THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)

The Seven Year Itch (1955). Based on a 3 act play by George Axelrod. The film was co-written and directed by Billy Wilder. Cast: Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.

One hot summer day in Manhattan, Richard Sherman takes his wife Helen and son to the crowded train station, to send them off on their summer vacation. Then, Richard returns to his office at Brady & Co., where he designs covers of paperbacks.

After dinner, Richard goes home and is about to start working on a new manuscript, Of Man and the Unconscious by Dr. Ludwig Brubaker, when he hears someone at the door. A sexy blond tells Richard that she is his new neighbor, Richard, can not believe his eyes and watches her walk up the stairs. Richard, trying not to think about the new neighbor, returns to Brubaker's book. Richard begins thinking about Helen's plans to call him at 10:00 PM and decides that she must not trust him. He imagines Helen sitting on the patio with him and hears her laugh when he says that other woman find him attractive. Helen calls early and Richard is not to pleased to hear that she ran into Tom MacKenzie, another writer, on the train to Maine, yet promises that everything is fine at home. After hanging up, Richard gets up just in time before a huge tomato plant from the upstairs patio crashes into his chair. The Girl, who was watering the plants, apologizes for knocking over the plant, and Richard invites her over for a drink. During the hot Summer days to follow, he spends a lot of time with the girl, but ...does he give into his vivid imagination?

I thought Marilyn was wonderful in this film. My favorite scene in the movie is when Richard imagination takes over and he sees: Helen and Ricky watching The Girl on TV as she warns the women of New York City about "this monster named Richard Sherman" and how Richard is "just like The Creature from the Black Lagoon".
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