The Girl Can't Help It (1956) Jayne Mansfield Eng

The inimitable writer-director Frank Tashlin once more aims his satiric barbs at modern culture (modern 1950s culture, that is) in The Girl Can't Help It. Much of the film is dominated by Edmond O'Brien as mob boss Murdock, who while serving a term in federal prison becomes a singing sensation with his hit tune "Rock Around the Rock Pile." Once he's sprung, Murdock hires impoverished agent Tom Miller (Tom Ewell), not to promote his own career, but to turn his curvaceous lady friend Jerri Jordan (Jayne Mansfield) into a star. Alas, Jerri has no singing or acting talent whatsoever, a fact that she's eager and willing to admit. A domestic type at heart, all Jerri really wants out of life is to marry Murdock, so that she can clean his house, cook his meals and raise his children. When Murdock refuses to grant her wishes, Jerri falls in love with Tom instead. Every so often, director Tashlin takes time out from the plot to poke fun at such technical marvels as CinemaScope and Technicolor, and to lampoon the American male's fixation on female bosoms and bottoms (at one point, Jayne Mansfield leans towards the camera, her cleavage exposed as far as the censors will allow, and plaintively asks Tom Ewell if he believes that she's equipped for motherhood). While much of the humor in the film is dated, The Girl Can't Help It is an invaluable record of the pop-music scene of the 1950s, featuring such guest artists as Julie London (playing Tom Ewell's dream girl), Ray Anthony, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard and his Band, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, the Treniers, Eddie Fontaine, Abbey Lincoln and Eddie Cochran. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049263/ Director: Frank Tashlin Tom Ewell ... Tom Miller Jayne Mansfield ... Jerri Jordan Edmond O'Brien ... Marty 'Fats' Murdock Julie London ... Herself Ray Anthony ... Himself [Movie] Valid : Yes [AVI] Duration : 01:33:30 Movie complete : Yes [Video] Resolution : 720x336 2.14:1 Codec : XviD MPEG-4 codec FPS : 25,00 BitRate : 911 Kbps Quality Factor : 0,15 b/px [Audio] Codec : MPEG 1 or 2 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) Number of channels : 2 Sample Rate : 48000 Hz BitRate : 192 Kbps Please seed at least as much as you D/L. ======================================= Thanks John

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wguodm (2010-04-05)

thanks for your effort - I will enjoy

Jacjak (2010-04-05)

Thank You So much! I have longed to see this movie again Thank You. (Now I wonder if some kind sole will ever upload The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw and Will Success spoil Rock Hunter)

Jacjak (2010-04-07)

Pity -the Picture quality is pretty bad - May be OK for a handheld device - But this is the only version out there and beggars can't be choosers

 johnefp (2010-04-07)

There is nothing wrong with the quality.
Remember, it is 1956.

cranyonrye (2012-12-02)

Thank you very much

hotaunt (2014-04-05)

I was driving home tonight listening to Randy's Vinyl Tap on CBC radio and he talked about this movie and the mark it made in the history of hillbilly rock. Thank you johnefp for the upload.

hotaunt (2014-04-05)

One thing (one of many things) I love about Pirate Bay is the fact that people all over the world are sharing with each other. Maybe I should expand on my first comment...
The CBC is the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Randy's Vinyl Tap is hosted by Randy Bachman, Winnipeg boy of, you know, the Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive. I don't know if this show is accessible outside of Canada but I had to give it a plug. It's the show that makes you feel like you're hanging out late at night in the living room of a legendary rock star with the quintessential record collection, having a few brewskis (had to say that,eh?) and listening to the history of rock n' roll on vinyl. Tonight's show was about the history of rockabilly, how it was a black man's art with songs that would not (could not) get played on white radio until Elvis Presley recorded them. It's a great show. Check it out if you can.