Single Room Furnished (1966)

The fall of a blonde, Mansfield, from innocence to prostitution. Mansfield died before the movie was completed.

Director:

Matt Cimber

Writers:

Gerald Sanford (play), Matt Cimber (adaptation),

Stars:

Jayne Mansfield, Dorothy Keller, Fabian Dean

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jayne Mansfield	...	Johnnie / Mae / Eileen
Dorothy Keller	...	Flo
Fabian Dean	...	Charley
Billy M. Greene	...	Pop
Terri Messina	...	Maria
Martin Horsey	...	Frankie
Walter Gregg	...	Billy
Velia Del Greco	...	Mrs. Adamo
Isabelle Dwan	...	Grandmother
Jean London	...	1st Girl
Nancy Brock	...	2nd Girl
Bruno VeSota	...	Mr. Quack Quack
Marty Levine	...	Mr. Ferdente (voice)
Lucille Ford	...	Lucia
Erie MacGruder	...	Girl at Window (as Erie McGruder)

Storyline

Three stories in one: Johnie (Jayne Mansfield) is married, but her husband deserts her when she becomes pregnant. She changes her name to Mae and takes a job as a waitress. She falls in love, but her fiancé leaves her just as they're about to get married. So Mae changes her name to Eileen and becomes a prostitute.

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Plot Keywords:

prostitution | star died before release | lingerie | pregnancy | erotica | 

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Taglines:

The torture chamber of a woman who lived too full... too fast!

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Crown International Pictures

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1966 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Empire Film Studios, Unifilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Vivicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jayne Mansfield's last film, as noted in the prologue by Walter Winchell. Coincidentally, this was Winchell's last film as well.

User Reviews

Not Even Campy.

"Single Room Furnished" was the last film of the once-celebrated Jayne Mansfield. Not surprisingly, given the unfortunate state of her career, she was cast as a bitter, used-up prostitute. The film is ostensibly a dramatization of her sad life and times. Because she died before it was completed,it ended up on the shelf, until the director (and Mansfield's ex-hubby) Matt Cimber, made the decision to finish the film. In order to release it to capitalize on the lurid headlines generated by her untimely death, he added an additional story involving a singularly unappealing middle-aged couple that stops the film cold, and totally negates any interest it might otherwise have had. Mansfield, looking blowzy and tired, may be the main interest here, but she's done in by the pathetic script and the surrounding cast of no name, no talent performers, all of who seem to want to get off-camera as soon as possible. All except Charley and Flo, the characters played by the actors hired to complete the picture, who sigh, grunt, moan and whimper about the sad state of their lives. Not nearly as much as the critics who were forced to endure this film, however, or the audiences who were subjected to it during it's mercifully short release. Jayne gave a valid performance in "A Guide for the Married Man" shortly before her death, and that would have been a more fitting end to her (modest) career. Anyone who makes it all the way through this film (like I did) deserves what they get.