The Nomad Cinema presents Some Like It Hot

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“Look at that! Look how she moves. Like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it’s a whole different sex.”

The finest screwball comedy of all time comes to beautiful Fulham Palace. Join us at sunset in the elegant grounds of Bishop's Park and let a live jazz band warms you up for director Billy Wilder’s unbeatable combination of eccentric comic performances, ripsnorting soundtrack, lightning pace and lunatic imagination.

Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play Chicago musicians who disguise themselves as women to avoid being rubbed out after they witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. They join an all-girl orchestra on its way to Florida. Marylin Monroe is the singer, who dreams of marrying a millionaire but despairs, “I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.” Curtis lusts for Monroe and disguises himself as a millionaire to win her. Monroe lusts after money and gives him lessons in love. Their relationship is flipped and mirrored in low comedy as Lemmon gets engaged to a real millionaire, played by Joe E. Brown. “You’re not a girl!” Curtis protests to Lemmon. “You’re a guy! Why would a guy want to marry a guy?” Lemmon: “Security!”

This won’t be the first time and probably not the last time to catch Some Like It Hot on the Nomad tour this year, but it’s the only time we’ll be screening it at Fulham Palace – if you haven’t been before (or you haven't seen it under the stars before), you’re in for a treat…