Post by mtulis on May 9, 2005 15:07:04 GMT -5
Rock movie night at O'Leaver's - IT'S FREE!!!!
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:30 p.m.
50th & Saddle Creek Rd., Omaha
"The Girl Can't Help It" w/ Little Richard, Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps, Julie London, and Jane Mansfield, among others. Here's the review from the All Movie Guide:
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. -- Hal Erickson
Cast:
Tom Ewell - Tom Miller
Jayne Mansfield - Jerri Jordan
Edmond O'Brien - Marty Murdock
Julie London - Herself
Henry Jones - Mousie
John Emery - Wheeler
Ray Anthony - Himself
Juanita Moore - Hilda
Barry J. Gordon - Himself
Fats Domino - Himself
Eddie Fontaine - Himself
Abbey Lincoln - Herself
Johnny Olenn - Himself
Nino Tempo - Himself
Eddie Cochran - Himself
The Treniers - Themselves
The Platters - Themselves
The Chuckles - Themselves
Little Richard - Himself
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Themselves
Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:30 p.m.
50th & Saddle Creek Rd., Omaha
"The Girl Can't Help It" w/ Little Richard, Gene Vincent & his Blue Caps, Julie London, and Jane Mansfield, among others. Here's the review from the All Movie Guide:
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. -- Hal Erickson
Cast:
Tom Ewell - Tom Miller
Jayne Mansfield - Jerri Jordan
Edmond O'Brien - Marty Murdock
Julie London - Herself
Henry Jones - Mousie
John Emery - Wheeler
Ray Anthony - Himself
Juanita Moore - Hilda
Barry J. Gordon - Himself
Fats Domino - Himself
Eddie Fontaine - Himself
Abbey Lincoln - Herself
Johnny Olenn - Himself
Nino Tempo - Himself
Eddie Cochran - Himself
The Treniers - Themselves
The Platters - Themselves
The Chuckles - Themselves
Little Richard - Himself
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Themselves