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Jayne Mansfield poses with one arm raised while Tony Randall kneels and kisses her hand in a snowy mountain scene from the film Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957).
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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

film by Tashlin [1957]
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Jayne Mansfield poses with one arm raised while Tony Randall kneels and kisses her hand in a snowy mountain scene from the film Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957).
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? Tony Randall and Jayne Mansfield in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), directed by Frank Tashlin.

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 satirical comedy film directed by Frank Tashlin. The movie stars Jayne Mansfield as a Marilyn Monroe-like sex symbol whose endorsement of a lipstick is crucial for an advertising man's career. Tashlin, known for his broad, cartoonish style in live-action films, uses this movie to satirize advertising and consumerism. It is considered one of Tashlin's masterpieces and is noted for Mansfield's performance.12

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