The Seven Year Itch/Trivia


 * Executive Meddling: The act of adultery (consummated in the play) was removed by the censors, as were a few profanities and a few other bits considered risqué in 1955.
 * Fake Nationality: There's a whole tribe of fake Manhattan Indians at the beginning (as a narrator explains the anthropological origins of adultery).
 * The Pete Best: Vanessa Brown played The Girl in the stage version alongside Ewell, but was apparently not asked to reprise the role for the movie. (Then again, Ewell was almost not asked to reprise his role; see What Could Have Been below.)
 * What Could Have Been:
 * There was a segment spoofing 1930s gangster movies that got left on the cutting room floor for some reason.
 * Walter Matthau did a screen test for the role of Richard Sherman, but the studio thought he was too risky an investment because he was still an "unknown".
 * Oh, and the movie that Al Pacino chose over the aborted remake of this film? Scarface (which, actually, was itself a remake, but that's neither here nor there).