The Girl Can't Help It (1956) ****

The Girl Can't Help It (1956) the burgeoning rock 'n' roll genre, Tex Avery-level humor, and Douglas Sirk-style melodrama blend with Jayne Mansfield's blonde bombshell pin-up parody of Marilyn Monroe ("glamour gone berserk" to quote John Waters), gorgeous cinematography, lighting, and wonderful costume and production design to form a cartoonishly colorful, immensely influential, and occasionally silly musical comedy. Director Frank Tashlin brought his background in animation to the fore to craft this zany CinemaScope De Luxe Color joy. Top it off with unforgettable performances by Little Richard, Julie London, Gene Vincent And His Blue Caps, Eddie Cochran, The Treniers, Fats Domino, and The Platters and you have one energetic and ridiculously fun picture.