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    FILMS

    The Seven Year Itch (1955)
  • Starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell

  • Directed by Billy Wilder

    • This is the one I've heard about for years.

    Actually, that's not entirely true. Upon renting this movie, I had absolutely no clue. I had no idea what this film was about. I've never heard anything about the plot or the characters or the themes. I might've been vaguely aware that Billy Wilder directed it. But probably not. If you'd asked me what this film was about two days ago, I would've said, "It's about Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate, while wind billows her dress up high in the air so a bunch of guys in the audience can get a good look at her gams. We get to watch that for 90 minutes while eating popcorn, and then we go home."

    Apparently there's more to the film than us just starring at Marilyn in that famous billowy white skirt. Did anyone else know that there was a guy in this movie? His name's Tom Ewell and, were it not for Marilyn and her distracting outfits (I swear every time she leaves the room she changes clothes) you might notice this guy. Actually, that's not entirely true either. Ewell is hysterical. He rambles and rants and raves and has these Walter Mitty-esque delusions about nurses wanting to ravage his body and strangers taking him against his will on the beach.

    Ewell plays Richard Sherman. His wife and son have gone up north for the summer. (I guess the boy is going to camp or something. I don't know, the city's hot and the script calls for them to be out of the picture. Don't ask me! According to the film it has nothing to do with the Manhattan Indians.) Anyway, Sherman has to stay behind in New York city. It's supposed to be a quiet, hot, summer for Sherman, but when Marilyn Monroe moves in upstairs, he finds himself in a number of compromising situations with her—all of which are perfectly innocent, of course. Of course, Tom! We believe you! (Who knew dipping chips in champagne could be so crazy?)

    All in all, it's a good movie delivering a positive message about the rewards of being faithful to your spouse ... I think.

    Eh, who cares. Go see it for the two-second billowy dress scene. Apparently that scene is one of the major reasons Joe DiMaggio divorced Monroe.