Something's Got to Give

1962
37m

Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.

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In Production

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Trivia
Dean Martin refused to finish the film with anyone but Marilyn Monroe as his co-star, so when Monroe died unexpectedly in August 1962, the film was abandoned.

Quotes
Ellen Wagstaff Arden: [Ellen, frolicking naked in the pool, while Nick Arden - upstairs in the bedroom, can see her] Come on, the water's so refreshing! Especially after doing... you know what!
[laughs]

Alternate versions
Existing footage in the vaults of Twentieth Century Fox Film studios was edited by Tori Rodman into a 37-minute film and shown in its entirety in Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) (TV).

Connections
Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Soundtracks
Something's Gotta Give
Written by Johnny Mercer
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Music Corporation
Instrumental version performed by Ray Anthony and His Orchestra