"For me, 'Some Like it Hot' is one of the great Weimar films, " Mr. Kardish said.

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So go ahead, enjoy these films and ones like them that are based on actual events or current hot issues.

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The proud studio that once put out films like Gone With the Wind and Doctor Zhivago has been reduced to middling hits like Hot Tub Time Machine and outright failures like the recent Fame remake.

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