female makeup and drag. I think Monroe had a clause in her contract that she would no longer do b&w, but she got a look at the boys on camera and relented. It was Condemned by the censors; Wilder said, if you don't want to see two popular actors in drag, plus Marilyn Monroe, then good luck to you; I'm releasing it. Biggest hit of 1959.
Omg!
No one complained about that theme. The only reason this movie got a ban was Marilyn Monroe's character was so sexually aggressive.
@@Dularr The movie wasn't banned, though, nor did I say that it was. The censors condemned it; the theaters ignored the censors. It was produced without approval of the Hays Code, but that's not a "ban".
@@classiclife7204 it was banned in Kansas for the reason I mentioned.
@@Dularr Well, I guess I'm not up to speed on what was too sexy for Kansas back in 1959. I wonder if they ever "unbanned" it, lol
George Raft, who played Spats, was most famous for playing gangsters. Probably his best known role was in the 1932 film Scarface (now better known for its remake with Al Pacino) where he flips a coin, referenced in this movie where he sees someone else do it and says "Where'd you pick up that cheap trick?"
It’s also referenced in “Singing in the Rain”, where he appears in the dream sequence as the gangster that steals the woman in green away”
I just realized Spats was played by George Raft. I fell in love with him in Scarface (1939) and Night After Night with Mae West.
I love this movie. Not only because it stars the great Marilyn Monroe and I make it a point to watch all of her films but it’s just so funny and entertaining and transcends generations 😅
Great reaction as always!
Have you by chance seen Love Happy?
@@erinesque1889 no I haven’t! 🤓🤩
@@elizabitty213 if you do, bear in mind that it is not the Marx Bros best, and Marilyn Monroe is in it for a short time, specifically for Groucho to crack a joke.
@@erinesque1889 lol ok thank you! I’ll check it out. My grandfather lovvvvvved the Marx brothers, I can just hear him now cracking up 😂
The hotel and beach in Floria is actually in San Diego where I live. it’s the Hotel Del Coronado. All the rich folks back in the day use to vacation there it was a popular spot. Supposedly the ghost of Marilyn Monroe haunts the place.
Let's face it, probably the first LGBT+ positive film. You can't remake this. Curtis and Lemmon are perfect, and NOBODY could ever replace Monroe!!
The more people comment about it, the more I agree that it probably falls into the category of LGBTQ+ 👀
Also, I didn’t necessarily mean I wanted to see a remake, but I’m saying since we keep seeing remakes, I would want them to truly choose the right actors if they WERE to remake this, yknow?
I believe this movie was ranked the #1 comedy of all time. Great movie
Great reaction to a great classic. I hope you do get around to Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. One of my favorite Marilyn Monroe films.
Jack Lemon was once asked what was the best direction he was ever given by a director. He said when Billy Wilder gave him a pair of maracas and told him to play with them during a scene he was really worried about, thinking it might end his career. It worked perfectly when Jack was telling Tony that he and Osgood were planning a June wedding. The maracas after each of his lines gave the audience a chance to laugh before he delivered the next line!!!! Sheer genius....Ilove Lemmon's line about the ladies' morgue.
love this film a big fav.The whole cast is brilliant Tony and Jack are awesome. Ive always loved Marilyn and she shines here. I unknowingly found myself in front of that hotel its shot at when I visited San Diego its still a lovely place.
Nehemiah Persoff, who plays the final boss mob boss who kills Spats, just died himself aged 102.
Wow!
When I was in marching band, we wore spats as part of our uniform. I guess they were originally invented to protect shoes from mud, but they became a fashion accessory.
"Philadelphia Story" is another black and white classic comedy!
Would love to see your reaction to *The Thin Man* from 1934. Mystery, humor and a great leading couple.
Agreed. I just love William Powell. My Man Godfrey is another great one with him.
Include My Man Godfrey too.
And Asta.
@@gusmonster59 Never forget Asta. 😂
The key to Lemmon's performance is that he REALLY starts to get into being a woman.
