History Film / WillSuccessSpoilRockHunter

* BigDamnKiss: Right at the end of Rock's telephone exchange with Bobo Branigansky an overjoyed Rita squeals delightedly before jumping up, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving Rock a passionate kiss so hot it makes a bag of popcorn in his pocket pop. He's, understandably, left so [[PostKissCatatonia dazed]] that he holds up traffic while slowly crossing the street in the very next scene.

* BigDamnKiss: Right at the end of Rock's telephone exchange with Bobo Branigansky an overjoyed Rita squeals delightedly before jumping up, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving Rock a passionate kiss so hot it makes a nearby bag of popcorn pop. He's, understandably, left so [[PostKissCatatonia dazed]] that he holds up traffic while slowly crossing the street in the very next scene.

* BigDamnKiss: Right at the end of Rock's telephone exchange with Bobo Branigansky an overjoyed Rita squeals delightedly before jumping up, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving Rock a passionate kiss so hot it makes a nearby bag of popcorn pop. He's, understandably, left so [[PostKissCatatonia dazed]] in the aftermath that he holds up traffic while slowly crossing the street in the very next scene.

* BigDamnKiss: Right at the end of Rock's telephone exchange with Bobo Branigansky an overjoyed Rita squeals delightedly before jumping up, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving Rock a passionate kiss so hot it makes a nearby bag of popcorn pop. He's, understandably, so [[PostKissCatatonia dazed]] in the aftermath that he holds up traffic while slowly crossing the street in the very next scene.

As well as flirting with a [[ArousedByTheirVoice breathy tone of voice]].

* BuxomIsBetter: In one scene, Jenny tries doing a ton of push ups hoping to make her chest bigger. She doesn't do any proper stretching or warm-ups, so this causes her arms to stiffen in that position. Then Rock sees his own niece stuck the same way.

--> '''Vi''': She's incorporating herself!

--> '''Rita''': George, how come you never tried to kiss me before?\\

* CelebrityParadox: Rita's movies--''Film/TheGirlCantHelpIt'', ''Kiss Them for Me'', and ''The Wayward Bus''--are actually Jayne Mansfield's movies.

--> '''Randall''': Ladies and gentlemen, this break in our motion picture is made out of respect for the TV fans in our audience, who are accustomed to constant interruptions in their programs for messages from sponsors. We want all you TV fans to feel at home, and not forget the thrill you get, watching television on your big, 21-inch screens.

* GoingFurASwim: As she's getting off the plane Rita opens up her full length white mink to reveal that she's wearing nothing but a swimsuit beneath it.
* GroupieBrigade: In one scene Rock is chased by a Groupie Brigade desperate for a piece of "Lover Doll". They corner him in an alley. When he makes it to Rita's apartment his clothes are in shreds.

* HonestJohnsDealership: One of the montage of hilariously awful commercials that starts the movie is for a car dealer named Rambunctious Rupert. The door of the car he's trying to sell falls off when he opens it.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: When getting kissed by Rita, [[PopcornOnTheCob the popcorn on Rock's pockets keeps popping]].

A desperate Rock finally hits on an idea: he will get Hollywood sex kitten Rita Marlowe (Creator/JayneMansfield) to endorse Stay-Put lipstick. Rita, who is TheDitz, demands that Rock pretend to be her boyfriend to make her real boyfriend, strongman Bobo Branigansky (Mickey Hargitay), jealous. This blows up in Rock's face when Bobo leaks his name to the media, making him instantly infamous as Rita's "Lover Doll".

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: After getting kissed by Rita, [[PopcornOnTheCob the popcorn on Rock's pockets keeps popping]] as he walks down the street.

Creator/JoanBlondell appears as Rita's wisecracking assistant Vi.

* GagBoobs: Rita's bust is the subject of jokes, albeit indirectly (UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was still in effect, after all). In one scene, a cardboard standee of Rita falls over and bounces back up. Later, Jenny pretends to be Rita to tease Rock, with her bra stuffed to about two extra cup sizes

* NotTellingYouWhatImTellingYou: Rita introduces her TV special by saying there will be no mention of Stay-Put Lipstick during the program, and then goes on to mention all the Stay-Put lipstick colors that won't be mentioned, but that she personally uses for her oh-so-kissable lips.

* BreastExpansion: Invoked with a subplot about women overworking themselves to exhaustion doing push-ups in a vain attempt to enhance their bustlines to Rita Marlowe's generous proportions. Even Jenny and Rock's niece April; Rock finds the latter flopped unconscious, and when he puts her to bed, her arms are still going through the motions.

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It's a sex comedy centered around one Rockwell Hunter (Creator/TonyRandall), a Madison Avenue ad man who works at a rival to [[Series/MadMen Sterling Cooper]], and is engaged to his pretty secretary, Jenny. As the film starts, however, Rock receives some bad news: his firm is about to lose the Stay-Put lipstick account, and as a consequence Rock is about to lose his job.

A desperate Rock finally hits on an idea: he will get Hollywood sex kitten Rita Marlowe (Creator/JayneMansfield) to endorse Stay-Put lipstick. Rita, who is TheDitz, demands that Rock pretend to be her boyfriend to make her real boyfriend, strongman Bobo Branigansky, jealous. This blows up in Rock's face when Bobo leaks his name to the media, making him instantly infamous as Rita's "Lover Doll".

--> '''Vi''': She's incorporating herself!\\
'''Rita''': Don't talk dirty on TV! This is a family medium!

* BreastExpansion: Invoked with a subplot about women overworking themselves to exhaustion doing push-ups in a vain attempt to enhance their bustlines to Rita Marlowe's generous proportions. Even Jenny herself; Rock finds her flopped unconscious, and when he puts her to bed, her arms are still going through the motions.

'''Rita''': Don't talk dirty on TV!

* GoingFurASwim: As she's getting off the plane Rita opens up her mink to reveal that she's wearing nothing but a swimsuit beneath it.

* PrettyInMink: Rita wears a lot of fur coats.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The supposed Hunter-Marlowe romance is huge front-page news all over the world. When Rita gives out a public statement, Rufus says that it's on every TV station, "like when the President speaks."

''Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter'' is a 1957 film directed and co-written by Creator/FrankTashlin.

* WorstNewsJudgmentEver: The supposed Hunter-Marlowe romance is huge front-page news all over the world.

* InNameOnly: An adaptation of a stage play called ''Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?'' starring Jayne Mansfield. However, other than the idea of Mansfield playing a blonde bimbo named Rita Marlowe, nothing is taken from the play, which is actually an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Faust}}''/

** Much as Jayne Mansfield was a PoorMansSubstitute for Creator/MarilynMonroe in RealLife, her character is clearly based on the ditzy Monroe persona.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Much as Jayne Mansfield was a PoorMansSubstitute for Creator/MarilynMonroe in RealLife, her character is clearly based on the ditzy Monroe persona.
* PrettyInMink: Rita wears a lot of fur coats.