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FILM & TELEVISION
Lot 36

Some Like It Hot: Jack Lemmon's autographed screenplay script,
Ashton Productions, 12th November 1958,

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18 July 2018, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Some Like It Hot: Jack Lemmon's autographed screenplay script,

Ashton Productions, 12th November 1958,
163pp, the front page reading SOME LIKE IT HOT, Screenplay by BILLY WILDER and I.A.L Diamond, also listing the address for Ashton Productions at 1041 N. Formosa Hollywood, California, inscribed by Jack Lemmon To David - With my very best wishes always, Jack Lemmon in black pen across the front page

Footnotes

Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American romantic comedy film set in 1929, directed and produced by Billy Wilder, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon. Today it is considered to be one of the greatest films of all time, and was voted as the top comedy film by the American Film Institute on their list on 'AFI's 100 Years...' in 2000. Additionally, in 2017, the film was voted the best comedy of all time in a poll of 253 film critics from 52 countries conducted by the BBC.

Provenance:
Presented to the vendor by Jack Lemmon at his house on Christmas Day 1989. The gift was arranged by a small select group of close friends which included Edie Adams, Edie's son Josh, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and his wife Carol Marcus.

Saleroom notices

Please note: The gift was arranged by a small select group of close friends which included Edie Adams, Edie's son Josh, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and his wife Carol Marcus - not as listed in the printed catalogue. Just to clarify this script is an original mimeographed copy from the period, and not Jack Lemmon's original working script.

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