This is one of the all-time greats. Essential viewing for anyone looking for sheer quality and consumate talent.
I would suggest you watch the Children's Hour. From 1961 with Shirley McClaine and Audrey Hepburn. A movie that should be talked about but has remained kind of in obscurity. I believe it is an important LGBTQ movie that was unheard of in that moment in time.Put it on your must watch list,please.
Love. That. Film. ❤️
Thank you to Kathy Ice for requesting/ supporting ! I wish I had the mean to as well.
This IS making my Easter Sunday 🙏💞
I only had access to library movies/ as a kid I had a crush on Elvis ( after a 20/20 special if he was still alive lol) then another after seeing this movie ...even though I'd Already seen Grumpy Old Men.
It's Always a favorite to make me laugh that almost NO ONE wants to watch ..when they find out it's it's a black and white film.
And yes it took into my 20's to connect GOM movie going.. why does Jack Lemmon look SO familiar 🤔...😳
Hello Sam, I really like that you've watched and reacted to this movie. 😊
This movie is so amazing and way ahead of its time. What a great story, actually quite simple, but excellently realized and as always with Billy Wilder with a good portion of social criticism. The dialogues are just great, the acting especially of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon are great and the ending with the sentence "Well, nobody is perfect" (which only became a figure of speech through this film!) couldn't be better. 😉
You have to remember that the film is from 1959 and not 2019 and there was a lot of controversy about the film at the time, but the overwhelming success with audiences finally silenced the prudish, uptight opponents of the film. After all, the film grossed nearly 10 times its production costs in the US alone.
I think all the other fun facts have been told, e.g. that Tony Curtis wanted to act like Cary Grant and then they were both starring 'Operation Peticoat', one of my all time favorites and if you want to watch a great comedy, I can only recommend this movie. 😄
Btw, a thematically similar comedy movie, but with a completely different story is Victor/Victoria, very underrated, but really excellent.
A movie like this would never be made today, but it's a lot of fun to watch!
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in this comedy film where they 1920's musicians whom witness a mob killing, then disguise themselves as female musicians on on a train ride to Florida, where they get in more hilarious hijinks!
There was a modern version (don't know if it was based on "Some Like It Hot", but the storyline is remarkably similar: "Connie and Carla". This time the crossdressing to avoid murderous criminals is done by 2 women hiding as male drag queens.
I think that the movie could easily be done today, but the crossdressing premise is now gotten pretty old. Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, and more recently, Hurricane Bianca. (Admittedly, a pure drag queen movie) Tom Hanks started his career on a show called Bosom Buddies.
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Also the shoe covers are called spats.
I love this! Such fun watching you watch it. Love how forward it was for the time it was. Great classic movie!
I love that Tony Curtis uses a Cary Grant accent when playing “Shell oil”
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This movie was voted the funniest movie of the 20 th century.
The closes to a remake was the TV show Bosom Buddies. With Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari cross dressing so they can live in a women only hotel.
Well done Sam. One of my favorites. Spats now seen mostly in marching bands. George Raft "Spats" gangster star for decades. Tony Curtis doing his Cary Grant impersonation. Cary said he didn't talk like that. Cary and Marilyn "Monkey Business". Cary and Tony "Operation Petticoat ". Tony and Jack "The Great Race". Sorry for babbling but babblers often do. B-bye
One of the all-time greatest ending punchlines. I love, love, love this film!! And, of course, I completely fell for Sugar - this was MY very first Marliyn Monroe film, as well, and you could (politely) say I was smitten. So jealous of Tony Curtis. lol!
This is one of my top favorite movies of all time. Thank you for watching! Wonderful reaction as always!
Some like it hot and Casablanca: the best ending lines in movies ever!!
I just want to say, your comment section is pure gold 🥇 May I suggest a favorite of mine, Albert Nobbs. A Glenn Close tour de force drama
They made a musical stage show out of this movie. I saw it and Tony Curtis played the rich millionaire role. It was fabulous.
