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What was so daring in the 50's seems almost corny by todays perverse standards.Released in 1955 and running only 104 minutes,this film signifies the "dumb blonde"image that Marilyn Monroe lived off in her screen career.Paired with a rather ordinary,and maybe thats why the film worked so well,Tom Ewell ,they gave us a funny and somewhat poignant comedy of a 39 year old mans mid life crisis.Perhaps its my age but they truly don't make em like this anymore.Even the famed subway grating up skirt scene is so innocently iconic it makes you wonder how anyone else thinks they can do it justice.It took class to pull it of then,not the crass of todays directors.You can also see why Marilyn is today still studied and immortalized.But one also has to credit Toms fine performance as well.Bucket list film for true movie fans.Classic clip URL from the movie ( Skirt scene) follows the picture and a IMDB summary below.
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, New Yorker Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor's life - to eat and drink what he wants and basically to enjoy life without wife and son. The beautiful but ditsy blond from the apartment above his catches his eye and they soon start spending time together. It's all innocent though there is little doubt that Sherman is attracted to her. Any lust he may be feeling is played out in his own imagination however. Written by garykmcd
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