The Seven Year Itch
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The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 romantic comedy film best known for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic subway-grate dress scene and its satirical take on mid-century marriage and temptation.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film
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romantic comedy film ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Seven Year Itch (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | George Axelrod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Evelyn Keyes
NERFINISHED
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Oscar Homolka NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Strauss NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonny Tufts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | DeLuxe Color NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Billy Wilder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributedInFormat | theatrical release ⓘ |
| distributor | Twentieth Century-Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hugh S. Fowler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 1950s American cinema ⓘ |
| famousFor | Marilyn Monroe’s white dress blowing up over a subway grate ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
romantic comedy
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satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
marital fidelity
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midlife crisis ⓘ urban summer isolation ⓘ |
| leadActorRole |
Marilyn Monroe as The Girl
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Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Richard Sherman
NERFINISHED
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The Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motionPictureRating | Production Code era film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alfred Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | fantasy sequences ⓘ |
| notableScene | subway-grate dress scene with Marilyn Monroe ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
male temptation and infidelity fantasies
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mid-century American marriage ⓘ |
| producer | Charles K. Feldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Twentieth Century-Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1955-06-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationType | stage-to-film adaptation ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Billy Wilder
NERFINISHED
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George Axelrod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starring |
Marilyn Monroe
NERFINISHED
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Tom Ewell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | The Seven Year Itch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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