Primitive Love (1964)
"L'amore primitivo" (original title)

"Doctor" Jayne Mansfield is in Italy to show a peer her documentary about mating customs from around the world while at the same time having to deal with two bellhops who have an idea or two about mating with Jayne.

Director:

Luigi Scattini

Writers:

Massimo Pupillo (story), Amedeo Sollazzo (screenplay),

Stars:

Jayne Mansfield, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia

Cast

Cast overview:
Jayne Mansfield	...	Dr. Jane
Franco Franchi	...	Franco, Hotel Porter
Ciccio Ingrassia	...	Ciccio, Hotel Porter
Mickey Hargitay	...	Hotel Bell Captain
Carlo Kechler	...	The Professor
Lucia Modugno
Gaetano Quartararo
Alfonso Sarlo	...	(as Alfonso Sarto)
Eugenio Galadini

Storyline

"Doctor" Jayne Mansfield is in Italy to show a peer her documentary about mating customs from around the world while at the same time having to deal with two bellhops who have an idea or two about mating with Jayne.

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Plot Keywords:

fake documentary | exploitation | mondo

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Taglines:

It's the wildest, maddest, sexiest film of the year!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

17 August 1964 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Primitive Love

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

G.L.M., Italian International Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 77 min (DVD edition)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited into The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)

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Soundtracks

"Date Night in Hawaii"
Performed by Annette Funicello (as Annette)

User Reviews

Interesting, but ruined by awful comedy

I just watched this film today, and while the scenes where they show "authentic" footage from around the world was interesting to see (if maybe not 100% accurate), the entire film was ruined by the "low-brow" Italian comedians Franco & Ciccio. Franco especially mugged and overacted to a degree that I've never seen before in my entire life; he made Jerry Lewis at his worst look like he was on horse tranquilizers in comparison. Jayne doesn't exactly do a great job of acting herself either. She comes off as her generation's version of Anna Nicole Smith. So, I wouldn't recommend getting the Something Weird DVD this appears on (along with Mondo Balardo) as Balardo isn't worth seeing, and like I said, the painful comedy ruins Primitive Love.