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They would send their wives and children away for the summer, up the river to the cooler highlands, or, if they could afford it, to the seashore.

11 seconds sound clip from the The Seven Year Itch (1952) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:02:46 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- The island of Manhattan derives its name from its earliest inhabitants, the Manhattan Indians.

- They were a peaceful tribe - setting traps, fishing, hunting.

- And there was a custom among them: every July, when the heat and the humidity on the island became unbearable...

- They would send their wives and children away for the summer, up the river to the cooler highlands, or, if they could afford it, to the seashore.

- The husbands, of course, would remain behind on the steaming island to attend to business - setting traps, fishing and hunting.

- Actually, our story has nothing whatsoever to do with Indians. It plays 500 years later.

- Portland, Rockland, Plymouth and Bar Harbor. Departing at 6:30.

- We only brought up the subject to show you that in all that time nothing has changed.

- Manhattan husbands still send their wives and kids away for the summer, and they still remain behind in the steaming city to attend to business, setting traps, fishing and hunting.

[...]

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The Seven Year Itch (1952) Sound Clip

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Get a dose of Marilyn Monroe's charm with sound bites from The Seven Year Itch (1952) film, adapted from George Axelrod's play.

Actors: Marilyn Monroe (The Girl), Tom Ewell (Richard Sherman), Evelyn Keyes (Helen Sherman), Robert Strauss (Kruhulik), Sonny Tufts (Tom MacKenzie)

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