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comedy, Some Like It
Hot (1959) with Tony
Curtis and Jack Lemmon.
The film was an absolute
smash hit, with Curtis and
Lemmon pretending to be
females in an all-girl band,
so they can get work. This
was to be Marilyn's only
film for the year.
In 1960, Marilyn appeared
in George Cukor's Let's
Make Love (1960),
with Tony
Randalland Yves
Montand. Again, while it
made money, it was
critically panned as stodgy
and slow-moving. The
following year, Marilyn
made what was to be her
final film. The
Misfits (1961), which also
proved to be the final film
for the legendary Clark
Gable, who died later that
year of a heart attack. The
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film was popular with
critics and the public
alike. In 1962, Marilyn
was chosen to star in
Fox's Something's Got to
Give (1962). Again, her
absenteeism caused delay
after delay in production,
resulting in her being fired
from the production in
June of that year. It looked
as though her career was
finished. Studios just
didn't want to take a
chance on her because it
would cost them
thousands of dollars in
delays. She was only 36
years old.
Marilyn made only 30
films in her lifetime, but
her legendary status and
mysticism will remain
with film history forever.