Marilyn (1963 film) However, "Marilyn" only focuses on the films that Monroe made with 20th Century Fox, which excludes "Some Like It Hot", as it was released by United Artists. Monroe's last film with Fox was the 1960 romantic-musical comedy "Let's Make Love", also starring Yves Montand. In 1962, she signed on with Fox to remake a 1940 film called "My Favorite Wife". The film was re-titled "Something's Got to Give" and cast Monroe in the lead alongside Dean Martin, Cyd Charisse, Wally Cox, and Phil Silvers. Monroe died before the film's completion. In 1963, Fox recast "Something's Got to Give", with Doris
Marilyn Monroe January 1955, Monroe stated that she was "tired of the same old sex roles. I want to do better things. People have scope, you know." She asserted that she was no longer under contract to Fox, as the studio had not fulfilled its duties, such as paying her the promised bonus for "The Seven Year Itch". This began a year-long legal battle between her and the studio. The press largely ridiculed Monroe for her actions and she was parodied in "The Seven Year Itch" writer George Axelrod's "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" (1955), in which her lookalike Jayne Mansfield played