Shirley MacLaine in What a Way to Go! (1964)

Shirley MacLaine in What a Way to Go! (1964). Gown designed by Edith Head.

This black comedy opens with Louisa Foster donating a multimillion-dollar check to the IRS. The tax department thinks she’s crazy and sends her to a psychiatrist. She then discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.