The girl can't help it
(DVD) 

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
ISBN
9781681439280, 168143928X
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 70 cm, folded to 12 x 19 cm). 
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Morris County Library - Adult MediaGIRL CAN'T DVD20602Available
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681439280, 168143928X
UPC
715515271011

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956.
General Note
Based on a short story, "Do Re Mi" by Garson Kanin.
General Note
Wide screen.
General Note
Special features: Audio commentary featuring 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; booklet containing an essay by critic Rachel Syme.
General Note
NTSC, region 1; wide screen (2.35:1); Dolby monaural.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman.
Participants/Performers
Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London, Ray Anthony, Barry Gordon, Henry Jones, John Emery, Juanita Moore, Fats Domino, The Platters, Little Richard and his Band, Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps, The Treniers, Eddie Cochran.
Description
"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 sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design, 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"--Container.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD.
Language
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tashlin, F., Baker, H., Ewell, T., Mansfield, J., O'Brien, E., London, J., Anthony, R., Gordon, B., Jones, H., Emery, J., Moore, J., Domino, F., Little Richard, 1., Vincent, G., Cochran, E., Shamroy, L., Clark, J. B., & Kanin, G. (2022). The girl can't help it (DVD special edition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Frank, Tashlin et al.. 2022. The Girl Can't Help It. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Frank, Tashlin et al.. The Girl Can't Help It Criterion Collection, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tashlin, Frank,, et al. The Girl Can't Help It DVD special edition., Criterion Collection, 2022.

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