Explore Billy Wilder through Double Indemnity. This first route follows the places already documented in the collection.
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The existing collection credits Billy Wilder in connection with Double Indemnity. Follow the work through its documented places below. These are work connections; a credit alone does not establish personal presence at every location.
Explore 4 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
The opening looks toward Pershing Square from the surrounding downtown streets. Buildings have changed, so the photograph offers present-day context rather than a frame match.
Double Indemnity · Pershing Square ↗︎
Use public park paths and crossings. This is an area reference; the historic surrounding streetscape has changed.
Open street map ↗︎Paramount stages held key interiors, including the apartment and market scenes. A studio visit explores production history; the original sets are not preserved as a visitor attraction.
Double Indemnity · Pershing Square ↗︎
Book any studio tour with the operator. Working stages and specific historic sets are not guaranteed tour stops.
Open street map ↗︎Hollywood and Western plays the corner described as Vermont and Franklin. The building behind the encounter helps reveal the film’s quietly rearranged geography.
Double Indemnity · Pershing Square ↗︎
Public-sidewalk exterior only. Residential and commercial interiors are private.
Open street map ↗︎Marilyn Monroe shoots The Seven Year Itch subway-grate scene
In the early hours of 15 September 1954, Monroe and Billy Wilder's crew filmed the famous dress-lift sequence at Lexington Avenue and East 52nd Street. Fourteen takes were made with a crowd gathered around the corner; because the street sound and crowd overwhelmed production, the film's close-ups were later recreated on a California soundstage. The New York corner is therefore the real-world shoot site, not a claim that every finished frame was photographed here.
MoMA — The Seven Year Itch subway-grate shoot ↗︎Wikidata — Trans-Lux 52nd Street Theatre, 586 Lexington Avenue ↗︎
Lexington Avenue at East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022
Open street map ↗︎Follow the work through its real places.
The Seven Year Itch
Street corners, fire escapes and subway rhythms. A city to read at walking pace.
Follow collaborators through their work and the real places tied to it.
The Hollywood Roosevelt places Marilyn Monroe among its former residents. Begin with this documented hotel connection on Hollywood Boulevard.
Tom Ewell was an American actor. Born on 29 April 1909, this profile follows Tom Ewell through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Seven Year Itch. The location trail reaches The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
Evelyn Keyes was an American film actress. Born on 20 November 1916, this profile follows Evelyn Keyes through existing screen stories and their real settings. The connected credits include The Seven Year Itch. The location trail reaches The Seven Year Itch subway-grate site. Each stop belongs to a particular work and moment, keeping the creative credit beside the place that gives the story its geography. Explore the films and programmes below to move between performances, collaborators and settings, and use each location’s own story for the documented connection. These are work locations; a credit alone does not establish a personal visit to every mapped stop. The credit and location sources remain alongside each story for further reading.
