The Girl Can't Help It Movie Review 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.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 99 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Rock Flicks, Advertising, Rock Stars on Film

Screenplay

Frank Tashlin, Herbert Baker

Cast

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

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Director

Frank Tashlin

Music

Lionel Newman

Producer

20th Century-Fox