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One of the earliest rock-and-roll movies, Frank Tashlin's film still holds its own against later, possibly slicker films. Gangster Marty Murdock figures the way to get ahead in society is to turn girlfriend Jerri Jordan into a star. He hires down-and-out agent Tom Miller to make her a sensation but there are two problems: Jordan can't sing and, in fact, just wants top be married to Murdock and become a domestic goddess. As Miller does his best to please both her and his boss, his proximity to Jordan begins to stir mutual emotions... Tashlin plays the film for laughs with Mansfield's collusion - at one point, as she sashays down the street, an ice-cream seller's glasses shatter - while managing to expose as much of her cleavage as the censor would allow. The film is packed with music from Julie London, Fats Domino, Little Richard and Gene Vincent to name but a few of the top 50s stars on board.Product Identifiers
ProducerFrank Tashlin
EAN0715515270915
eBay Product ID (ePID)28053523868
Product Key Features
ActorJulie London, Henry Jones, Edmond O'brien, Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield
Film/TV TitleThe Girl Can't Help It [Criterion Collection]
DirectorLeon Shamroy, Lyle R. Wheeler, Frank Tashlin, Leland Fuller
FormatBlu-ray
GenreMusicals & Broadway, Romance, Comedy
StudioCriterion Collection
TypeMovie
Sub-GenrePop, Rock, R&B/Soul
Additional Product Features
Release Year1956
ComposerLionel Newman, Leigh Harline
ScreenwriterHerbert Baker, Frank Tashlin, Garson Kanin
Original LanguageEn
EditorJames B. Clark
Production Company20th Century Fox Film Corporation