It’s 60 years since Some Like It Hot was released

Sixty years after its release, Some Like It Hot remains a timeless, triumphant comedy. This all the more remarkable given the number of problems experienced on-set, particularly a drug-addicted Marilyn Monroe, writes Chris Wasser

In the summer of 1958, on a sweaty film set in sun-drenched California, the folks behind the new Marilyn Monroe picture ran into a spot of trouble. The film was, of course, Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot, and Ms Monroe — who’d made a habit of arriving late on set — couldn’t remember her lines.