Although Billy Wilder’s remake of this German comedy as Some Like It Hot remains far better known, Fanfares of Love (itself a remake of a 1935 French film) captures the seamier side of German show business with flair. As it relays the story of two jobless young musicians who dress up as women to join a ladies’ band, the film chronicles the postwar revival of interest in swing and pop music: its score is laden with American-style big band numbers, composed by Franz Grothe, and typical German pop songs of the era performed by Inge Egger. The film stars Dieter Borsche, who later became one of the German screen’s best-known romantic leads, and Georg Thomalla, one of the most reliable comic actors of the 1950s.