Oscar Alert
Oscar Nominations: 6
Director: Billy Wilder
Actor: Jack Lemmon
Screenplay (Adapted): Billy Wilder and I.A. L. Diamond
Cinematography (b/w): Charles Lang
Art Direction-Set Decoration (b/w): Ted Haworth; Edward G. Boyle
Costume Design (b/w): Orry-Kelly
Oscar Awards: 1
Costume design
Oscar Context
In 1958, the historical epic “Ben-Hur” swept most of the Oscars, including Picture, Director (William Wyler), and Actor (Charlton Heston).
The Adapted Screenplay Oscar went to Neil Paterson for the British drama, “Room at the Top.”
The b/c Cinematography Oscar was won by William C. Mellor for George Stevens' “The Diary of Anne Frank.”
This was the second Oscar for Orry-Kelly, after winning the year before for George Cukor's farce “Les Girls.”
Director-Actor Alert
“Some Like It Hot” began a long and fruitful collaboration between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon, who would make six more movie together, including “The Apartment,” “Irma La Douce,” and “The Fortune Cookie.”