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The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
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1 December 1956 (USA)
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BABY, IT'S THE GREATEST! (original print ad - all caps) more
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Gangster hires down-and-out press agent to make his blonde bimbo girlfriend a singing star. full summary | add synopsis
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Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—13 November 2009
(From The Auteurs. 13 November 2009, 8:45 AM, PST)
Juliette Lewis Is "Iron Maven"
(From FilmExperience. 1 October 2009, 9:21 AM, PDT)
(From The Auteurs. 13 November 2009, 8:45 AM, PST)
Juliette Lewis Is "Iron Maven"
(From FilmExperience. 1 October 2009, 9:21 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Tom Ewell | ... | Tom Miller |
 | Jayne Mansfield | ... | Jerri Jordan |
 | Edmond O'Brien | ... | Marty 'Fats' Murdock |
| Julie London | ... | Herself |
| Ray Anthony | ... | Himself |
| Barry Gordon | ... | Barry the paperboy |
| Henry Jones | ... | Mousie |
| John Emery | ... | Wheeler |
| Juanita Moore | ... | Hilda |
| Fats Domino | ... | Himself |
| Herb Reed | ... | Himself (as The Platters) |
| David Lynch | ... | Himself (as The Platters) |
| Tony Williams | ... | Himself (as The Platters) |
| Paul Robi | ... | Himself (as The Platters) |
| Zola Taylor | ... | Herself (as The Platters) |
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99 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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In the nightclub, when Jayne Mansfield is ready to go on stage, there is a chorus girl in the background Abbey Lincoln) who is wearing a costume that was previously worn by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
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Factual errors: In Toby Miller's commentary in the 2006 DVD release of "The Girl Can't Help It", he erroneously says that Little Richard is singing the song "The Girl Can't Help It" in his appearance with his band *in the nightclub scene*. Little Richard is actually singing his hit titled "Ready Teddy" in that scene.
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Barry the paperboy:
[after Jerri Jordan walks by] If that's a girl, then I don't know what my sister is!
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Referenced in Death Scenes 2 (1992) (V)
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The Girl Can't Help It
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Scenes in this movie were either very interesting and funny or they were very stupid and annoying.There was no middle ground.
THE GOOD - One of the interesting parts was seeing some of the early rock performers such as Gene Vincent and Bluecaps, Fats Domino, The Platters and several others. It also was nice to see Julie London in one number. The humor was mainly provided by Tom Ewell, who played a role similar to the one he played in the much-funnier "Seven-Year Itch."
THE BAD - Annoying was Edmund O'Brien, who was parodying a loud-mouth gangster. Well, he was so loud and abrasive it became offensive after just a short time. Mansfield was okay. She was in the movie, obviously, for one thing: show off her mammoth breasts which, with the pointed bras of the day, looked just plain weird and unreal (yeah, I know...they were real!)
Despite the patches of humor and music, the movie as a whole dragged. It was hard to keep interest in this. For its time period, however - the mid '50s - I'm sure this movie must have freaked out a lot of people.