I wonder why Jayne Mansfield never worked with Frank Tashlin again after their first two films? She totally suited his world with her cartoony appearance and delivery. She's awkward in films like Wayward Bus and Kiss Them For Me but perfect here. I guess he went on to work for Jerry Lewis - but wouldn't Mansfield have worked in Lewis land? Marilyn Maxwell's part in Rock a Bye Baby feels very Mansfield as does Marie Windor's in The Geisha Boy.
This is fun. Apparently it's very different from the stage play which was gutsy but the story isn't super original - it's a fake fiancee story, with movie star Mansfield faking a romance with ad man Tony Randall to make her ex, Micky Hargitay, jealous.
Randall is an ideal lead - handsome enough but still dweeby. There's fun satire of TV, Madison Avenue, movie stars. I got some random jokes eg Mansfield starring in a Brothers Karamazov style piece. Betsy Drake overs nice support, as does Joan Blondell but the film is stolen by Groucho Marx's cameo at the end.
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