History Film / SomeLikeItHot

''SomeLikeItHot'' was named the funniest movie of the 20th century on the American Film Institute's "100 Years... 100 Laughs" list.

''Some Like It Hot'' is a 1959 comedy film directed by Creator/BillyWilder.

* SwappedNamesPoster: Some home video covers show Marilyn Monroe's name above Josephine, and Tony Curtis' name above Sugar. Jack Lemmon's name always seems to end up in the correct place (above Daphne).

* FootFocus: When Spats walks into the scene, the first things we see are his trademark spats.

* InformedAttribute: Sugar tells "Junior" that her band plays "real hot" jazz, but the Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopaters numbers that we hear are all slow and not particularly jazzy.

''Some Like It Hot'' is an 1959 comedy film directed by Creator/BillyWilder.

It so happens that an all-girl band which is leaving town has openings for a bass player and a tenor saxophonist. This does mean that Joe and Gerald will have to pretend to be women, but they consider this better than dying. They introduce themselves as Josephine and Daphne (Jerry prefers that to Geraldine).

The coup de grace? Joe and Jerry/Daphne eventually learn that the hotel is booked for a [[TheMafia friends of Italian opera]] convention...

* DumbBlonde: Sugar.

* FootFocus: When Spats walks into the scene, the first thing we see are his trademark spats.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Joe and Jerry

* HomoeroticSubtext: So very much, particulary for 1959. At one point Jerry-as-Daphne seems to be developing genuine romantic feelings for Osgood, much to Joe's consternation (and we later find out that [[spoiler: Osgood is completely unfazed by Jerry's real gender]]). Also, Sugar doesn't seem to initially mind getting a full-on kiss from [[spoiler: Josephine]]. On a side note, Joe and Jerry are HeterosexualLifePartners, Joe is very insistant that they do everything together and that what's Jerry's is his and while Jerry vocally objects, he goes along with it anyway.

* RecursiveCrossdressing: Joe flip flops between being Joe, Josephine, and Junior so many times, it's a wonder he doesn't have split personalities by the end of the movie.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: While Jerry is a bumbling but well-meaning character, Joe comes across as a total sleazebag who is not above lying, theft, and even cruelty to children just to get into Sugar's pants.

* WealthyYachtOwner: Joe seduces Sugar Kane by pretending to be a millionaire with a yacht anchored offshore. Fortunately, Osborne, a real millionaire, is in love with Daphne (really Joe's friend Jerry DisguisedInDrag), so while he takes Daphne for a night on the town, Joe sneaks Sugar into Osborne's yacht and pretends it's his.
* WhamLine: "Nobody's perfect."

* HomoeroticSubtext: So very much, particulary for 1959. At one point Jerry-as-Daphne seems to be developing genuine romantic feelings for Osgood, much to Joe's consternation (and we later find out that [[spoiler: Osgood is completely unfazed by Jerry's real gender]]). Also, Sugar doesn't seem to initially mind getting a full-on kiss from [[spoiler: Josephine]]. On a side note, Joe and Jerry are HeterosexualLifePartners, Joe is very insistant that they do everything together and that what's Jerry's is his and while Jerry vocally ojects, he goes along with it anyway.

* FootFocus: When Spats walks into the scene, the first thing we see are his trademark spats.

* HollywoodDarkness: The scenes when Sugar is running out to meet Joe after the concert are full of shadows and a bight sky...at one o'clock in the morning.

* HomoeroticSubtext: So very much, particulary for 1959. At one point Jerry-as-Daphne seems to be developing genuine romantic feelings for Osgood, much to Joe's consternation (and we later find out that [[spoiler: Osgood is completely unfazed by Jerry's real gender]]). Also, Sugar doesn't seem to initially mind getting a full-on mouth kiss from [[spoiler: Josephine]]. On a side note, Joe and Jerry are HeterosexualLifePartners, Joe is very insistant that they do everything together and that what's Jerry's is his and while Jerry vocally ojects, he goes along with it anyway and at one point, they hold hands.

-->"I'm a girl. I'm a girl. I wish I was dead. I'm a girl."

The year is 1929 or thereabouts. Joe (TonyCurtis) and Jerry (JackLemmon) are [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] jazz musicians who become witnesses to the Valentine's Day Massacre. Unfortunately, being known to be a witness to a massacre is something the mob will kill people over, and Joe and Gerald have been spotted, so they need to get out of Chicago fast.

-->''"Nobody's perfect."''

* TheRoaringTwenties.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: While Jerry is a bumbling but well-meaning character, Joe is portrayed as a total sleazebag who is not above lying, theft, and even cruelty to children just to get into Sugar's pants.

** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: However, he does feel genuine remorse for breaking Sugar's heart near the end.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Or at least Sugar does.

** In some scenes, you can tell that she's reading her lines from a cue card.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title alone should tell you everything.