Marilyn Monroe Should Have Won The Oscar!

Rating: 10/10 (10 December 2007)

Billy Wilder created one of the greatest comedies of all time in "Some Like It Hot" with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon and in a peerless performance, the one the only the fabulous Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe had been off the screen for 2 years and while MM had a contract with 20th Century Fox MM's contract also allowed her to do outside pictures. Lucky for us Billy Wilder offered the role of Sugar Kane to MM in this UA film. Marilyn Monroe never looked better, Marilyn Monroe's performance was rich and textured and while Wilder, Lemmon and Curtis deserve high praise it is hard to imagine this film being as truly great as it is without Marilyn Mornoe. Billy Wilder once remarked when Marilyn Monroe was on the screen MM dominated the scene. Truly.
Great sets, and atmosphere and great songs by Marilyn Monroe add to the merriment and of course Joe E Brown's immortal performance make this a great film. Joe E Brown and Jack Lemmon share one of movies great fade outs, it is difficult to imagine why the Academy did not nominate Joe E Brown for Best Supporting Actor and Marilyn Monroe for Best Actress. In fact I feel MM should have won. (Simone Signore won for Room At The Top). Jack Lemmon should have won Best Actor, Billy Wilder Best Director and the zany comedy Best Picture.
My favorite Comedy.