Watch Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) Free Online

Release Date: 1957

Cast: Henry Jones, Groucho Marx, Tony Randall, Betsy Drake, Jayne Mansfield, Lili Gentle, Joan Blondell, Mickey Hargitay, John Williams

Categories: Movies, Parody, Romantic comedy, Media Satire, Workplace Comedy, Comedy, Romance Film

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 American satiric comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, Mickey Hargitay, and a cameo by Groucho Marx. The film is a satire on popular fan culture, Hollywood hype and the ad industry, which was making millions of dollars off the grow revenue from television ads. The film also takes aim at television and the damage it was doing to movie attendance in the 1950s. It was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, who also wrote the largely original screenplay,... MORE

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 American satiric comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, Mickey Hargitay, and a cameo by Groucho Marx. The film is a satire on popular fan culture, Hollywood hype and the ad industry, which was making millions of dollars off the grow revenue from television ads. The film also takes aim at television and the damage it was doing to movie attendance in the 1950s. It was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, who also wrote the largely original screenplay, utilizing little more than the title and the character of Rita Marlowe from the successful Broadway play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? by George Axelrod. The Broadway play ran from 1955–1956 and also starred Jayne Mansfield as Rita. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? received a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Actor – Musical/Comedy (Tony Randall) and a nomination for the Writers Guild of America, East WGA Award (Screen) for Best Written American Comedy (Frank Tashlin). The character, Rita Marlowe, is based on dumb blond stereotype so often found in Hollywood films. In 2000, the film LESS