"As a gust of wind from a New York City subway grate sent Marilyn Monroe's white dress fluttering past her legs, cameras captured what would become the "shot seen 'round the world." The 1955 comedy "The Seven Year Itch" - arguably the star's most iconic film - turned 70 this year. The family of photographer Sam Shaw, Monroe's close friend whose now-famous images cemented her status as a sex symbol, has released a new book, "Dear Marilyn: The Unseen Letters and Photographs.""
""It started in 1941 when he was a photojournalist. ... It was during World War II, and he photographed these young women and sailors, who were on a break in Coney Island. He took these photographs of women standing over the grates in Coney Island, and the wind is blowing their skirts up. And one of these images appeared on the cover of a magazine called Friday in 1941.""
A gust from a New York City subway grate produced Marilyn Monroe's famous dress-blowing photograph used in The Seven Year Itch. Photographer Sam Shaw had previously shot similar skirt-blown images at Coney Island in 1941, one landing on a magazine cover. Shaw served as still photographer for The Seven Year Itch in 1954 and recognized a script moment featuring a subway grate breeze, then repurposed his earlier Coney Island approach to stage the scene. Shaw's family published Dear Marilyn: The Unseen Letters and Photographs, revealing the origin and behind-the-scenes details of the image.
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