The Girl Can't Help It (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]
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In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he’d honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster’s bombshell girlfriend—the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role—and the washed-up talent agent (Tom Ewell) who seeks to revive his career by turning her into a musical sensation. The only question is: Can she actually sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, The Girl Can’t Help It bops along to a parade of performances by rock-and-roll trailblazers—including Little Richard, Fats Domino, Julie London, Eddie Cochran, the Platters, and Gene Vincent—who light up the screen with the uniquely American sound that was about to conquer the world.
DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New high-definition digital transfer Audio commentary featuring film scholar Toby Miller New video essay by film critic David Cairns Interview with filmmaker John Waters New conversation between WFMU DJs Dave “the Spazz” Abramson and Gaylord Fields about the music in the film New interview with Eve Golden, biographer of actor Jayne Mansfield On-set footage Interviews with Mansfield (1957) and musician Little Richard (1984) Episode of Karina Longworth’s podcast You Must Remember This about Mansfield Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Rachel Syme
ASIN: B09QSB65Y5
VSKU: DBV.B09QSB65Y5.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Tom Ewell|Jayne Mansfield|Edmond O'Brien|John Emery|Ray Anthony|Henry Jones|Julie London|Barry Gordon|Fats Domino|The Platters|Juanita Moore|Little Richard|The Treniers|Gene Vincent|Eddie Cochran|Eddie Fontaine|The Chuckles|Abbey Lincoln|Frank Tashlin
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!
ASIN: B09QSB65Y5
VSKU: DBV.B09QSB65Y5.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Tom Ewell|Jayne Mansfield|Edmond O'Brien|John Emery|Ray Anthony|Henry Jones|Julie London|Barry Gordon|Fats Domino|The Platters|Juanita Moore|Little Richard|The Treniers|Gene Vincent|Eddie Cochran|Eddie Fontaine|The Chuckles|Abbey Lincoln|Frank Tashlin
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!
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