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R5003
R5003 / Scott 4670
Great Film Directors
Billy Wilder
Scene From Some Like It Hot, Marylyn Monroe & Tony Curtis & Jack Lemon
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Great Film Directors
Billy Wilder
"SOME LIKE IT HOT"
For this series of four stamps, I decided on cachets that would pay tribute to one of the respective director's most acclaimed movies. My choice for Billy Wilder was an easy pick as collectors love covers that feature famous -actress Marilyn Monroe. The film is set in 1929 during the _Prohibition Era. Jack Lemmon _and Tony Curtis play two musicians who disguise themselves as women to escape a Chicago gang. They join a female band that has Marilyn Monroe as a singer, and the group boards a train heading to Miami. This movie was directed and produced by Billy Wilder, and he wrote the screenplay as well. In addition to Monroe, Curtis and Lemmon, the film starred George Raft, Joe E. Brown, and Pat O'Brien.
Wilder's career spanned 50 years and 60 movies, and he is considered one of the most brilliant filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood. One of his many honors is that of the one hundred funniest American movies (as determined by the Film Institute), "Some Like It Hot" holds the top spot. The individually hand painted cachet captures the beauty of Marilyn and the team of Tony and Jack in their female band members' outfits.
Needless to say this one may sell out quickly. As always, I reserve the right to limit multiple orders in fairness to everyone, and I will fill orders on a first-come, first-served basis. Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" with Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and the one and only Marilyn Monroe is now ready. Collins #R5003 at $14.00.