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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin's hilarious spoof of Manhattan's television-advertising industry; with Tony Randall as Rock, Jayne Mansfield as herself (TIME...
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin's hilarious spoof of Man hattan's television-advertising industry; with Tony Randall as Rock, Jayne Mans field as herself (TIME...
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Frank Tashlin's hilarious spoof of Man- hattan's television-advertising industry; with Tony Randall as Rock, Jayne Mans field as herself (TIME...
...Tashlin's story is a fable of Madison Avenue: Rock Hunter's success in making Stay-Put Lipstick, his ad agency's biggest account, stay put. Hunter's own dream of success: to rise from his untouchable caste as TV commercial writer to possession of his own jewel-encrusted key to the executives' washroom. This glorious consummation (duly sanctified by a heavenly choir on the sound track) is realized through Rita Marlowe (Jayne Mansfield), a squealing movie siren noted for her "oh-so-kissable lips" and her favorite boast ("All my lovers...
...outfit) to national institutions (Groucho Marx materializes as Jayne's first love). Actress Mansfield, a comic genius whenever she plays Jayne Mansfield, slithers into the skintight role of Jayne Mansfield. If the fun bogs slightly and if some of the gags have family reunions in the end, Director Tashlin may be forgiven for too-muching his good thing. Hollywood has every right to try beating its rival's antennas with TV's own fallen torch...