Billy Wilder and Some like It Hot: The Genesis of America’s Greatest Screen Comedy .

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Billy Wilder's film Some Like It Hot represents the apotheosis of United States cinematic comedy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Joy McEntee

doi:10.1080/01956051.2026.2729563

September 8, 2026Journal of Popular Film and Television

Billy Wilder and Some like It Hot: The Genesis of America’s Greatest Screen Comedy .

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The work investigates the production history and creative development of Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot to evaluate its standing as the peak of American cinematic comedy.
Critical and historiographical analysis of the film's production background, screenwriting, and comedic structure.
Positions Some Like It Hot as the artistic zenith of twentieth-century American screen comedy.
Details the creative genesis and directorial choices that established the film's enduring critical reputation.

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Critical analysis examines the genesis of Some Like It Hot in cinematic history, arguing its role as the pinnacle of American screen comedy.

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As the title indicates, Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot: The Genesis of America’s Greatest Screen Comedy argues that Wilder’s film is the apotheosis of US cinematic comedy. This is obviously a bi...

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Joy McEntee (2026) studied this question.

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Billy Wilder and Some like It Hot: The Genesis of America’s Greatest Screen Comedy .

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Billy Wilder and Some like It Hot: The Genesis of America’s Greatest Screen Comedy .

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