When I first started teaching, I tried to impart my love of Sinatra's music onto my students. My grandparents often had big band music playing at their house, too.īut it wasn't until college when I truly became a fan. Sure, Sinatra was played at my house as a kid. I am not sure where that came from, though. This month would have been his 106th birthday. Open to the public.įrank Sinatra was born on December 12, 1915. This month we are proud to screen Some Like it Hot. It would be replaced in 1968 by the ratings system that we have today. This signaled the beginning of the end of the Hayes code. The film was made anyway without approval.

The Hayes Code was strictly enforced for much of that time, and the filmmakers were afraid that the crossdressing displayed in the movie would be subject to censorship. Due to the themes, however, the film was made in 1958 outside of the 'Hayes Code.' They Hayes Code was the prominent self-censorship system that ruled Hollywood from the mid-30s to the late 60s. And hilarity ensues, especially when they both try to win the attention of Sugar Kane (played by Marilyn Monroe), the band's lead vocalist and ukulele player - while trying to keep their identities hidden. When they are discovered as witnesses to the crime and the mob sends out hitmen to 'off' the duo, they dress like women and join an all-female jazz ensemble. Set in 1929, Joe and Jerry (played by Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon) are jazz musicians who witness a prohibition-era mob killing (inspired by the St. Some Like It Hot is considered to be one of the greatest films ever made, and one of the funniest.

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