 | An X-rated "mondo" style exploitation documentary based on the "exploits" of Jayne Mansfield, as we are taken on a narrated journey through her last world tour in 1967 and her time in Hollywood, examining the titillating underbelly of Europe and America. Mansfield was to die in June 1967, at the age of 34 in a car accident, which meant that parts of the movie had to be posthumously narrated by actress Carolyn De Fonseca in a bizarre and somewhat creepy in retrospect faux-Mansfield voice over. The movie is a cut-together sequence of documentary footage and clips from Mansfield movies. The European footage of Mansfield in Paris and Rome was shot in the spring and summer of 1964. With additional footage of her on New York being shot later that year. The film-makers even used a Mansfield double to shoot extra scenes in some of the original locations she had visited in 1964. If the movie was meant to be homage to Mansfield, it sadly misses the mark, as it shows photos of where she died and tours around her famous "Pink Palace" home, as well as shots of her family members. |
| One of the notable things about the movie is that is contains footage of The Ladybirds, known as "The World's First And Only Topless All-Girl Band". The footage shows them performing at the Blue Bunny club in Hollywood. (The YouTube video of the whole movie, starts at the scene the band appear.) Finally, after all the interest in the band, from the Weird Retro post Weird Music: The Ladybirds, Not The Only all-Girl Topless Band In The 1960s you can see them in action. | |
Weird Retro Fact: Read about how the post about The Ladybirds got Weird Retro admins a month long facebook ban in our article Banned By Facebook: The Nipple Police Strike Again!
