Jayne Mansfield

This is Mansfield's first Hollywood contract, coming on the heels of her appearance in 1955 as Playmate of the Month for February 1955, and her portrayal of Rita Marlowe in the Broadway play Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? in 1956, for which she received a Theatre World Award.

• Jayne Mansfield (American).
• Twentieth-Century Fox.
• Los Angeles: May 2, 1956.
• 17 pages, with a 6-page photocopy of the studio's Synopsis of Employment Contract through October 1960.

Signed on May 2, 1956, the terms of the one-year contract began on September 17, 1956, in time to allow Mansfield to star as the blonde bombshell Jerri Jordan rock 'n roll classic, The Girl Can't Help It, released at the end of the year, featuring musical appearances by Fats Domino, Little Richard, Gene Vincent, The Platters, Eddie Cochran, et. al. The studio offered her $1,250 per week for the year, with a multi-year options for renewal. The film, a box-office success, was one of the first to feature black artists, and is now a cult classic.