The Girl Can’t Help It (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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The Girl Can’t Help It (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he’d honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster’s bombshell girlfriend—the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role—and the washed-up talent agent (Tom Ewell) who seeks to revive his career by turning her into a musical sensation. The only question is: Can she actually sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, The Girl Can’t Help It bops along to a parade of performances by rock-and-roll trailblazers—including Little Richard, Fats Domino, Julie London, Eddie Cochran, the Platters, and Gene Vincent—who light up the screen with the uniquely American sound that was about to conquer the world.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack 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, biographer of actor Jayne Mansfield On-set footage Interviews with Mansfield (1957) and musician Little Richard (1984) Episode of Karina Longworth’s podcast You Must Remember This about Mansfield Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Rachel Syme and excerpts from director Frank Tashlin’s 1952 book How to Create Cartoons with a new introduction by Ethan de Seife, author of Tashlinesque: The Hollywood Comedies of Frank Tashlin

Item specifics

Condition
Brand New: An item that has never been opened or removed from the manufacturer’s sealing (if …
Brand
CRJ0W
Type
Does not apply
EAN
0715515270915
Package Dimensions LxWxH
6.77×5.28×0.55 Inches
ISBN
0715515270915
Weight
0.24 Pounds
UPC
0715515270915
Format
Blu-ray
Rating
NR
Run Time
97 min.
Genre
Comedy Video
Movie/TV Title
The Girl Can’t Help It (Criterion Collection)
Studio
Criterion Collection

About this product

Product Identifiers

UPC
0715515270915
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26053077705

Product Key Features

Rating
NR
Studio
Criterion Collection
Format
Blu-ray
Movie/TV Title
The Girl Can’t Help It (Criterion Collection)
Run Time
97 min.
Genre
Comedy Video

Dimensions

Item Length
6.80in
Item Height
0.57in
Item Width
5.52in
Item Weight
0.25lb.

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs
1
Release Year
1956
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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