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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
More like this
The Opposite Sex (1956)
Rock, Pretty Baby (1956)
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
Basin Street Revue (1956)
Hot Shots (1956)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Anything Goes (1956)
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.