Thursday Afternoon Film Series - Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? May 31, 2007

May is the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. To commemorate the occasion the Thursday Afternoon Film Series will flashback 50 years to Jamestowns 350th anniversary and show films that debuted in 1957. The movies will be screened in the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland Street, at 2 p.m. every Thursday throughout the month. They are free of charge and tickets or reservations are not required. Call the Adult Services Department at (757) 259-4050 for more information.

May 31 Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
The dominant female image of 50s Hollywood was the buxom, bleached-blonde bombshell as epitomized by Marilyn Monroe. Jayne Mansfield was the most prominent of the many Monroe wannabes and this film perfectly displays her sexy, comedic charms. Mansfield plays a famous actress who is being courted by a hapless advertising executive (Tony Randall) to promote Stay-Put lipstick. She agrees as long as he pretends to be her loverdoll in a hare-brained scheme to make her former boyfriend jealous. This broad comedy is directed by Frank Tashlin and costars Joan Blondell, Betsy Drake and Mansfields future husband, bodybuilder Mickey Hargitay.

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