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Auction History Result 5p283 SEVEN YEAR ITCH linen INCOMPLETE 3sh '55 Billy Wilder, art of Marilyn Monroe's skirt blowing! Date Sold 3/3/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An INCOMPLETE Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 68" [104 x 173 cm]) (Learn More) The Seven Year Itch, the classic 1955 Billy Wilder married-man-with-roving-eye romantic comedy ("It's the stage riot that rocked New York for 3 years!"; "Based upon an original Play 'The Seven Year Itch' by George Axelrod"; the movie that features the famous scene where Marilyn is standing over the grating as her dress flies up around her legs; the entire movie was very sensational in its day!) starring Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Sonny Tufts, Robert Strauss, Oscar Homolka, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Moore (as the plumber; in his final movie role), Dolores Rosedale (billed as "Roxanne"), and Carolyn Jones. Note that the image of Marilyn Monroe with her skirt blowing up is rightfully the most remembered image of Marilyn from any of her movies. But this movie also has the memorable scene which was extremely risque for its time, where a naked Marilyn in a bubble bath gets her toe caught in the faucet and a plumber must free her! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that only the top 2/3 of this poster is present (the part that is present measures 41" x 68" [104 x 173 cm]). It was printed in 2 pieces. One had the top 2/3 of the poster and the other had the bottom 1/3, AND THAT BOTTOM 1/3 PIECE IS MISSING. Please do not bid on this poster unless you can accept that only 2/3 of the poster is present! Note that it is very fortunate that the portion of the poster that is present contains the title and all the image, as well as the top two credits, and only the small credits are missing, but the poster has significant other condition issues, so bear all of this in mind before placing a bid. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. Only the top two-thirds of the poster is present (see above). It had paper loss at some crossfolds and some tears and surface paper loss on parts of some foldlines, with some pinholes, tears, and smudges around the edges. Someone simply had the portion of the poster present backed, with no restoration. I would think the new owner of this poster would likely choose to have additional restoration performed to the portion that is present, and not bother recreating the bottom portion, which is solely small credits, but of course, that will be up to the new owner. But please bear these significant defects in mind before placing a bid on this poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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