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)
Featured review
The ULTIMATE exploitation film! My FAVORITE movie!
Oh my GOD! What an AMAZING movie! "The Wild, Wild World Of Jayne Mansfield" is an exploitation movie lover's dream come true! When i first saw this, my jaw DROPPED to the floor in utter amazement! As soon as I heard the zippy little title music and cheesy-cute opening credits, I had a feeling this was going to be interesting...but I was completely caught off guard when the breathy narrator announced "Hi! I'm Jayne Mansfield" while watching grainy black & white footage of Jayne in Rome! WHAT!!???!!! The movie proceeded from there and I was stunned by the audacity of the filmmakers as they carve out a pseudo mondo movie out of literally NOTHING!!!
This movie was made AFTER Jayne was dead. Whoever put it together was a GENIUS and deserved an Oscar or SOMETHING! What you get are, what appear to be, HOME MOVIES of Jayne on vacation in Europe, a wonderfully FAKE Jayne Mansfield narrator, an obvious stand in (especially noticeable in the early black and white scenes where she's walking down the Via Veneto in Rome, looking through the Playboy magazine, and entering her hotel), shamelessly silly nudie filler scenes (which are all connected via "Jayne's" ditzy explanations), etc!
You will HOWL with laughter as Jayne, on a nudist island off of the coast of France, splashes her toes in a stream. The cool water running over her toes reminds her of other times and other feet! WHAT!?! Yes, she has segued into a memory of a risqué theater performance where only feet are on stage! It's tacky stuff...but for a memory, it's strange that Jayne is NO WHERE to be seen!
While in Paris, follow Jayne, on the top of the Arch de Triumph, as she takes a secret passage that leads into Paris' swinging underground nightclub for transvestites! (You enter from the top of the Arch de Triumph? HUH?? Whatever...) Then, marvel as Jayne, with amazing bionic-like super vision, spys on couples fooling around in a hotel room, a park, etc all from the top of the Effeil Tower with her naked eyes!
There's also a drag queen competition that Jayne is supposed to be attending. There is one quick flash of her seated in a booth...but it does NOT seem likely it's the same place. For all we know, it could have been film of her having a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's or something, very craftily spliced into the other scene!
The most shocking and painfully funny bit, has the camera filming from a car's point of view. Suddenly, the car seems to loose control! There is the screeching of breaks on the asphalt, and the car/camera go careening toward some trees! EEK! We then cut away to REAL photographs of Jayne's deadly automobile accident. She slammed into a big truck. Here in the heck is the TREE we, the audience as Jayne, just slammed into? And before you can look away from the crash shots, we are suddenly getting a tour of the inside of Jayne's gaudy mansion (with it's heart shaped pool, sink, and bed) by Jayne's ex-husband Mickey Hargitay!! (Does that place still exist as is? Man, I'd LOVE to see it! It's incredibly TACKY!!!)
There is just SO MUCH this movie throws at you---it's stupdefyingly bizarre!
I LOVE it! You get an interview with a supposed Jayne Mansfield look-a-like female impersonator, a topless female band performing, a best-breasts competition, and strip-tease lessons! There are also film clips of Jayne in "The Many Loves of Hercules", "Primitive Love", and nude in "Promises Promises"! Although the film gets a bit bogged down with all of the topless filler towards the end (did they run out of cutting room floor clips of Jayne??), it's still an amazing cinematic achievement. The filmmakers have literally taken NOTHING and created a mondo MESS-terpiece of exploitation genius! Jayne would have been proud!
This movie was made AFTER Jayne was dead. Whoever put it together was a GENIUS and deserved an Oscar or SOMETHING! What you get are, what appear to be, HOME MOVIES of Jayne on vacation in Europe, a wonderfully FAKE Jayne Mansfield narrator, an obvious stand in (especially noticeable in the early black and white scenes where she's walking down the Via Veneto in Rome, looking through the Playboy magazine, and entering her hotel), shamelessly silly nudie filler scenes (which are all connected via "Jayne's" ditzy explanations), etc!
You will HOWL with laughter as Jayne, on a nudist island off of the coast of France, splashes her toes in a stream. The cool water running over her toes reminds her of other times and other feet! WHAT!?! Yes, she has segued into a memory of a risqué theater performance where only feet are on stage! It's tacky stuff...but for a memory, it's strange that Jayne is NO WHERE to be seen!
While in Paris, follow Jayne, on the top of the Arch de Triumph, as she takes a secret passage that leads into Paris' swinging underground nightclub for transvestites! (You enter from the top of the Arch de Triumph? HUH?? Whatever...) Then, marvel as Jayne, with amazing bionic-like super vision, spys on couples fooling around in a hotel room, a park, etc all from the top of the Effeil Tower with her naked eyes!
There's also a drag queen competition that Jayne is supposed to be attending. There is one quick flash of her seated in a booth...but it does NOT seem likely it's the same place. For all we know, it could have been film of her having a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's or something, very craftily spliced into the other scene!
The most shocking and painfully funny bit, has the camera filming from a car's point of view. Suddenly, the car seems to loose control! There is the screeching of breaks on the asphalt, and the car/camera go careening toward some trees! EEK! We then cut away to REAL photographs of Jayne's deadly automobile accident. She slammed into a big truck. Here in the heck is the TREE we, the audience as Jayne, just slammed into? And before you can look away from the crash shots, we are suddenly getting a tour of the inside of Jayne's gaudy mansion (with it's heart shaped pool, sink, and bed) by Jayne's ex-husband Mickey Hargitay!! (Does that place still exist as is? Man, I'd LOVE to see it! It's incredibly TACKY!!!)
There is just SO MUCH this movie throws at you---it's stupdefyingly bizarre!
I LOVE it! You get an interview with a supposed Jayne Mansfield look-a-like female impersonator, a topless female band performing, a best-breasts competition, and strip-tease lessons! There are also film clips of Jayne in "The Many Loves of Hercules", "Primitive Love", and nude in "Promises Promises"! Although the film gets a bit bogged down with all of the topless filler towards the end (did they run out of cutting room floor clips of Jayne??), it's still an amazing cinematic achievement. The filmmakers have literally taken NOTHING and created a mondo MESS-terpiece of exploitation genius! Jayne would have been proud!
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- 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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By what name was The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968) officially released in Canada in English?
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