Saturday, October 18, 2008

The Seven Year Itch (1955)

originally posted on AOL Blogs, Saturday, November 26, 2005
revised Thursday, November 1, 2018



Released June 3rd in the US.
Filmed in New York and California.
The story: Dating back as far as 500 years, it has always been a tradition that married men would see their wives and children off for the summer, while they stay behind to work and keep their castles.
For a married man who works at a publishing firm, this tradition is still living.
Just as he sees his wife and son off to Maine for a summer stay his eyes begin to wander along with many other married men who have just seen their families off.
But this man tells himself this type of behavior is not for him.
After a while, his train of thought of being the "good husband" is once again side-swiped when he meets up with a lovely, unintentionally flirty neighbor who makes it very easy for his mind to wander.

He ends up driving himself mad as his good thoughts/bad thoughts fight a moral battle.
Stars Tom Ewell , Evelyn Keyes , Sonny Tufts , Marguerite Chapman , Robert Strauss , Marilyn Monroe , Oskar Homolka , Roxanne Arlen , Donald MacBride , Victor Moore , Carolyn Jones
Directed by Billy Wilder
Not Rated
COMEDY

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