"Spats"Colombo, the gangster, got his nickname from his shoe coverings, spats, which went out of fashion at about this time. When Jerry mocks Joe's "Shell Oil Jr." dialect by saying 'nobody talks like that', the joke, for the audience, was that somebody did talk like that. As "Jr.'' Tony Curtis was impersonating movie star Cary Grant - an unknown in 1929 but world famous 30 years later.
“Why would a guy wanna marry a guy!?” - “Security!” 💁🏻♂️
This film was the marvelous,final nail in the coffin to the "Hayes Code". A set of moral guidelines for American film industry.
One of my favorite films is another Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis team-up - "The Great Race," an epic comedy (you read that right) directed by Blake Edwards and scored by the great Henry Mancini.
The olde..jello on springs🙂.
Always thought the final line is the funniest last line in a movie.
Tom Hanks first rose to fame in an early 80s sitcom called "Bosom Buddies" which borrowed HEAVILY from this movie. Rather than hiding from mobsters in an all-girl band, he and his "buddy" disguised themselves as "Buffy & Hildegard" in order to get rooms in a women-only hotel which happened to be the only place in the area they could afford.
As with Some like it hot, they also appeared as their male selves with Hanks' character having a crush on Donna Dixon, a blonde hottie type hotel resident who basically filled Marilyn Monroe's shoes on the show.
As you might expect the jokes were mostly about almost being found out.
It was not a great show but it did last a couple seasons and launch Tom Hanks' career.
I was SO excited to see this reaction! It sure brings back memories of when I was in college, my roommate and I came home from a party, were a bit drunk, then smoked some weed, and watched this. We laughed so hard, we were literally rolling on the floor, clutching our stomachs in pain from laughing so hard. AFI (American Film Institute) names this film as No. 1 in its list of Top 100 American Comedies, and it deserves its place.
I did think that if I played a drinking game to your reaction, every time you said, "Oohhhhh, noooo!" I'd be drunk in 15 minutes! Fun reaction! 😆
🤣🤣🤣 Glad you enjoyed!!
More Marilyn silliness to check out in the future 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. I've loved this movie since I first saw it as a youngster. The lines are so funny and the recurring jokes (TYPE O) make me laugh every time. Glad you enjoyed, as well.
I enjoyed your reaction! While this isn't my favorite Marilyn film, its still such a classic. My favorites are Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Seven Year Itch & How to Marry a Millionaire with the AMAZING Lauren Bacall 🙏
Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee's Dad, if no-one has said that already. (Her mom is Janet Leigh from Psycho.)
Billy Wilder did a wonderful job directing this film. He has other classics from the era such as: "Sunset Boulevard"- William Holden/ Gloria Swanson (1950), "Double Indemnity" -Barbara Stanwyck/ Fred MacMurray (1944), "The Apartment" -Jack Lemmon/ Shirley Maclaine (1960), "Witness for the Prosecution" - Tyrone Power/ Marlene Dietrich (1957), "Sabrina" - Humphrey Bogart/ Audrey Hepburn (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" - Marilyn Monroe (1955) and "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" - Christopher Lee/ Robert Stephens (1970). Tony Curtis does a dead on impression of Cary Grant when he's pretending to be the oil tycoon guy. And the final line "Oh well..No one's perfect." Is probably one of the funniest and most memorable endings in film history. It's a great film all around!
"Irma La Douce" is also a great comedy with a young Jack Lemmon
Billy Wilder is one of the best ever. I'd also check out Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment, the latter of which won Best Picture.
That's on the list!
LOVE The Apartment. One of Jack Lemmon’s best movies.
I’ve loved this movie for years, and being LGBTQ myself, loved it even more after I came out. So happy you enjoyed it!
Those shoe cover things are called spats (which is why that gangster's nickname was Spats).
George Raft (Spatts) was one of the original 30's movie gangsters, he invented the coin tossing bit.
