Seven Year Itch

Pros: Marilyn Monroe at her best, comedy
Cons: Dated 50s morality

The Seven Year Itch (1955) It sort of cools the ankles, doesn't it? Richard Sherman Billy Wilder made successful films in more genres than most other directors, including war, drama, film noir, courtroom drama, and of course comedy, like ...

Pros: Scratch and win with this funny sex farce!
Cons: The long, stage-bound scenes threaten to drag down the madcap antics

A hot summer night. A white dress. The breezy blast from a subway grate.

That’s all it took for Marilyn Monroe to become a legendary sex icon. The movie was The Seven Year Itch and the by-now famous scene comes midway through the...

Pros: Marilyn! There are some funny moments.
Cons: It's too long, and it was butchered by censorship.

Recently, I have a Norma Jean Mortenson fixation. I caught How To Marry A Millionaire and Bus Stop on AMC recently and, though captivated by her beauty, I really didn't think she was much of an actress. So I put her old movies on my Netflix queue to do ...

Pros: Comedy perfection!
Cons: None

This classic has got to be one of the funniest movies of the fifties. It stars Tom Ewell and Marilyn Monroe in a delightful comedy that takes place in Manhattan.

Tom Ewell plays Richard Sherman, who is a happily married man with a small son....

Pros: Marilyn Monroe at her very best.
Cons: Corny, predictable ending.

The 1955 film "The Seven Year Itch" is one of my favorite older films. Even though it came out long before I was born, the movie captured my attention because of two simple words: Marilyn Monroe. She is at her funny, sexy best in this comedy co-written ...

Pros: Hilarious, Richard Sherman's imagination drives him mad!
Cons: Censorship... boo!

Ah, what a better way to ring in the new year, by watching a classic I've had the "seven year itch" to see! Sometime in July I decided I was Marilyn Monroe's fan. Or one of them. Out of millions. But that's beside the point. I'd been yearning to see the ...

Pros: Marilyn Monroe, direction
Cons: comedy can be too exaggerated

Marilyn Monroe was already one of Hollywood's biggest sex symbols by 1955. Her performance in "The Seven Year Itch" only furthered her image, especially given the publicity surrounding her most famous scene: her dress rising above her knees...

Pros: Very funny movie
Cons: none

Genre: Comedy
Star: Marilyn Monroe
Star: Tom Ewell
Star: Sonny Tufts
Director: Billy Wilder

Trivia: Marilyn's most famous single scene, the skirt blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch, was filmed at 2:00 a.m. on...

Pros: Hilarious storyline -- One of Monroe's best films
Cons: Not for people who don't appreciate 1950's cinematography.

The Seven Year Itch (based on the play of the same name) is the film that immortalized Marilyn's famous subway "upskirt" scene. This is one of the most famous scenes in Hollywood history -- and definitely in Monroe's career.

The story is of a...