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Gene D. Philips Archives

Some Like It Hot (1959): The Band Altogether

Item

Title
Some Like It Hot (1959): The Band Altogether
Location
Front:

Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators perform: Joe-as-Josephine on tenor saxophone (Tony Curtis, left), Jerry-as-Daphne on upright bass (Jack Lemmon, second from left), Olga on clarinet (Marian Collier, lower right), Betty on alto saxophone (Joan Nicholas, upper right), and singer Sugar Kane on ukelele (Marilyn Monroe, center). Reflected in the mirror behind them is bandleader Sweet Sue (Joan Shawlee).

Back:

Handwritten labels “Some Like It Hot,” “Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe,” and “Return to Phillips.” Marked #30 with a sticky note labeled “Phillips 30.” Stamped to return to Phillips’ Loyola faculty residence.
Date Created
1959