The Seven Year Itch - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Seven Year Itch"
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Timing: 1:44 (104 min)
The Seven Year Itch - TMDB rating
7.067/10
859
The Seven Year Itch - Kinopoisk rating
7.291/10
18100
The Seven Year Itch - IMDB rating
7/10
46000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Charles K. Feldman
Producer

Editor

Hugh S. Fowler
Editor

Art Direction

George W. Davis
Art Direction

Costume Design

Photo Travilla #108953

Travilla

Travilla
Costume Design

Set Decoration

Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Photo Ben Nye #72370

Ben Nye

Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo Alfred Newman #72368

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

Associate Producer

Doane Harrison

Doane Harrison
Associate Producer

Orchestrator

Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator

Director of Photography

Photo Milton Krasner #74753

Milton Krasner

Milton Krasner
Director of Photography

Hairstylist

Helen Turpin
Hairstylist

Screenplay

Photo George Axelrod #75548
George Axelrod
Screenplay

Special Effects

Ray Kellogg

Ray Kellogg
Special Effects

Songs

Assistant Director

Joseph E. Rickards
Assistant Director

Sound

E. Clayton Ward
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound

Title Designer

Photo Saul Bass #25156

Saul Bass

Saul Bass
Title Designer

Lyricist

What's left behind the scenes

  • A film adaptation of George Axelrod's play.
  • The famous episode in which a sudden gust of air from a ventilation grate lifts Marilyn Monroe’s skirt was originally filmed in Manhattan, at the corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue, at midnight on September 15, 1954. 5,000 onlookers whistled and cheered as Monroe repeatedly flubbed her lines, ruining take after take. All of this happened before the eyes of Joe DiMaggio, the actress’s then-husband. The footage was never used in the film due to the noise of the crowd. Film director Billy Wilder reshot the scene in a studio at 20th Century Fox. To achieve the desired result, he had to do 40 more takes.
  • During filming, Monroe often made mistakes, mixed up and forgot her lines, resulting in dozens of takes being required. As a result, the production of the film was delayed, and its budget swelled to $3.2 million – a considerable sum for that time.
  • After seeing Walter Matthau’s screen test for the role of Richard Sherman, Billy Wilder realized he had found the actor he needed. However, studio executives did not want to take a risk by casting a debutant in the lead role. Wilder then chose Tom Ewell, who had played Sherman in the Broadway production of George Axelrod’s play, which served as the basis for the film.
  • Paramount acquired the rights to adapt the play, but after Billy Wilder left the studio, the project ended up at 20th Century Fox.
  • George Cukor was the first director to be offered the opportunity to film this picture, but he turned down the project.
  • During filming, Monroe suffered from depression as her nine-month marriage to baseball player Joe DiMaggio was coming to an end.
  • The famous scene in which a sudden gust of air from a ventilation shaft lifts Marilyn Monroe’s skirt was originally filmed in Manhattan, at the corner of 52nd Street and Lexington Avenue, on September 15, 1954, at one o’clock in the morning. 5,000 onlookers whistled and cheered as Monroe repeatedly flubbed her lines. All this happened before the eyes of Joe DiMaggio, the actress’s then-husband. The footage was never used in the film because it was unusable due to the noise of the crowd. Film director Billy Wilder reshot the scene in a studio at 20th Century Fox. To achieve the desired result, he had to do 40 more takes.
  • During filming, Monroe often made mistakes, mixed up and forgot her lines, which resulted in dozens of takes. As a result, the production of the film was delayed, and its budget swelled to $3.2 million – a considerable sum for that time.
  • After seeing Walter Matthau's screen test for the role of Richard Sherman, Billy Wilder realized he had found the actor he needed. However, studio executives did not want to take a risk by casting a newcomer in the lead role. Wilder then chose Tom Ewell, who had played Sherman in the Broadway production of George Axelrod's play, which served as the basis for the film.
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