tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post7316628681072240588..comments2024-03-28T17:53:45.682-04:00Comments on GREAT OLD MOVIES: JAYNE MANSFIELD: THE GIRL COULDN'T HELP ITWilliamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-91060054675368026152021-05-14T13:12:09.141-04:002021-05-14T13:12:09.141-04:00I know she has her admirers, but I think Mansfield...I know she has her admirers, but I think Mansfield was far, far below the level of both Monroe and West. I thought she was decent in an Alfred Hitchcock Hour in which she was teamed with Rock Hunter co-star Tony Randell. I haven't found her otherwise impressive in anything else. <br /><br />The book you mention was the basis of the telefilm reviewed below. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03053290865549099074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212867859094085036.post-21296380955254968372021-05-14T12:28:12.099-04:002021-05-14T12:28:12.099-04:00Need to read this one! Have read all the other Man...Need to read this one! Have read all the other Mansfield bios, and in my opinion the best is one written in the 1970s called Jayne Mansfield and The American Fifties. It’s a very honest portrait of her life and the historical context in which she worked and how her ambition trapped her into that one dimensional persona. She started to believe her own publicity, and what I think she intended as satire descended into desperation and vulgarity as society moved on from the straight laced 50s into a new more open era. But I have a soft spot for her, and she did have talent and solid comic timing. More of a poor man’s Mae West than Marilyn Monroe, in my view.<br />- Chris angelman66https://www.blogger.com/profile/16471674180789592940noreply@blogger.com