Frank Tashlin
Francis Fredrick von Taschlein( February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), better known by his stage name Frank Tashlin, was an American animator, cartoonist, children's writer, illustrator, screenwriter, and film director of comedy movies.
He was also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash.
Pasquale Squitieri
Pasquale Squitieri( 27 November 1938 – 18 February 2017) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Jayne Mansfield
Jayne Mansfield( born Vera
Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American film, theater, and television actress.
She was also a nightclub entertainer and a singer, and one of the early" Playboy" Playmates.
She was a major Hollywood sex symbol during the 1950s and early 1960s while under contract at 20th Century Fox.
She was also known for her well- publicized personal life and publicity stunts, such as" wardrobe malfunctions".
Mansfield's film career was short- lived, but she had several box- office successes and won a Theatre World Award and a Golden Globe.
She enjoyed success in the role of fictional actress Rita Marlowe, both in the 1955 – 1956 Broadway version and the 1957 film version of" Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
Her other major movie performances were in" The Girl Ca n't Help It"( 1956)," The Wayward Bus"( 1957), and" Too Hot to Handle"( 1960).
She became the first major American actress in a Hollywood film to have a nude scene in" Promises! Promises!"( 1963).
Mansfield took her professional name from her first husband public relations professional Paul Mansfield.
She was married and divorced three times and had five children.
She allegedly was intimately involved with numerous men, including Robert and John F. Kennedy, her attorney Samuel S. Brody, and Las Vegas entertainer Nelson Sardelli.
On June 29, 1967, she died in an automobile collision in Eastern New Orleans at age 34.
Lew Gallo
Lew Gallo( June 12, 1928 – June 11, 2000) was an American character actor and producer, best known for his role as Maj.
Joseph Cobb on the 1960s ABC World War II series" Twelve O'Clock High".
Gallo was born in Mount Kisco, New York, and he served as an infantryman during the Korean War.
He also made appearances on other TV series including" Rawhide Dr. KildareLost in Space The F.B.I.Gunsmoke The Twilight ZonePerry MasonTales of Wells FargoCombat!", and" Get Smart".
He also appeared in the films" Ocean's 11" and" PT 109" and Pork Chop Hill.
Gallo appeared on Broadway in" Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"( 1955).
As a producer he worked on such series as" That GirlLove, American Style The Ghost& Mrs. Muir" and" The New Mike Hammer".
Gallo died on June 11, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, the day before his 72nd birthday.
He was survived by his wife of 42 years, television producer Lillian Gallo.
They had two children, Mary Ann and Tom.
Homesick for St. Pauli
Homesick for St. Pauli is a 1963 German drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Freddy Quinn, Josef Albrecht and Ullrich Haupt.
Heinz Pehlke was the cinematographer.
It was based on a musical by Lotar Olias and Gustav Kampendonk.
A German singer who has enjoyed massive success in the United States, returns to his hometown, the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.
The film was one of the many foreign films that Jayne Mansfield made in the 1960s, after becoming a star in the late 1950s in films like:" The Girl Ca n't Help It"( 1956) and" Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"( 1957).
The film was shot in Hamburg in mid-1963.
Claretta and Ben
Claretta and Ben is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro.
Mickey Hargitay
Miklós" Mickey" Hargitay( January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was a Hungarian- American actor and the 1955 Mr. Universe.
Born in Budapest, Hargitay moved to the United States in 1947, where he eventually became a citizen.
He was married to actress Jayne Mansfield, and is the father of actress Mariska Hargitay.
During their marriage, Hargitay and Mansfield made four movies together:" Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"( 1957)," The Loves of Hercules"( 1960)," Promises! Promises!"( 1963), and" L' Amore Primitivo"( 1964).
Claretta
Claretta( english title Claretta Petacci) is a 1984 Italian historical drama film directed and written by Pasquale Squitieri.
The film entered the competition at the 41° Venice International Film Festival.
For her role of Claretta Petacci, Claudia Cardinale was awarded with a Nastro d' Argento for Best Actress.
Harry Clark (actor)
Harry Clark( April 17,
1913- February 28, 1956) was an American actor.
Prior to his acting career, Clark was a physical education teacher, athlete, and factory worker who became involved with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union- sponsored revue" Pins and Needles" in 1937, and its success encouraged him to pursue a career in acting.
His Broadway credits include" The Skin of Our TeethOne Touch of VenusCall Me Mister Kiss Me, KateWish You Were Here", and" Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"
From the early 1940s through the mid-1950s, Clark appeared in a string of B-movies.
On television, he appeared on" The United States Steel Hour"'s production of" No Time for Sergeants" and" The Phil Silvers Show".
He died unexpectedly, while playing handball at the Young Men's Christian Association on West 63rd Street, near his home in Manhattan.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 American satirical comedy film starring Jayne Mansfield and Tony Randall, with Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, John Williams, Henry Jones, Lili Gentle, and Mickey Hargitay, and with a cameo by Groucho Marx.
The film is a satire on popular fan culture, Hollywood hype, and the advertising industry, which was making millions of dollars off the growing revenue from television ads.
It also takes aim at television and the reduction it caused to the size of movie theater audiences in the 1950s.
The film was also known as Oh!
For a Man! in the United Kingdom.
The film was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, who also wrote the largely original screenplay, using little more than the title and the character of Rita Marlowe from the successful Broadway play" Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" by George Axelrod.
The play had run from 1955 to 1956 and also starred Jayne Mansfield as Rita.

Question: Are both directors of films Claretta and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? from the same country?
Answer: no