Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world.Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world.Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world.
Jayne Mansfield
- Self
- (archive footage)
Mickey Hargitay
- Self - Jayne's Husband
- (archive footage)
Dick Randall
- Man on Via Veneto
- (as Bob Oliver)
- …
Robert Jason
- Narrator
- (voice)
Barbara Branch
- Self - Guitarist
- (as The Ladybirds)
Deborah Dayan
- Self - Keyboardist
- (as The Ladybirds)
- Directors
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUnder the working title "Jayne Mansfield Reports Europe", actual footage of her in Paris and Rome was shot in the spring and summer of 1964, and edited with clips from other movies. On her return to America, additional filming in New York City and Hollywood was done later the same year. All segments were done in Mondo style. Following Mansfield's death in 1967 accident, portions of her narration for this film were recorded by an uncredited voice actress who sounds like her.
- Quotes
Jayne Mansfield: That night, we went to a nightclub, the Blue Bunny. The sign said it was a topless club. What could be inside, I wondered. Topless customers? Ooh, that girl - she was so lovely! But good thing they had her in a cage. The featured act came on, the Ladybirds. Ooh, they were good! I was surprised - they were all lovely girls! As for the girl in the cage: A little silicone will go a long, long way!
- Crazy creditsThe featured persons in the opening credits ends with «...and a cast of thousands of Jayne's friends all over the world». This is blatantly not true, as if the number of pedestrians do not reach one thousand if you count them all, and Jayne is shown in very few parts of the world. A crazy hype for the movie.
- Alternate versionsIn Italy, after the initial ban (July 30, 1968) the Distributor Patry Film got an approval for adults (over 18) but to copy cut to 2100 meters (76m33s).
- ConnectionsEdited from The Loves of Hercules (1960)
- SoundtracksThe Bird is The Word
Performed by Rocky Roberts and The Airdales(uncredited)
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interesting...but not all that wild!
By the time Jayne Mansfield came to film her Wild Wild World documentary in the late 60s, her star was well and truly on the wane. The A-movie parts had dried up and she was acting in B-movie trash and touring night clubs in order to make a living. As well as regular centre spreads in magazines like Playboy, Mansfield still maintained a place in the public eye. Although by no means the star she once was she still commanded press attention and was probably, by this point, one of the first people to be famous for being famous.
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield is a curiously muddled affair which cobbles together footage of Jayne sashaying around various Euro locations. Jayne visits tourist attractions, night clubs, nudist beaches and beauty parlours in a whistle-stop tour of Europe.
Jayne unfortunately was killed during the production of the film and so some early scenes of her in Rome involve a (sometimes) poorly concealed double. Another drawback is the faux-Mansfield voice over. More a parody of Mansfield than anything else this breathy, dumb blonde voice comes out with some real clunkers during the course of the film! Perhaps the most twisted aspect of the movie is the inclusion of photographs of the scenes of the car crash which claimed Jayne's life followed by a tour of the Pink Palace by a glum-looking Mickey Hargitay and two of Jayne's young sons. A rather sleazy and sensational end to an otherwise harmless piece of late-60s camp.
Although by no means a good film, this is an interesting one to watch. It is nice to see the attention Mansfield still attracted by this point in her career. Although the success of glossy A-movies such as The Girl Can't Help It were more than 10 years old by this point and Mansfield was 'starring' in dross like The Fat Spy, she could still draw a crowd. Although less curvy than in her heyday and there being something slightly grotesque about her wiggle and constant near-nudity, Jayne was nothing if not a personality. And her Wild, Wild World sums her up perfectly!
*One point of interest for film buffs: David Puttnam is credited as an executive producer on this film. A very early film credit, Lord Puttnam is he is now is probably more famous for producing movies like Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone and Chariots of Fire. Well, we all have to start somewhere!
The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield is a curiously muddled affair which cobbles together footage of Jayne sashaying around various Euro locations. Jayne visits tourist attractions, night clubs, nudist beaches and beauty parlours in a whistle-stop tour of Europe.
Jayne unfortunately was killed during the production of the film and so some early scenes of her in Rome involve a (sometimes) poorly concealed double. Another drawback is the faux-Mansfield voice over. More a parody of Mansfield than anything else this breathy, dumb blonde voice comes out with some real clunkers during the course of the film! Perhaps the most twisted aspect of the movie is the inclusion of photographs of the scenes of the car crash which claimed Jayne's life followed by a tour of the Pink Palace by a glum-looking Mickey Hargitay and two of Jayne's young sons. A rather sleazy and sensational end to an otherwise harmless piece of late-60s camp.
Although by no means a good film, this is an interesting one to watch. It is nice to see the attention Mansfield still attracted by this point in her career. Although the success of glossy A-movies such as The Girl Can't Help It were more than 10 years old by this point and Mansfield was 'starring' in dross like The Fat Spy, she could still draw a crowd. Although less curvy than in her heyday and there being something slightly grotesque about her wiggle and constant near-nudity, Jayne was nothing if not a personality. And her Wild, Wild World sums her up perfectly!
*One point of interest for film buffs: David Puttnam is credited as an executive producer on this film. A very early film credit, Lord Puttnam is he is now is probably more famous for producing movies like Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone and Chariots of Fire. Well, we all have to start somewhere!
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Jayne Mansfield Reports
- Filming locations
- Île du Levant, Hyères, Var, France(Jayne goes topless aboard the riverboat to the island, and visits its naturist beach and Le Bazar d'Heliopolis.)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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