The Girl Can't Help It
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022]
Format: DVD
Edition: DVD special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm).
"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 sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, 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"--Container.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1120.
Other Authors:
Tashlin, Frank, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Baker, Herbert, screenwriter.
Ewell, Tom, 1909-1994, actor.
Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967, actor.
O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985, actor.
London, Julie, 1926-2000, performer.
Anthony, Ray, 1922- performer.
Gordon, Barry, 1948- actor.
Jones, Henry, 1912-1999, actor.
Emery, John, 1905-1964, actor.
Moore, Juanita, actor.
Domino, Fats, 1928-2017, performer.
Little Richard, 1932-2020, performer.
Vincent, Gene, 1935-1971, performer.
Cochran, Eddie, 1938-1960, performer.
Shamroy, Leon, 1901-1974, director of photography.
Clark, James B., 1908-2000, editor of moving image work.
Platters (Musical group), performer.
Blue Caps (Musical group), performer.
Treniers (Musical group), performer.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Tashlin, Frank, film director, screenwriter, film producer.
Baker, Herbert, screenwriter.
Ewell, Tom, 1909-1994, actor.
Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967, actor.
O'Brien, Edmond, 1915-1985, actor.
London, Julie, 1926-2000, performer.
Anthony, Ray, 1922- performer.
Gordon, Barry, 1948- actor.
Jones, Henry, 1912-1999, actor.
Emery, John, 1905-1964, actor.
Moore, Juanita, actor.
Domino, Fats, 1928-2017, performer.
Little Richard, 1932-2020, performer.
Vincent, Gene, 1935-1971, performer.
Cochran, Eddie, 1938-1960, performer.
Shamroy, Leon, 1901-1974, director of photography.
Clark, James B., 1908-2000, editor of moving image work.
Platters (Musical group), performer.
Blue Caps (Musical group), performer.
Treniers (Musical group), performer.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
ISBN:
9781681439280
UPC: 715515271011
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD MUSICAL Girl | Main (Downtown) | First Level, DVD | In |
DVD MUSICAL Girl | Wheatley (Shandon) | DVD | In |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
Wide screen.
Special features: Audio commentary featuring 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, author of "Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It"; On-set footage; Interviews with actor Jayne Mansfield (1957) and musician Little Richard (1984); Episode of Karina Longworth's podcast "You must remember this" about Mansfield; Trailer; booklet containing an essay by critic Rachel Syme.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman.
Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard and his Band, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, The Treniers, Eddie Cochran.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (2.35:1); Dolby monaural.
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Wide screen.
Special features: Audio commentary featuring 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, author of "Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn't Help It"; On-set footage; Interviews with actor Jayne Mansfield (1957) and musician Little Richard (1984); Episode of Karina Longworth's podcast "You must remember this" about Mansfield; Trailer; booklet containing an essay by critic Rachel Syme.
Videorecording.
Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman.
Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard and his Band, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, The Treniers, Eddie Cochran.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (2.35:1); Dolby monaural.
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).