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The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)

The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield poster
Directed by
Arthur Knight, Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt
Genre
mondo film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 39m
Rating
4.1 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This mondo documentary follows actress Jayne Mansfield as she travels to various locations around the world and engages in celebrity antics. It mixes travelogue footage with staged scenes to create a shallow overview of her public life.

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What happens

The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield is a 1968 mondo documentary film chronicling the travels of actress Jayne Mansfield. It was directed by Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt and Arthur Knight. The screenplay was by Charles Ross. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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