The Girl Can't Help It (1956)

Directed by

Frank Tashlin

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 81 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dim-witted mobster wants his girlfriend to be a star. He hires a press agent to make her famous, but she just wants to be a homemaker. Her natural presence attracts attention from the music industry.

bubblyplayfulenergeticsatiricalcolorfultongue-in-cheeklightheartednostalgic

What happens

The Girl Can't Help It is a 1956 American musical comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield in the lead role, Tom Ewell, Edmond O'Brien, Henry Jones, and Julie London. The picture was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, with a screenplay adapted by Tashlin and Herbert Baker from an uncredited 1955 short story by Garson Kanin, "Do Re Mi". Filmed in DeLuxe Color, the production was originally intended as a vehicle for the American sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, with a satirical subplot involving teenagers and rock 'n' roll music. The unintended result has been called the "most potent" celebration of rock music ever captured on film. The original music score, including the title song performed by Little Richard, was by Bobby Troup, with an additional credit to Ray Anthony for the tune "Big Band Boogie". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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