Film contributor Jonathan Miller discusses the various delights of two, blonde screen goddesses, Jayne Mansfield in Frank Tashlin's The Girl Can't Help It, and Catherine Deneuve in Luis Bunel's Belle Du Jour.
A new print of Belle Du Jour opens Friday, June 30, 2006, at the Music Box Theatre.
The Girl Can't Help It plays July 8 and July 12, 2006, as part of the series Thoroughly Modern Tashlin: The Comedies and Cartoons of Frank Tashlin. The series runs from July 2-August 2, 2006, at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
Music Button: L. Bacalov, “Una Storia Semplice,” from the CD New Cinema Italiano (Butterfly Music)