Something's Got to Give (1962)

Directed by
George Cukor

Plot
Unfinished remake of "My Favorite Wife," due to the firing of Marilyn Monroe from the film. She was eventually re-hired, but died in August, 1962. Film was never completed.

Cast
Marilyn Monroe .... Ellen Wagstaff Arden
Dean Martin .... Nicholas 'Nick' Arden
Cyd Charisse .... Bianca Russell Arden
Tom Tryon .... Steven Burkett aka Adam
Alexandra Heilweil .... Lita Arden
Robert Christopher Morley .... Timmy Arden
Wally Cox .... Shoe Salesman
Phil Silvers .... Insurance Salesman
John McGiver .... The Judge
Grady Sutton .... Bailiff
Eloise Hardt .... Nick's Secretary

Trivia
Was an intended remake of My Favorite Wife (1940) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant.

The documentary Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) (TV) includes a 37-minute segment made from the surviving unused footage of what was to have been this film.

Lee Remick was hired to replace Monroe after she was fired.

This material eventually became Move Over, Darling (1963) with Doris Day and James Garner replacing Marilyn Monroe and Dean Martin. Many of the sets constructed for this version were used for that one.

For one sequence in this film, Marilyn Monroe was to wear a flesh-colored bathing suit and appear to be swimming in the nude. When the scene was being filmed, Marilyn doffed the costume and decided to actually appear nude on screen. The resulting publicity photos, many with Marilyn's obviously naked back to camera, garnered the film worldwide media coverage.

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.