Daily Dialogue — July 8, 2018

Jerry: Have I got things to tell you!
Joe: What happened?
Jerry: I’m engaged.
Joe: Congratulations. Who’s the lucky girl?
Jerry: I am!

— Some Like It Hot (1959), written by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond, suggested by a story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Billy Wilder.

Trivia: A preview audience laughed so hard after Daphne’s announcement of the engagement to Osgood, that a lot of the dialogue was missed. It was re-shot with pauses added to allow for this.

Dialogue On Dialogue: The maracas in this scene were added to allow for laughs between Jack Lemmon’s punch lines. Check it out.