| 1952 | The Seven Year Itch. The season's biggest hit is a comedy exploring the Walter Mitty-ish libidinal fantasies of a married man, left on his own for the summer and tempted by his young neighbor. One critic calls it "a grand and goofy comedy, and it will relieve the dolors of even a [Adlai] Stevenson voter." Tom Ewell would reprise his stage performance in the 1955 Billy Wilder film, co-starring Marilyn Monroe. The New York-born writer would have one subsequent success, a Hollywood spoof, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955). |
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