The film itself is a clever and self-aware examination of marital anxiety and male fantasy.
The Seven Year Itch, released in 1955, is one of the most enduring romantic comedies of the 1950s and remains inseparable from the image of Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate as her white dress billows upward. Directed by Billy Wilder and produced by Charles K. Feldman, the film was adapted for the screen by Wilder and George Axelrod from Axelrod’s successful 1952 Broadway play of the same name.
The man best known as Sam Drucker!
Frank Cady was a beloved American character actor, best remembered for his portrayal of the affable storekeeper Sam Drucker on the television sitcoms Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, and The Beverly Hillbillies. Born Frank Randolph Cady on September 8, 1915, in Susanville, California, he spent much of his early life in the small-town atmosphere that later informed his on-screen persona. His parents, Leon and Clara Cady, operated a general store in Susanville,
