The picture below shows a larger view of this Unused ©1956 The Girl Can't Help It Comedy Musical Movie Ad Mat Mold. The ad mat is not dated but it is from 1956 when this movie was made. This is a mold in which lead is poured to create a thin metal negative image that is then mounted on a wooden block for printing. Advertising is no longer being made or printed like this. The ad mat is like a miniature 3-D poster and would look nice framed, or you could still use it and make print blocks. The print block would have been used to print on movie pages in newspapers, in magazines, or in the movie theater programs. It is made of a thick compressed paper board. The admat has an image of a scene with Jayne Mansfield and a music band in the background. It is marked as follows: GO HAVE YOURSELF A BALL! 20th CENTURY FOX PRESENTS THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT WITH TOM EWELL JAYNE MANSFIELD EDMOND O'BRIEN JULIE LONDON - RAY ANTHONY HENRY JONES - FATS DOMINO THE PLATTERS LITTLE RICHARD AND HIS BAND - GENE VINCENT AND HIS BLUE CAPS THE TRENIERS EDDIE FONTAINE THE CHUCKLES ABBEY LINCOLN JOHNNY OLENN KING TEMPO EDDIE COCHRAN PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY FRANK TASHLIN SCREENPLAY BY FRANK TASHLIN AND HERBERT BAKER SIG CINEMASCOPE COLOR BY DE LUXE 56 LINES x 2 COLUMNS (112 LINES) 2 COLUMNS X 4 INCHES MAT - 204 The ad mat measures about 4'' x 4-1/2''. It appears to be in mint unused condition as pictured. Below here, for reference, is a cast list from this ©1956 The Girl Can't Help It movie: Tom Ewell - Tom Miller Jayne Mansfield - Jerri Jordan Edmond O'Brien - Marty 'Fats' Murdock Julie London - Herself Ray Anthony - Himself Barry Gordon - Barry the Paperboy Henry Jones - Mousie John Emery - Wheeler Juanita Moore - Hilda Fats Domino - Himself The Platters - Themselves Little Richard and His Band - Themselves Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps - Themselves The Treniers - Themselves Eddie Fontaine - Himself The Chuckles - Themselves at the Hi Hat Club Abbey Lincoln - Herself Johnny Olenn - Himself Nino Tempo - Himself Eddie Cochran - Himself Sue Carlton - Teenager (uncredited) Fred Catania - Wheeler's Bodyguard (uncredited) Les Clark - Recording Engineer (uncredited) Richard Collier - Milkman (uncredited) Alex Frazer - Rogers (uncredited) Milton Frome - Nick (uncredited) Gene Gilbeaux - Himself (uncredited) Russ Gilberto - Himself as a Member of The Chuckles (uncredited) George Givot - Lucas (uncredited) Barbara Gould - Secretary (uncredited) Johnny Grant - Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) Ron Greenwood - Baby (uncredited) Don Hill - Himself (uncredited) Henry Kulky - Iceman (uncredited) Fiorello LaGuardia - Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) Little Richard - Himself (uncredited) David Lynch - Himself (uncredited) George Meader - Elderly Man (uncredited) Pamela Ann Murray - Girl (uncredited) Milton Parsons - Broadcasting Manager (uncredited) Peter Potter - Himself (uncredited) Teddy Randazzo - Himself (uncredited) Herb Reed - Himself (uncredited) Paul Robi - Himself (uncredited) Tommy Romano - Himself as a Member of The Chuckles (uncredited) Michael Ross - Wheeler's Bodyguard (uncredited) Frank J. Scannell - Samuels (uncredited) Garry Stewart - Teenager (uncredited) Norman Sturgis - Ticket Taker (uncredited) Zola Taylor - Herself (uncredited) Emerson Treacy - Lawyer (uncredited) Claude Trenier - Himself (uncredited) Cliff Trenier - Himself (uncredited) Milt Trenier - Himself (uncredited) Herb Vigran - Bartender (uncredited) Gene Vincent - Himself (uncredited) Billy Wayne - Bartender (uncredited) Sandra White - Cigarette Girl (uncredited) Tony Williams - Himself (uncredited) |