Marilyn Monroe's subway grate🎬 — Attraction in New York

Billy Wilder’s romantic comedy starred Tom Ewell as a frustrated publisher of pulp fiction, whose wife and children escaped the Manhattan summer heat for Maine. Left alone in the simmering city, he befriends his upstairs neighbor, played by Monroe in one of her defining roles as a ditzy glamour model. For the subway scene, the unlikely couple had just been to the Trans-Lux theatre on Lexington, to see the “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” Hearing an approaching subway train, Monroe stepped onto the grate, having her skirt blown high by the train passing underneath, saying “ooh do you feel the breeze from the subway, isn’t it delicious.” Minds across the country were...

Okay, so it's silly to write a review of a spot on the sidewalk. There are no plaques or markers to indicate where it is (second grate from the corner) and even the people who work in the restaurant behind it don't know anything about it. But if you're a movie trivia buff, this is one of the spots you...

It took a while to find this spot and verify it was correct. I was stunned there is nothing to show you this is “it”. I would have thought the local restaurant beside it would put up a plaque to show fans “here it is” and maybe a promotion “mention the plaque for 10% off” a...