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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 American satirical comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, and Mickey Hargitay, and with a cameo by Groucho Marx. The film is a satire on popular fan culture, Hollywood hype, and the advertising industry, which was profiting from commercials on the relatively new medium of television. It also takes aim at the reduction television caused to the size of movie theater audiences in the 1950s. The film was known as Oh! For a Man! in the United Kingdom.
Plot
In lieu of a theme song and opening of the movie, Tashlin instead laid traditional opening credits over faux television commercials for products that failed to deliver what they promised.
More details
| author | Frank Tashlin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Frank Tashlin |
| editor | Hugh S. Fowler |
| genre | comedy satire |
| keywords | advertising agency chicken farm falling in love hays code no peace open television commercial theme song true love tv show want |
| musicBy | Cyril J. Mockridge |
| producer | Frank Tashlin |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| theme | romantic comedy satirical |