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.
UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE SEEN BEFORE!
I watched the 1953 House of Wax, originally called The Wax Works, which was Warner Bros.’ answer to the surprise 3-D hit Bwana Devil[1], on Svengoolie. They contracted Julian and Milton Gunzburg’s Natural Vision 3-D system1, the same one used for Bwana Devil2, and filmed a remake of their thriller Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), based on Charles S. Belden’s three-act play The Wax Works. The director André de Toth (May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002) was blind in one eye and couldn’t see the 3D results.
My 7th inductee into my SitCom Hall of Fame.
“The Addams Family” is a classic American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966. It ran for a total of 64 episodes over two seasons. “The Addams Family” TV series was created by David Levy, who developed the show based on the original cartoon characters created by Charles Addams.
