Remembering Sharon Tate

I think most people who are into Old Hollywood go through phases. Right now I am utterly obsessed with Jayne (as always) and Sharon Tate. Sharon is well known for her untimely death. It’s a major focus for many and one of the most famous crimes of American history. Yet by focusing on her death, […]

Jayne and the Troops

What better way to celebrate the fourth than to look at Jayne’s time entertaining the troops? Jayne made sure to entertain our servicemen throughout her career and thought nothing of going into war zones to give our men in the service something to smile about. Jayne first performed for our men in uniform in while her […]

What’s my Favorite Jayne Movie?

The Girl Can’t Help It! This was Jayne’s first movie with Fox after signing with them in May of 1956. Filming on the movie started on September 14th and Jayne officially arrived in Hollywood the following day. Filming was completed on November 9th and the movie was released around Christmas of ’56. It truly was […]

Misconceptions about Jayne

Day three of our Jayne Memorial week! Today I want to delve into some common misconceptions on Jayne. Rumor: Jayne dropped wedding invitations over Los Angeles to publicize her wedding to Mickey Hargitay Fact: Absolutely not true. This comes from May Mann’s book. Jayne sent out 100 invitations to her wedding with 90 going to […]

Jayne and Her Husbands

So this was supposed to auto post yesterday. Have no idea why it didn’t! Jayne was married three times to three very different men. Paul Mansfield 1950-1955/1956/1957 Accounts differ on several things with Jayne and Paul. Paul contends that they were officially married (by way of elopement) in January of 1950 with another ceremony after […]