Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957) on Netflix
Rockwell P. Hunter, a struggling writer at the La Salle ad agency, needs Rita Marlowe to endorse Stay-Put Lipstick before it loses the account. His niece April knows where Rita is staying.
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- IMDb6.9/104,548 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes88%
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Plot summary
At the La Salle advertising agency, Rockwell P. Hunter works low on the ladder while the agency faces the loss of its biggest account, Stay-Put Lipstick. Rock pitches a plan to hire famous actress Rita Marlowe as the model and spokeswoman for a new lipstick line. His teenage niece April is a devoted fan and has Rita's New York address, so Rock goes to Rita with his offer. Rita agrees to endorse the lipstick, but only if Rock pretends to be her boyfriend and makes her real boyfriend, television actor Bobo Branigansky, jealous. Bobo reveals the romance on television, and the public comes to know Rock as her Lover Doll.
Cast
- Dick Whittinghillas T.V. Interviewer
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- Tex Brodusas Board Member (uncredited)
- Boyd Cabeenas Office Worker (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
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- Frank Tashlin, who wrote and directed the film, first wanted television host Ed Sullivan to play advertising man Rockwell P. Hunter; Sullivan turned the part down, so Tony Randall was given the role instead.
- Playwright George Axelrod sold the rights to his play to Buddy Adler at Fox, then complained the film used neither his story, his play nor his script, saying he had made it about the movies and the studio made it about television.
- At least ten television shows made episodes parodying the film's title by substituting one of their own characters' names for Rock Hunter, among them The Munsters, My Three Sons and The Bullwinkle Show.
- In 2000 the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, calling it culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
