Let's Make Love - Twilight Time [1960]

Hot on the heels of her smashing success in  SOME LIKE IT HOT  (1959), Marilyn Monroe's final "glamor girl" film LET'S MAKE LOVE turned out to be a surprising failure. Surprising that is until we examine the whys and wherefores.Right at the outset, Monroe, who was slated to appear opposite Gregory Peck, demanded rewrites. During these star-imposed delays, Peck encountered other obligations and he bowed out of the production. Next, several leading men flatly turned the film down, including Jimmy Stewart, Chuck Heston, Bill Holden, Yul Brynner, Rock Hudson and Cary Grant. When director George Cukor suggested to Marilyn that they hire the unknown-in-America Yves Montand, she happily agreed with the choice. This was almost the last time star and director would work together harmoniously-- they never even spoke to each other while filming.Sadly, Monroe's dual addictions to alcohol and barbiturates are both plainly evident in the finished work. In some scenes she's obviously glassy-eyed and dull-witted; in others so bloated as to appear 20 lbs. heavier than in the previous shot. Her talent remained intact though: MM's performance of Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" remains among her very best, while a warm on-screen rapport with both Montand and Frankie Vaughan seems genuine.The English-born Vaughan was a popular crooner in his native land but never caught on in America. A pity, for he had a marvelous voice-- similar to Tony Bennett's, a bit rougher perhaps but with more power and clarity. His rendition of "Incurably Romantic" on SONY's  LET'S MAKE LOVE  soundtrack CD is strikingly beautiful. (This entire album is highly recommended, for it contains complete true stereo takes of songs heard only partially in the film.)MOVIE SYNOPSIS--Billionaire Jean-Marc Clement (Montand) learns he's to be spoofed in an off-Broadway show, so he goes to the rehearsals where he's mistakenly hired to play himself. After seeing her perform "Daddy," Clement falls hard for star Amanda Dell (Monroe), and to impress her (and win the lady's heart) Jean-Marc hires three famous performers to teach him how to tell jokes, sing and dance. Amanda does eventually warm up to this supposedly struggling bit player. When he finally admits the truth to her, Jean-Marc cannot get Amanda to believe he really IS the fabulously wealthy industrialist."Let's Make Love" is a pleasant story draped around several wonderful numbers that's far better than first-run audiences gave it credit for. (TRIVIA: The Elvis-clone is played by "King of the Surf Guitar," Dick Dale.)Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 IMDb viewer poll rating.(6.3) Let's Make Love (1960) - Marilyn Monroe/Yves Montand/Tony Randall/Frankie Vaughan/Wilfrid Hyde-White/David Burns/Joe Besser (uncredited: Bing Crosby/Gene Kelly/Milton Berle/Madge Kennedy/Dick Dale)

This is a good film with human insight that works today. Well done and acted. When you have all the money for anything you need and you want to impress a show girl like Marilyn Monroe, whom do you hire to teach you humor, song and dance? Milton Buryl, Gene Kelley and Bing Crosby; Whom all have great and funny parts in this film. Monroe's part as a show girl is very believable as a person looking for true love and not anything money can buy. Now one of the richest guys in the world falls in love with Marilyn and I'm not going to have any spoiler alerts because if you like true romantic movies, then watch this film. You won't be disappointed.

Cinderella with a Twist Billionaire finds himself playing a role in small theater due to his uncanny resemblance to a Billionaire (himself ) to gain affection from Beautiful actress .that ignores and drives him crazy.Well Done if you like touches of great musical numbers including Cole Porter great Cast , performances .And a Happy Ending ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

After reading the Editorial Review, as well as some of the customer reviews, I was reluctant to purchase this movie. I've always been a fan of Marilyn's, so I finally figured I'd give it a shot - and man, I'm glad I did! I simply loved this movie! I thought Marilyn did a great job, the story was adorable, and I loved the cameos of Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, & Bing Crosby! Now granted, Yves Montand didn't seem right to play Marilyn's love interest. He seemed too old for her, but I was surprised when I looked his bio up and found out he was only 5 years her senior. As the movie played, I will he admit he started to grow on me. The ending was just great (I won't give it away), and the musical numbers were quite pleasant. I'm still surprised that the reviews for this film were not as favorable as I felt they should've been. Bus Stop got great reviews, and it was not my favorite film. I found the character "Bo" to be quite annoying. To each his own I guess? Buy "Let's Make Love."

Enjoyable movie. Fun to watch Phil Silvers, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly try to teach Yves Montana their skills.

I bought this movie after I saw it on one of the cable movie networks. I was too young to be allowed to see it when it was first shown in theaters. The main reason I bought this pretty inane movie was to see and to remember Yves Montand, one of my favorite actors from my youth. What can I say? I adore French men maybe because I speak French fluently or maybe because I love their language so much, they SEEM more romantic to me. So, thumbs up to Yves Montand and thumbs down to a rather lousy plot line.

Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand are delightful in this romantic comedy supported by Tony Randall, Wilfred Hyde White and Frankie Vaughn (a great talent who became a big star in his native England). The musical numbers are fun but the real pleasure is the interaction between Monroe and Montand. The actors, particularly Montand, play their roles "straight" rather than as cartoon characters which allows the quality of the screen play to come through.The one part of the film that seemed gratuitous was the part that had Montand's character "tutored" by Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, and Bing Crosby. However the film survives this detour and succeeds anyway.If you are a fan of Monroe and Montand and are in the mood for lighthearted entertainment this is a very satisfying movie.

I watched this film to see Marilyn in action. Several of the songs have become classics, and Marilyn performs them beautifully. The rest of the movie was tired and stereotypical. Between a lousy script and Yves Montand's stiff and inauthentic acting, I found the male lead quite repellant and tiresomely arrogant. Tony Randall does a good job right until he tells his boss off; thereafter, he stands around in the background like a coat rack. What a waste of his talents. It is hard to believe that the iconic George Cukor directed this flop. This film is only worth watching for Marilyn's song and dance numbers.

Waited years for the blu ray version of this film - the picture quality is clear and sharp, the sound is great. It’s like watching a new Monroe movie! However, the packaging, sleeve design and extras are lazy. The young presenter of the documentary is obviously not an aficionado and refers to Monroes husband as Norman Mailer (instead of Arthur Miller)!

Not her best film by any means but she, as usual, is radiant. The opening number is particularly iconic. A word of warning concerning the extras however. In the short "making of" documentary, the presenter continually refers to her (then) husband, Norman Mailer. As anyone with even a passing interest in MM will know, she was married at that time to Arthur Miller! A criminal error in my eyes. Mailer did famously wrote a glossy (and expensive) biography of her 10 years after her death. I'm sure he wished he had been married to her; as do we all. Right guys?

The film is not a great one the only plus points are obviously Marilyn monroe and the print is better. The video essay kept referring to Norman mailer as Marilyn's husband. Seriously who checked this!!!

Great product for a gift.

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