Let's Make Love
| Let's Make Love | |
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Original film poster by Tom Chantrell
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| Directed by | George Cukor |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Written by |
Norman Krasna Hal Kanter Arthur Miller |
| Starring |
Marilyn Monroe Yves Montand Tony Randall Frankie Vaughan |
| Music by |
Lionel Newman Earle Hagen |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | David Bretherton |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,585,000 |
| Box office | $6.54 million |
Let's Make Love is a 1960 musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox in DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope. It was directed by George Cukor and produced by Jerry Wald from a screenplay by Norman Krasna, Hal Kanter, and Arthur Miller. It starred Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand, and Tony Randall. It would be Monroe's last musical film performance.
The plot revolves around billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) who learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue. After going to the theatre, he sees Amanda Dell (Monroe) rehearsing the Cole Porter song "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and by accident the director thinks him an actor suitable to play himself in the revue. Clement takes the part in order to see more of Amanda and plays along with the mistaken identity, going by the name Alexander Dumas.
Frankie Vaughan appears as a singer in the revue, while Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, and Bing Crosby appear in cameo roles as themselves trying to teach Clement how to deliver jokes, dance, and sing, respectively. Tony Randall in a supporting role portrays Clement's conflicted public relations employee.
In 1955, Monroe had entered into a new contract with 20th Century Fox, requiring her to star in four films within the next seven years. By 1959, she had completed only one: Bus Stop, which had been released in 1956. While Monroe shot Some Like it Hot in 1958 (for United Artists) her husband, Arthur Miller, completed the screenplay for The Misfits (1961), which they had intended on being Monroe's next film. Some Like It Hot was released in March 1959 and became an enormous success. Critics praised the film and Marilyn's performance. Hoping to capitalize on this, 20th Century Fox required Marilyn to fulfill her contract. The Misfits was put on hold and instead Marilyn signed on to star in what was then titled The Billionaire.
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