(Frank Tashlin, US 1956, 99 min., 35mm)

The eye-popping Jayne Mansfield is a stay-at-home kind of girl who finds herself pushed to become a pop singer by thuggish boyfriend Edmond O’Brien. Director Tashlin’s splashy, cartoony style reached its apex with this zany satire of ’50 mores, culture, and music that features dynamic performances by Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Platters, Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, and others. Preceded by Tashlin’s shorts: I GOT PLENTY OF MUTTON (1944, 16mm) and SWOONER CROONER (1944, 35mm nitrate print).