Marilyn Munroe bursts onto the screen and glows throughout this enjoyable farce. Based on the play of fifty years ago it still maintains a theatrical format in which Tom Ewell as Richard Sherman actually speaks his thoughts gushing out from an over active imaginative brain.
He invites this beautiful blonde to his apartment for a neighbourly drink and Richard imagines what the evening might lead to. In conversation the girl tells him how she put her toe in a dripping tap while having a bath and how she had to call the plumber to release her. . Moments later while opening a bottle of champagne Richard gets his finger caught in the neck of the bottle.
When there is a knock at the door the blonde curls up hidden in an armchair. It's the janitor who has come to collect a rug for dry cleaning. He sees her protruding naked leg and gives Richard a knowing look. When Richard discovers later that the blonde is involved in TV ads his imagination goes into over drive. If she blabs about the incident it could be broadcast widely over the TV network or so he thinks . Richard's wife and son are taking a short holiday so when she telephones, Richard lies about how he is spending his time in her absence just in case she misinterprets his intentions. The fact that the blonde moves in for several nights so that she can enjoy the air-conditioning would be hard to explain.
Much of the humour derives from the naiveté of the blond and the reckless possibilities from Richard's imagination. The fact that Richard is engaged in the publishing business makes it difficult for him to divorce reality from the fiction of the plots he is constantly evaluating.
To add to his constant bewilderment, he begins to imagine his wife may be having an affair with a family friend. This makes for a very funny scene when he accuses his friend of having sex with his wife on a hayride. His friend is flabbergasted when Richard starts talking about divorce proceedings. It all makes for good fun.
Billy Wilder was the producer and director and wrote the screen play. He did a great job and I for one spent a very enjoyable evening watching the result of his work.
He invites this beautiful blonde to his apartment for a neighbourly drink and Richard imagines what the evening might lead to. In conversation the girl tells him how she put her toe in a dripping tap while having a bath and how she had to call the plumber to release her. . Moments later while opening a bottle of champagne Richard gets his finger caught in the neck of the bottle.
When there is a knock at the door the blonde curls up hidden in an armchair. It's the janitor who has come to collect a rug for dry cleaning. He sees her protruding naked leg and gives Richard a knowing look. When Richard discovers later that the blonde is involved in TV ads his imagination goes into over drive. If she blabs about the incident it could be broadcast widely over the TV network or so he thinks . Richard's wife and son are taking a short holiday so when she telephones, Richard lies about how he is spending his time in her absence just in case she misinterprets his intentions. The fact that the blonde moves in for several nights so that she can enjoy the air-conditioning would be hard to explain.
Much of the humour derives from the naiveté of the blond and the reckless possibilities from Richard's imagination. The fact that Richard is engaged in the publishing business makes it difficult for him to divorce reality from the fiction of the plots he is constantly evaluating.
To add to his constant bewilderment, he begins to imagine his wife may be having an affair with a family friend. This makes for a very funny scene when he accuses his friend of having sex with his wife on a hayride. His friend is flabbergasted when Richard starts talking about divorce proceedings. It all makes for good fun.
Billy Wilder was the producer and director and wrote the screen play. He did a great job and I for one spent a very enjoyable evening watching the result of his work.