Some Like It Hot story
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. Brown, Joan Shawlee, and Nehemiah Persoff. The screenplay by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the French film Fanfare of Love. The film is about two musicians who dress in drag in order to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed committing a crime (inspired by the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre).
11 total · 2 choice · 8 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| male lasciviousness | choice | there were a number of men who chased every skirt they saw |
| womanizing man | choice | there were a number of men who chased every skirt they saw |
| alcohol in society | major | the story was set in prohibition America and there were conspicuous amounts of drinking going on |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | major | backbone of the comedy was horny people coming on to unwilling others |
| gender bending | major | especially Jerry took to his female persona with conspicuous enthusiasm |
| gold digging | major | The women mostly just wanted rich husbands. |
| infatuation | major | Joe and Sugar; maybe Osgood and Daphne/Jerry |
| mass murder | major | Chicago mobsters had machine gunned a bunch of people and were now chasing two witnesses to the gruesome act. |
| organized crime | major | Central to the story was a gang of Chicago mobsters who had executed a number of people by machine gun. |
| struggling artist character | major | The story followed two troubled musicians who joined a girl band undercover. |