#tony curtis

[orlaite]

"Daphne"? Well, I never did like the name Geraldine. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) | dir. Billy Wilder

[missdreamalot]

In 1963 photographer Bert Stern photographed some of the top actors/actresses at the height of their fame playing their dream roles for a photo series in LIFE magazine's December 20, 1963 issue.

Cary Grant as Charlie Chaplin's Tramp / Audrey Hepburn as Pearl White in 'Perils of Pauline' / Tony Curtis & Natalie Wood as Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Bánky in 'The Sheik' / Paul Newman as a Douglas Fairbanks Sr. swashbuckler / Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin as Judah Ben-Hur and Messala from 'Ben-Hur' / Bing Crosby & Bob Hope as 1930s gangsters / Jack Lemmon as a war pilot / Shirley MacLaine as one of Busby Berkeley's showgirls / Rock Hudson as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis a a tparty at the Beverly Hills Hotel in California on July 8, 1958

[sleepymarmot]

[judy1926]

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones (1958)

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Omar Sharif (Funny Girl, Lawrence of Arabia)—no propaganda submitted

Tony Curtis (Some Like It Hot, The Great Race)—he always has kind of a catty camp quality to any role he shows up in, like the eyeliner is always on so thick even though he's playing a straight man type role. (this also doesn't add to his hot factor but he's also jamie lee curtis's dad!)

This is round 1 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis on the set of Some Like It Hot, 1958.

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[hollywoodlady]

Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis and Robert Wagner, 1954.

[orlaite]

SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959) dir. Billy Wilder

[texaschainsawmascara]

Jamie Lee Curtis’ parents, Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis

[citizenscreen]

[vintage-every-day]

Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe on the set of 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰𝒕 𝑯𝒐𝒕 (1959).

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis filming ‘Some Like It Hot’, 1958.

[tedhead]

Can you comment on the way you perceived gay actors as being treated back then? Rock Hudson comes to mind as an example.

Tony Curtis: Rock and I were the best of friends, we were always together at the studio. [Not being out] had a very profound effect on Rock. He was the most giving and gentle man I've ever known and wanted nothing more than to be left alone.

Did Rock ever hit on you?

Tony Curtis: Well, yeah. We did a picture together. I knew him for a long time. But you know, he was so big, he didn’t want to fool with a little kid like me.

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis on the set of Some Like It Hot, 1958.