Coronado Beach

This guide to Coronado Beach in San Diego centers on the summer of nineteen fifty-eight, when director Billy Wilder brought two hundred cast and crew to shoot Some Like It Hot on this sand, using the Hotel del Coronado to stand in for a nineteen twenties Florida resort. You'll hear about the public spat that followed with Miami's actual mayor, and the barbed telegram Coronado's own mayor sent back. It also follows Marilyn Monroe's unexpectedly smooth days filming here, against her reputation elsewhere on the shoot. Look down at the sand itself for the mica flecks that helped sell the illusion.