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The girl can't help it / produced & directed by Frank Tashlin ; written by Herbert Baker, Frank Tashlin.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 423 disc + insert
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 1120.
- The Criterion collection ; 1120
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- anin, Garson, 1912-1999--Film adaptations.
- anin, Garson.
- Women singers--Drama.
- Women singers.
- Gangsters--Drama.
- Gangsters.
- Genre:
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Musical films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Show business films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Romance films.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded leaf : illustrations ; 19 cm)
- Other Title:
- Girl cannot help it
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2022]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue; optional titles in English.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- digital optical mono
- NTSC
- video file region 1
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A gangster hires a press agent to help make his dim-witted girlfiend a star singer.
- Participant:
- Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Leon Shamroy; editor, James Clark.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; wudescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby monaural audio.
- Based on the short story Do re mi / by Garson Kanin.
- Special Features: New high-definition digital transfer; Audio commentary featuring film scholar Toby Miller; New video essay by film critic David Cairns; Interview with filmmaker John Waters; New conversation between WFMU DJs Dave "the Spazz" Abramson and Gaylord Fields about the music in the film; New interview with Eve Golden, author of Jayne Mansfield : the girl couldn't help it; On-set footage; Interviews with actor Jayne Mansfield (1957) and musician Little Richard (1984); Episode of Karina Longworth's podcast You must remember this about Mansfield; Trailer.
- Accompanying insert contains the essay The fame game, by Rachel Syme.
- For private home use only.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2022] (1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- ISBN:
- 9781681439280
- 168143928X
- OCLC:
- 1309054430
- Publisher Number:
- 715515271011
- 00715515271011 gtin-14
- CC3349D Criterion Collection
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