The Girl Can't Help It

views updated

The Girl Can't Help It ★★½ 1956

Satiric rock and roll musical comedy about a retired mobster who hires a hungry talent agent to promote his girlfriend, a wanna-be no-talent singer. Mansfield's first starring role. Classic performances by some of the early greats including Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, the Platters, Little Richard, and Fats Domino. 99m/B VHS, DVD . Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Barry J. Gordon, Fats Domino, Abbey Lincoln, Eddie Fontaine, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent; D: Frank Tashlin; W: Frank Tashlin, Herbert Baker; C: Leon Shamroy; M: Lionel Newman.