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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 269368" data-attributes="member: 7"><p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">I was thinking about Jayne Mansfield some over the weekend. Her career was such a waste really. She had a strong start in the play and movie versions of WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? and she had the rock-n-roll hit THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT. Those two movies are classics and they were big box office hits during their day. THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, in particular, is often considered the best Old Hollywood rock-n-roll movie ever produced. John Waters considers the film "the Hollywood version" of the cheaper, B-movie rock-n-roll drive-in flicks that flooded the theaters back in the fifties. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Jayne was a beautiful woman, if primarily in that over-the-top caricature fifties way. It's too bad she was linked so closely to Marilyn because maybe, just maybe, she could've gained more momentum had she went solo so to speak. Tony Randall, her co-star, once said that Mansfield's "entire career was based on spoofing Marilyn Monroe". I have a hard time with that statement, because I adore Mansfield like I do, but I cannot entirely say it is inaccurate. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">Mansfield's early Broadway success was originated in a spoof of Monroe, and Fox had her under contract primarily as a "threat" to Marilyn. It's hard to discuss Jayne's career without mentioning Marilyn somewhere in the conversation. Jayne was Marilyn's only true competition, but even that candle burned out quickly. Fox had put her in THE WAYWARD BUS (the first movie she had been touted for after signing her contract with the studio) as an attempt to broaden her range and appeal; they also liked that her role in that movie mirrored Monroe's role in BUS STOP, which had been one the biggest hits Fox had in 1956. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'"></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">I defend Jayne because I honestly believe she could have amounted to more than she did. First, I will make the point that she was a credible dramatic actress, but I think comedy was her forte. Had she groomed her craft as a comedienne, I think she could have excelled in comedies, especially as the racier ones became the norm in the sixties. I also think she should have focused more of her time on television, and maybe considered taking the more long-term roles she flat-out rejected. She would have done great as Ginger on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, even though I love Tina Louise in that role. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">[ATTACH=full]26988[/ATTACH]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 269368, member: 7"] [JUSTIFY] [FONT=georgia]I was thinking about Jayne Mansfield some over the weekend. Her career was such a waste really. She had a strong start in the play and movie versions of WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? and she had the rock-n-roll hit THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT. Those two movies are classics and they were big box office hits during their day. THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT, in particular, is often considered the best Old Hollywood rock-n-roll movie ever produced. John Waters considers the film "the Hollywood version" of the cheaper, B-movie rock-n-roll drive-in flicks that flooded the theaters back in the fifties. Jayne was a beautiful woman, if primarily in that over-the-top caricature fifties way. It's too bad she was linked so closely to Marilyn because maybe, just maybe, she could've gained more momentum had she went solo so to speak. Tony Randall, her co-star, once said that Mansfield's "entire career was based on spoofing Marilyn Monroe". I have a hard time with that statement, because I adore Mansfield like I do, but I cannot entirely say it is inaccurate. Mansfield's early Broadway success was originated in a spoof of Monroe, and Fox had her under contract primarily as a "threat" to Marilyn. It's hard to discuss Jayne's career without mentioning Marilyn somewhere in the conversation. Jayne was Marilyn's only true competition, but even that candle burned out quickly. Fox had put her in THE WAYWARD BUS (the first movie she had been touted for after signing her contract with the studio) as an attempt to broaden her range and appeal; they also liked that her role in that movie mirrored Monroe's role in BUS STOP, which had been one the biggest hits Fox had in 1956. I defend Jayne because I honestly believe she could have amounted to more than she did. First, I will make the point that she was a credible dramatic actress, but I think comedy was her forte. Had she groomed her craft as a comedienne, I think she could have excelled in comedies, especially as the racier ones became the norm in the sixties. I also think she should have focused more of her time on television, and maybe considered taking the more long-term roles she flat-out rejected. She would have done great as Ginger on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND, even though I love Tina Louise in that role. [/FONT] [/JUSTIFY] [CENTER][FONT=georgia][ATTACH type="full" width="520px"]26988[/ATTACH][/FONT][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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