Let's Make Love

35mm ARCHIVAL PRINT! ► Directed with characteristic wit and urbanity by Hollywood sophisticate George Cukor, the elegant, enchanting Let's Make Love features what may be Marilyn Monroe’s most memorable on-screen musical number: a sensational, sultry rendition of Cole Porter's “My Heart Belongs to Daddy.” The backstage-romance plot is set against the mounting of an off-Broadway show; the film’s production featured a major behind-the-scenes romance of its own: a torrid, well-publicized affair between Monroe and male lead Yves Montand. Montand is multi-millionaire Jean-Marc Clément, who learns he is to be lampooned in a no-holds-barred musical revue. Setting out to stop the show, he is instead stopped dead in his tracks by lead actress Amanda (Monroe), with whom he is instantly smitten. She takes him for an out-of-work actor, and lands him a part in the production — playing himself! Determined to win her heart, he embarks on a crash course in singing, dancing and comedy, hiring the best talent money can buy (including Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly and Milton Berle, in cameos) to give him pointers. Let's Make Love proved to be Monroe's second-last film. “Delightful . . . The teaming of Monroe and Montand works like a charm” (Time Out). “Monroe is a sheer delight” (Variety). Colour, 35mm. 118 mins.

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