SOME LIKE IT HOT
TCM, 11:00 p.m. ET
This 1959 comedy classic, directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, is treasured by the American Film Institute and other institutions as one of the funniest comedy movies ever made. And it’s tough to argue against them, because of its trio of charming central performances. Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play musicians who go on the lam with an all-girl orchestra, masquerading as women to avoid the mobsters whom they saw murder some rival gangsters. Marilyn Monroe completes the central trio, playing singer and ukulele player Sugar Kane. Curtis dons yet another disguise to woo her, playing a wealthy but shy fussbudget, and patterns his vocal patterns after those of Cary Grant.