The Seven Year Itch 1955
Cast:
Marilyn Monroe .... The Girl
Tom Ewell .... Richard Sherman
Evelyn Keyes .... Helen Sherman
Sonny Tufts .... Tom MacKenzie
Robert Strauss .... Mr. Kruhulik (janitor)
Oskar Homolka .... Dr. Brubaker
Marguerite Chapman .... Miss Morris (secretary)
Victor Moore .... Plumber
Roxanne Arlen .... Elaine (as Roxanne)
Donald MacBride .... Mr. Brady
Carolyn Jones .... Miss Finch (night nurse)
Steven Benson .... Kid at Train Station (uncredited)
Butch Bernard .... Ricky Sherman (uncredited)
Dorothy Ford .... Indian Girl/Tall Beauty at Train Station (uncredited)
Doro Merande .... Waitress at Vegetarian Restaurant (uncredited)
Ron Nyman .... Indian (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford .... Train Station Gateman (uncredited)
Mary Young .... Woman in Train Station (uncredited)
Produced: Charles K.Feldman and Billy Wilder
Photography: MiltonKrasner
Screen play: Billy Wilder, George Axefrod
Music: Alfred Newman
Edited: Hugh S.Fowler
Directed: Billy Wilder
A professional book reader for a publishing company must endure the dog days of a New York summer alone while his wife and son find themselves on a oceanside resort without a paddle. To pass the lonely hours, the overly-imaginative book reader fantasizes about a young model who is lodging temporarily in the apartment upstairs. The film that contains Marilyn's most famous scene - standing over a subway grate with her skirt flying in the air was also one of her most succesful comedies. It has been suggested that it was that very scene that caused the breakup of Marilyn's marriage to Joe DiMaggio. After all the publicity surrounding the late-night filming of the shots, the scene had to be re-filmed in a sutdio.
