Some Like It Hot may be nearly seventy years old, but Marilyn Monroe’s best movie is still one of the funniest films ever produced. Directed and co-written by the legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder, the film became a sensation when it debuted in 1959. Based on the 1935 film Fanfare of Love, Some Like It Hot follows jazz musicians Joe and Jerry in Prohibition-era Chicago. After witnessing a gangland shooting, the pair escape the city disguised as part of an all-women’s band — but Joe’s growing feelings for their new bandmate Sugar risk their entire operation.
