Some Like It Hot is showing at the historic Michigan Theatre in Ann Arbor on Sunday, May 31, at 1:30 pm, offering “comedy, chaos, disguises, and Marilyn Monroe at peak movie-star power. What more could you possibly need?” (Marilyn has an indirect link to the area, as her future husband Arthur Miller studied at the University of Michigan campus at Ann Arbor, with Norman Rosten as his roommate.)
Also on Sunday, Some Like It Hot is showing at 3:15 pm across the Canadian border at Hot Docs in Toronto, as part of their Midtown Matinee series.
In Montreal, the Cinémathèque Quebec is hosting a centennial film series for Marilyn, including Niagara (June 1); Some Like It Hot (June 7) and The Misfits (June 10.)
We celebrate the talent of the legendary and magnetic Marilyn Monroe, born exactly one hundred years ago on June 1, 1926, with three films that were milestones in her career. Henry Hathaway’s Niagara cemented her star status and her femme fatale aura; Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot marked the pinnacle of her success in comedy; and John Huston’s The Misfits offered her a final role reflecting her melancholy and revealing the full range of her dramatic acting, which she wished she had had more opportunities to explore.”
Back in the USA, the Hollywood Roosevelt Cinegrill Theatre is screening The Asphalt Jungle tonight (May 27); with Some Like It Hot following on Monday, June 1 – Marilyn’s 100th birthday – as part of a Classic Film Night series hosted by movie afficionado and wine-maker José Ignacio Cuenca.
Marilyn often posed for photographers by the Hollywood Roosevelt pool during her starlet years, although contrary to rumour, she never lived there – which makes the perennial claim that her ghost haunts the Los Angeles hotel rather suspect (to say the least …)
Another birthday screening (in 35mm) is set for the Historic Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs, concluding a film series, CineVista, with a closer look at the California hotel where the film was partly shot.
“Pack your bags and check in for a cinematic getaway! CineVista: A Cinematic Tour of Iconic Hotels invites audiences on a globe-trotting journey through some of the most memorable hotels ever captured on film.
When two musicians witness a mob hit in Chicago, they disguise themselves as members of an all-female band and flee to Florida—landing at a luxurious seaside resort. Standing in for the fictional Seminole-Ritz, the legendary Hotel del Coronado provides the glamorous backdrop for one of the greatest comedies ever made, where mistaken identities and musical mischief unfold beneath its iconic red turrets.
Each evening begins at 5:00 PM with a vintage-style pre-show featuring trailers, newsreels, and cinematic ephemera from the year of the film. At 6:00 PM, the main feature lights up the big screen of the Historic Camelot Theatre, with local film historians introducing each film and sharing insights into the movie, the hotel, and the fascinating stories behind both.”
Heading east, film historian Philip Harwood will introduce Some Like It Hot at the Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, New York, on Tuesday, June 2, at 7:30 pm; and the 1959 comedy classic is showing at the State Theatre in State College, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, June 6,
“‘I don’t care how rich he is, as long as he has a yacht, his own private railroad car, and his own toothpaste,’ sighs Marilyn Monroe in director Billy Wilder’s beloved comedy Some Like It Hot. What she got instead were two broke, bickering, cross-dressing musicians (Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon) running from a murderous gangster. An instant hit upon its release, it dished out comedic tidbits of mass murder, seduction, sexual stereotypes, and drag-queen culture – and is still as funny today as it was six decades ago.”
And finally, Some Like It Hot goes way out west on Sunday, June 7, with a ‘Dress the Part’ screening hosted by Lore Noir at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon.
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