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Let's Make Love Overview:

Let's Make Love (1960) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by George Cukor and produced by Jerry Wald.

SYNOPSIS

A millionaire (Montand) is out to squelch a show that makes fun of him until he meets cast member Monroe. To get closer to her, he decides to join the cast and hires Milton Berle, Gene Kelly, and Bing Crosby (as themselves) to teach him the performing arts. Monroe and Montand were carrying on a frank dalliance during production. A delightful Cukor backstage musical with many memorable songs, including "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "You With the Crazy Eyes."

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1960 --- Ceremony Number 33 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringLionel Newman, Earle H. HagenNominated
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Let's Make Love BlogHub Articles:

Gene Kelly's Brief Sojourn, "Let's Make Love" (1960)

By The Lady Eve on Aug 21, 2012 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

The Classic Movie Blog Association is sponsoring the Gene Kelly Centennial Blogathon from August 20 - 25 and this is my contribution to the event. Please click here for links to the other participating blogs. ~ 1960 was the year that Echo I an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia... Read full article

Gene Kelly's Brief Sojourn, "Let's Make Love" (1960)

By The Lady Eve on Aug 21, 2012 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

The Classic Movie Blog Association is sponsoring the Gene Kelly Centennial Blogathon from August 20 - 25 and this is my contribution to the event. Please click here for links to the other participating blogs. ~ 1960 was the year that Echo I an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia... Read full article

Gene Kelly's Brief Sojourn, "Let's Make Love" (1960)

By The Lady Eve on Aug 21, 2012 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

The Classic Movie Blog Association is sponsoring the Gene Kelly Centennial Blogathon from August 20 - 25 and this is my contribution to the event. Please click here for links to the other participating blogs. ~ 1960 was the year that Echo I an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Russia... Read full article

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Let's Make Love Quotes:

Jean-Marc Clement: You must be pretty tired. How many times did you go through that dance today?
Amanda Dell: Oh, I lost count. Matter of fact, sometimes I even trot home afterwards. You sleep better. You ever trot?
Amanda Dell: The least you could have done is tell me who you are!
Jean-Marc Clement: I did tell you.
Amanda Dell: How did you expect me to believe it?
Jean-Marc Clement: Because it was true.
Amanda Dell: That's no excuse!
Amanda Dell: Charm him? I could murder him!
Tony Danton: The gentle art of conversation is deader than the dead sea scrolls. We've become the mutest kind of nation. We're un-communicating souls. No one talks. No one talks. It's something we seldom ever do. No one talks No one talks.
Amanda Dell: No one talks but... you.
Jean-Marc Clement: How do people in show business look?
Amanda Dell: They don't. I mean a girl can walk around backstage with nothing on except her good will and nobody will even turn his head. The same girl, fully dressed, walks down an aisle of clerks in an office - pinched black and blue. What's the matter with you people, anyway?
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Let's Make Love Facts
Milton Berle placed ads in Hollywood trade papers seeking a Best Supporting Oscar nomination for playing himself.
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 Montand for the part.
Married co-stars Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand embarked on an ill-fated affair during the shooting of the film.
Stephen Boyd was named as one of many potential co-stars before Yves Montand accepted the role.
Writer Norman Krasna initially viewed the male lead as one the audience would view as a kind of a "shitkicker" - a Gary Cooper or a Jimmy Stewart. Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Rock Hudson, James Stewart and Yul Brynner all turned down the male lead. Yves Montand was cast after starring in The Crucible (US title: The Crucible), based on a play also written by Miller.
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