Cast:

Jayne Mansfield as Rita Marlowe
Joan Blondell as Violet
Tony Randall as Rockwell Hunter
Betsy Drake as Jenny
Lili Gentle as April
Mickey Hargitay as Bobo

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Plot:

Rockwell Hunter works for an advertising agency and wants to get Rita Marlowe, the blonde bombshell known for her kissable lips, to endorse a new lipstick. Rita will only agree to do the endorsement if Rockwell pretends to be her new boyfriend. Rita turns Rockwell into a media sensation and he becomes known all over the world as Rita's "loverdoll". Rockwell thinks success will bring him happiness but when he loses his fiance he learns what is really important in life.

Notes:
- It is based on the play by George Axelrod
- The costumes were designed by Charles LeMaire
- The character of Rita Marlowe is loosely based on Marilyn Monroe
- Before appearing in the movie Jayne Mansfield starred in the play on Broadway
- Groucho Marx makes a cameo in the movie

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