Last week several
Facebook friends and I were commenting on the old Jayne Mansfield movie The Girl
Can’t Help It (1956). Not only did it feature Jayne Mansfield but a number of
popular rock ‘n roll are performers of the time in cameo parts– performers such
as Little Richard, Fats Domino, and the Platters. As a draw for adults, the
movie also included an appearance of songstress Julie London singing her hit “Cry
Me you a River.” I saw the film when it
first came out. A few years back, when I was writing No Marriages in Heaven, I
remembered this segment of the film and mentioned London and her hit in the novel's pages. Funny, how the imagination works. When the mind is in a creative mood, it
will grasp at anything that pops up. The imagination pulls from many sources,
even films seem long ago.
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