Let's Make Love

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Let's Make Love
Original movie poster
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 Wilfrid Hyde-White
Music by	Lionel Newman Earle H. Hagen
Cinematography	Daniel L. Fapp
Editing by	David Bretherton
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	8 September 1960
Running time	119 min
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Let's Make Love (1960) is a comedy musical film made by 20th Century Fox. 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.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Songs 2.1 Let's Make Love 2.2 Specialization 2.3 You with the crazy eyes 2.4 My Heart Belongs To Daddy 3 Background and production 4 External links

[edit] Plot

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 (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.

Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, and Bing Crosby appear in cameo roles as themselves trying to teach Clement how to sing and dance.

[edit] Songs

[edit] Let's Make Love

Performed by Marilyn Monroe and Frankie Vaughan, also reprise with Yves Montand at the end of the movie.

[edit] Specialization

Specialization is a dual sung by Marilyn Monroe and Frankie Vaughan. It emphasizes on one's specialization such as soprano Maria Callas, Elvis Presley and Jean-Marc Clement's flirtous personality while Vaughan sung in French accent.

While ending the song, Monroe gave a sexy pose by attempting to bite Vaughan.

[edit] You with the crazy eyes

While being in the state of sober, Frankie Vaughan, attempts to serenade Monroe by singing this song. On the other hand, Jean-Marc Clement, Yves Montand, felt sad and disappointed because he can't get the chance to be with Monroe.

[edit] My Heart Belongs To Daddy

My Heart Belongs to Daddy is a song written by Cole Porter, for the 1938 musical Leave It to Me!, where it was introduced by Mary Martin.

The song contains one of Porter's most obscure lyrics among its several rhymes for "daddy" - in which the singer talks about her "fine finnan haddie," a Scottish term for smoked haddock.

[edit] Background and production

Let's Make Love was an ill-fated project, with Monroe, Montand and Cukor all considering it subpar. In her recent history, Monroe had garnered critical acclaim for her performances in Bus Stop (1956), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), and Some Like It Hot (1959). Let's Make Love did not appeal to her, but she was obliged to shoot the picture because of her contractual obligations with Twentieth Century Fox. The affair between Monroe and Montand complicated matters. At the time, Monroe was married to playwright Arthur Miller and Montand to actress Simone Signoret.

Arthur Miller revised the script so that more emphasis was given to Monroe. Gregory Peck, Cary Grant and James Stewart all turned the leading role down. Other stars who were offered the lead, but refused to participate, were Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, and Yul Brynner [1]

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture for Lionel Newman and Earle H. Hagen and two BAFTA nominations for Best Film from any Source for George Cukor and for Best Foreign Actor, Yves Montand.

[edit] External links

• Let's Make Love at the Internet Movie Database

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