Director Billy Wilder""s original choice for the role of Sugar was Mitzi Gaynor, not Marilyn Monroe, and after Tony Curtis was signed on, Danny Kaye and Frank Sinatra were considered for the second male lead role before Lemmon was signed.Cleopatra: The golden streams of Egypt never run dry.(She tosses he jewels to her subjects) (To Antony) Throw them!Leopard-skinned animals/girls in a circus-like show are subdued by a whip-wielding slave master." When Adrian appeared from the nearby pet store across the street, Duke repeated his offer of a "last golden opportunity to dump this loser image.Although Alice informs him that visitors are not allowed in by Mrs.Roberts (Mary Kent) - the landlady, they begin dancing inside to music, emanating from an illuminated radio sitting on the open window sill.