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Auction History Result 9d358 SEVEN YEAR ITCH linen 1sh '55 Billy Wilder, great sexy art of Marilyn Monroe & Tom Ewell! Date Sold 6/2/2013 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 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. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: fair. The poster had tears and areas of paper loss scattered down the vertical foldline, including in the right side of Monroe's face. There were also tears and paper loss on the horizontal folds, but not as much. There were play dates written in the white background area below the title at upper right. There were some pinholes, tears, and paper loss around the edges of the poster (including in the bottom border, where the end of the NSS number was missing, as well as the entire litho number). Overall, the poster was in fair condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well mounted on linen, and was pretty well restored given the extensive defects that the poster had (but the restorer incorrectly restored the last two tiny numbers of the NSS number!), but you can clearly see that the poster has had significant restoration, so do not bid on the poster unless you can accept its significant defects and major restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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