Some Like It Hot (1959)
Original Photo Still #SL(136-8)23.
Original 1970 black-and-white Publicity/Photo Still - Sugar Kane squeezed into a cramped train berth with her all-female bandmates during an impromptu, booze-fuelled girls’ night on the road. The composition brims with energy and intimacy, laughter, bottles, cigarettes, and flinging limbs spilling across the frame, perfectly conveying the chaos and camaraderie of life on tour.
This still encapsulates the anarchic spirit and sexual subversion that made Some Like It Hot one of the greatest comedies in cinema history. Beneath the farce lies a sharp challenge to 1950s social norms, particularly around gender, desire, and propriety. Sugar Kane’s uninhibited warmth and vulnerability anchor the film’s emotional core, while the scene itself exemplifies Billy Wilder’s mastery of timing, ensemble chaos, and visual storytelling. Both playful and iconic, the image stands as a defining snapshot of late–Golden Age Hollywood at its most daring, hilarious, and alive.
- Year: 1959
- Nationality: United States
- Type: Original Photo Still
- Size: 8 X 10 Inches
- Product Code: T6310