The Great Race reteamed Tony Curtis and JackLemmon with Natalie Wood... really great really FUN!
"How to Steal a Million" - another old classic comedy. With Aubrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole.
There's a movie called Connie and Carla from 2004 with a similar premise, except it's played by two women posing as drag queens. It's a pretty funny movie if you ignore the little things that date it as from 2004 if you're interested in a remake that isn't really a remake!
For more Marilyn, definitely check out Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire
I *LOVE* your reactions! This is one of the funniest comedies ever (some say THE funniest). Never remade, and I for one hope it WON'T be.
The exterior scenes of this film were shot in San Diego, not Florida. BTW, the white shoe attachments were called "spats".
Hi O. G. Bojangles, " Termites! " About a remake, I hope all remakers have a coronary. These are the right actors. They will always be the right actors. " Josephine isJamie Leigh Curtis' Dad, and husband to " Bates Motel's Janet Leigh. Those two can be seen in the movie " Who Was That Lady? ". Also, did you notice the Cary Grant impersonation? " Hey! " d:)
This is such a classic wild comedy with many great stars.
I have a feeling you would very much enjoy The Adventures of Pricilla, Queen of the Dessert (1994).
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but in case you didn’t know Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee Curtis’s father. I did see someone mention Operation Petticoat and that’s a great one I think you might enjoy that one
The movie was originally to be shot in color but was shot in B&W because it was easier to do the makeup on "The Girls". I don't see any reason for this movie to be remade, I don't think anything could be done better.
I agree with that! I only said that because we live in a world where remakes are so apparent, that if they were gonna remake it, they really need to get the right actors
I would rathe they DIDNT remake it but yeah
It was because of 5 o'clock shadow on the men. Black and white hid the whisker growth better.
Please keep the classics coming - Hitchcock/Hawks/Houston and more Wilder!
I love how you take on the older classics. It's rare that reactors on YT do. Cheers!!
Thank you!! I’m always up for watching anything!
Yes!!! This is one of my favourite films of all time! Love you so much for reacting to this gem xx
LOVE this movie! I get the feeling that the Wayans Brothers got part of their inspiration for White Chicks from this film.
Tony Curtis is Jamie Lee's father.
One of the best final lines ever.
I knew you'd enjoy this lol. It's just a fun classic for sure. I grew up watching quite a few classic movies on Tv, once cable came along it widened even more because both TBS and TNT would have them on pretty often, which was so great. Anyways, both Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis were a fun duo. And I saw where some others mentioned about who Jamie Lee Curtis' parents were. 🎥🎬🎶🎶
If you ever feel like watching another Tony Curtis movie, "Sweet Smell of Success" is a masterpiece. The dialogue is amazing. I will warn that it is a very dark, cynical movie, and the opposite of this one. Also, keep watching Billy Wilder movies, they are great, whether comedy or drama.
I just watched this movie last week. Glad to see you (youngster) enjoy the comedy.
Tony Curtis was once married to Janet Leigh. Their daughter is Jamie Lee Curtis.
I guess this was your first Billy Wilder movie. He's one of the all-time great directors/screenwriters. His other movies include Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd., The Seven Year Itch, Witness for the Prosecution, The Apartment, Irma la Douce, and The Fortune Cookie. You can't go wrong by watching any of them. I'd love for you to react to The Apartment.
The bit about Shell Oil actually has a basis in fact. The father of the founder of Shell Oil made his living selling seashells, and the son named the company after his father's occupation.
Tony Curtis hated working with Marilyn Monroe. She was very difficult, showing up late, getting upset and locking herself in her trailer, forgetting her lines. . . It didn't help that she was trying to shed the ditzy blonde image that Sugar was the epitome of. Curtis once said that kissing her was like kissing Hitler. Billy Wilder also grew exasperated with her, and didn't invite her to the wrap party. None of this comes across on film, though.
You should check out Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How To Marry A Millionaire next!!! Both with Marilyn and both are excellent!!