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The Seven Year Itch. The Seven Year Itch is a 1955 American romantic comedy film directed by Billy Wilder, from a screenplay he co-wrote with George Axelrod from the 1952 three-act play. The film stars Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell, who reprised his stage role. It contains one of the most iconic pop-culture images of the 20th century – Monroe ...
Jun 21, 2003 · George Axelrod is credited as Director, Producer and Writer. IBDB (Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database for Broadway theatre information.
George Axelrod: Irony! Interview by Pat McGilligan. Good comedy, George Axelrod once said, is bitter; great comedy, angry. He should know. In the Hollywood of the fifties and sixties, it was mostly comedies that put him at the top of the screenwriting profession: Phffft!, The Seven Year Itch, Bus Stop, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Manchurian Candidate —as ferocious in its political satire as ...
Lowest Rated: 27% The Holcroft Covenant (1985) Birthday: Jun 9, 1922. Birthplace: New York, New York, USA. A consistently effective scenarist, Axelrod wrote often witty and always acute ...
About. George Axelrod was born and raised in New York City, the son of silent actress Betty Carpenter. Growing up, he often hung around Broadway theatres and eventually landed a job working backstage. During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps. Through the late ’40s and early ’50s he wrote for numerous television and radio series.
Dec 6, 2015 · 2. For about a decade during the 50s and 60s, screenwriter and playwright George Axelrod was one of the hottest and most prolific writers in Hollywood. His movie credits include The Seven Year Itch (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Paris — When It Sizzles (1964), and How to Murder Your ...
George Axelrod, writer: born New York 9 June 1922; married first Gloria Washburn (two sons; marriage dissolved), second Joan Stanton (died 2001; one daughter); died Los Angeles 21 June 2003.
