When Tony Randall says of Mansfield, "She's the titular head of the company".
shareOh there's LOTS of innuendos in this movie! Listen to Joan Blondell's speech about the milkman...
Professional Jayne Mansfield fanatic/lover™ since 1980.
Cuz the censors didn't know the meaning of the word perhaps? BTW the film is playing as I write on Fox Movie Channel. Great dialogue, fine performances, and gorgeous Technicolor...wow, just beautiful.
Jayne was underrated at as a comedienne. This film and THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT demonstrate her way with a line. Perhaps because she didn't appear to take herself seriously, she made it appear too easy?
"Titular" isn't a "dirty" word. Neither is "bushwacked". Maybe GenXY has changed the meanings of these, but back then, it's merely due to Rita's obvious misunderstanding that there is any sort of double entendre.
There was nothing for the censors to catch. They simply understood that there was a quick play on the word. Now, if Rita had followed up with a remark, it probably wouldn't have been allowed. Instead, they go to the kissing and popcorn popping.
There is quite a bit of saucy, naughty humor in many films of the Fifties. People unfamiliar with the decade tend to be startled by this.
~~MystMoonstruck~~
AGREED! Sheesh!
shareOf course it was double entendre. Double entendre is something innocent-sounding that can also be taken in a more suggestive way. I'm sure people in the 1950s were quite aware of what the words "tit" and "bush" meant.
shareThere are many lines that were meant to have multi-meanings.
Also, one must remember that the "censorship" was internal, as Hollywood adapted a system in the 1930s in order to avoid the kind of legislation that some in Congress were demanding. By the late '50s, as Hollywood was losing ground to television, there was much more willingness to raise the bar, and allow things that would have been impossible even a few years before.
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