San Francisco Public Library

The girl can't help it, 20th Century Fox ; screenplay by Frank Tashlin and Herbert Baker ; produced and directed by Frank Tashlin

Originally released as a motion picture in 1956Wide screen (2.35:1)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 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."

Midwest Tape

multicolored

monaural

Director of photography, Leon Shamroy ; film editor, James B. Clark ; music supervised and conducted by Lionel Newman

other

Blu-ray special edition.

9781681439273

videodisc

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

1 videodisc (97 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in.

sound on medium

videodisc

(OCoLC)1299251362

Blu-ray, region A; wide screen (2.35:1 aspect ratio); monaural.

715515270915

CC3348BD -- The Criterion Collection

Blu-ray disc