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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Promises! Promises! (1963)

Two couples go on an ocean cruise together. Couple one are a TV writer (Tommy Noonan) and his wife (Jayne Mansfield) who is desperate to get pregnant. Couple two are a muscle bound movie star (Mickey Hargitay) and his wife (Marie McDonald). After his wife gets pregnant, the writer begins to suspect that movie star may be the father of his wife's child, not him. Based on a play by Edna Sheklow and directed by the character actor King Donovan. This rather lame sex comedy was sold and advertised on Mansfield's nude scenes, the first time a major Hollywood actress had gone topless for a movie. The film gets to it right away with Jayne cavorting in the bath, Jayne rolling around in bed topless before getting down to the flimsy plot. Mansfield had proved herself an adept comedienne in films like THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT and WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER but those films were directed by the wonderful Frank Tashlin. This one feels like a softcore nudie movie. I suppose it has some interest as an artifact and for Mansfield fans but not much for anybody else. With Imogene Coca, Fritz Feld, Marjorie Bennett and T.C. Jones. 

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