Production Pre-production Billy Wilder wrote the script for the film with writer I. A. L. Diamond.Rolston, Lorraine, Some like it Hot (York Film Notes). Longman; 1 edition, 2000 pp. 7–57 The plot was based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan for the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love.Curtis, T. and Vieira, M. (2009). Some Like It Hot. London: Virgin Books, p.13 The original script for Fanfare of Love was untraceable, so Walter Mirisch found a copy of the 1951 German remake, Fanfares of Love. He bought the rights to that script, and Wilder worked with this to produce a new story. Both films follow the story of two musicians in search of work, but Wilder created the gangster subplot.
Production Pre-production Billy Wilder wrote the script for the film with writer I. A. L. Diamond.Rolston, Lorraine, Some like it Hot (York Film Notes). Longman; 1 edition, 2000 pp. 7–57 The plot was based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan for the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love.Curtis, T. and Vieira, M (2009). Some Like It Hot. London: Virgin Books, p.13 The .original script for Fanfare of Love was untraceable, so Walter Mirisch found a copy of the 1951 German remake, Fanfares of Love. He bought the rights to that script, and Wilder worked with this to produce a new story. Both films follow the story of two musicians in search of work, but Wilder created the gangster subplot.