Marilyn Monroe Black Dress Some Like It Hot

A figure hugging sheer black and nude embellished cocktail dress worn by marilyn monroe while singing i m through with love atop a grand piano in billy wilder s some like it hot united artists 1959.

Marilyn monroe black dress some like it hot. Now marilyn monroe s diamonds can be your best friend. With marilyn monroe tony curtis jack lemmon george raft. A figure hugging sheer black and nude embellished cocktail dress worn by marilyn monroe while singing i m through with love atop a grand piano in billy wilder s some like it hot united artists 1959.

Brown joan shawlee grace lee whitney and nehemiah persoff the screenplay by wilder and i. Names thrown around for the roles of joe josephine and jerry daphne. The dress is composed of black souffle and nude silk jersey embellished with columns of jet like beads and sequins scattered beaded.

After two male musicians witness a mob hit they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women but further complications set in. Some like it hot is a 1959 american black and white romantic comedy film directed and produced by billy wilder starring marilyn monroe tony curtis and jack lemmon the supporting cast includes george raft pat o brien joe e. Some like it hot almost boasted marilyn monroe and frank sinatra.

A little black dress worn by marilyn monroe sold at auction on may 8 for 348 000 at. A black cocktail dress worn by the some like it hot star sold for a record breaking amount at. The auction catalog description for this costume.

Amongst his designs for the movie were a silver white dress which in his words was of nude souffle draped on the bias to lift her breasts and push her tummy in. Diamond is based on a screenplay by robert thoeren and michael logan. The film was made in 1959 three years before her death marylin stikes a pose in the metallic flapper style dress.

Some like it hot black dress in 1958 orry kelly an australian fashion designer 1897 1964 was signed on as designer for the movie some like it hot. Directed by billy wilder. Marilyn laughs with her co stars on the set of some like it hot.