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San Diego is Home to the Famous Del Coronado Hotel, or “The Del” as it’s Called by Celebrities From Marilyn Monroe to Oprah
The movie Some Like it Hot was filmed at the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California.
Coming up the drive to the Hotel Del Coronado you see the famous 120 foot high, red roofed paviion tower, shaped like a turret. It’s seen in the background of the movie Some Like it Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, The rounded turret pokes into the sunny California sky overthead like a pyramid. The hotel consists of the main building, a huge courtyard, the pavilion tower and individual rooms built around the main structure, all covered in the signature red roof. A large patio with fire pits and a bar house the Cabana restaurant that overlooks the beach.
From there, you can watch the Naval ships come up the channel and turn to dock at the Naval Base. The Pacific ocean waves crash onto nearly white sand a hundred feet from the restaurant. Watching the swimmers is reminiscent of the beach scene in the movie where Marilyn Monroe and the other female band members rush into the ocean together as a bevy of beauties, along with Jack Lemmon in drag. If you haven’t seen the movie, you should. It’s classic Marilyn as Sugar Cane, with Curtis and Lemmon…
