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The girl can't help it / 20th Century Fox ; screenplay by Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker ; produced and directed by Frank Tashlin.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC3349D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Series: Criterion collection ; 1120.Publisher: [New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2022]Edition: DVD special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681439280
  • 168143928X
Other title:
  • Girl cannot help it
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman.
Cast: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard and his Band, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, The Treniers, Eddie Cochran.Summary: "In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend--the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role--and the washed-up talent agent (Tom Ewell) who seeks to revive his career by turning her into a musical sensation. The only question is: Can she sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, it bops along to a parade of performances by rock-and-roll trailblazers--including Little Richard, Fats Domino, Julie London, Eddie Cochran, the Platters, and Gene Vincent--who light up the screen with the uniquely American sound that was about to conquer the world"--Container.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role and the washed-up talent agent who seeks to revive his career by turning her into a musical sensation. The only question is: Can she sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, it bops along to a parade of performances by rock-and-roll trailblazers including Little Richard, Fats Domino, Julie London, Eddie Cochran, the Platters, and Gene Vincent who light up the screen with the uniquely American sound that was about to conquer the world.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (2.35:1); Dolby monaural.

English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard and his Band, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, The Treniers, Eddie Cochran.

Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.

Wide screen.

"In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend--the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role--and the washed-up talent agent (Tom Ewell) who seeks to revive his career by turning her into a musical sensation. The only question is: Can she sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, it bops along to a parade of performances by rock-and-roll trailblazers--including Little Richard, Fats Domino, Julie London, Eddie Cochran, the Platters, and Gene Vincent--who light up the screen with the uniquely American sound that was about to conquer the world"--Container.

Special features: Audio commentary featuring scholar Toby Miller; New video essay by film critic David Cairns; Interview with filmmaker John Waters; New conversation between WFMU DJs Dave "the Spazz" Abramson and Gaylord Fields about the music in the film; New interview with Eve Golden, author of "Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It"; On-set footage; Interviews with actor Jayne Mansfield (1957) and musician Little Richard (1984); Episode of Karina Longworth's podcast "You must remember this" about Mansfield; Trailer.

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