Marilyn Monroe Fans Never Forgave Him

Born Bernard Schwartz to immigrant Hungarian Jewish parents in 1925, his early years were spent hustling on the streets of New York.
The death of his kid brother after being hit by a truck affected him for ever.
But Tony Curtis was determined to be a star, and with his thick black hair and dazzling looks, he was soon in demand as a swashbuckling adventurer in exotic action dramas.
By the mid-fifties he had become one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars.
Yet it was his performance in Billy Wilder’s 1959 film Some Like It Hot that secured his status as a movie great.
Curtis had briefly dated the young Marilyn Monroe when they were both starting their careers and their pairing was enough to reignite their earlier passion, to the extent that Monroe became pregnant with Curtis’s baby, but she later miscarried.
Their celluloid love-making scene resulted in one of his most infamous asides, when he described making love to Marilyn as ‘like kissing Hitler’.
He later contended his remark was taken out of context, but many Monroe fans never forgave him.