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Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture | 1961
Best Motion Picture Musical | 1961
Best Written American Musical | 1961
Top Musical | 1961
Evelyn Moriarty remembers Marilyn Monroe making an anonymous donation of $1,000 to a crew member on set who needed the money to cover funeral expenses for his wife.
Milton Berle placed ads in Hollywood trade papers seeking a Best-Supporting Oscar nomination for playing himself. He wasn't far off the mark - his brief, sidesplitting cameo wherein he is paid to help the Yves Montand character develop a sense of humor is one of his more memorable screen appearances.
When Frankie Vaughan flew from Britain to star in the film, the New Musical Express ran the headline "Frankie Goes To Hollywood." This was the inspiration for the group Frankie Goes to Hollywood.The above isn't true. The band founder, Holly Johnson, has said that the name was inspired by a picture of a mocked-up newspaper 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood' headline which he had seen pasted on a rehearsal room wall and which featured Frank Sinatra.
Yves Montand called the experience terrifying because he did not know English and had to sound out his dialogue phonetically.
Arthur Miller revised the script so that more emphasis was given to his wife, Marilyn Monroe. Gregory Peck, originally cast opposite Monroe, left the project, unhappy about the way his role had been diminished. He said the script was "now about as funny as pushing grandma down the stairs in a wheelchair." In addition he did not want to work with Monroe after hearing about her reputation for being late every day. Rock Hudson was considered an ideal replacement based on his ability to play comedy, but Universal would not release him. That pleased Monroe, who wanted Yves Montand for the part.
"Amanda Dell: [jazz number] My name is... Lolita... and uh... I'm not supposed to... play... with boys!"
"Amanda Dell: [song] If I invite a boy some night to dine on my fine finnan haddie, I just adore his asking for more but my heart belongs to Daddy."
