The history of the name and specifics of the B. Wilder movie genre «Only Girl in Jazz».

Abstract

Information about American cinema as the main exponent of USА mass culture is provided. Billy Wilder’s motion picture «Some Like It Hot» is analyzed in the aspect of intertextuality. The similarity and difference between the movie «Some Like It Hot» and the German film by Kurt Hoffman’s «Fanfaren der Liebe» / «Fanfare of Love» and the French film by Richard Pottier’s «Fanfare d’amour» / «Fanfare of Love» are revealed. It was identified the borrowed motives, situations, storylines, etc. It were discovered the original directorial discoveries, proving the film’s belonging to the comedy genre.