Conversation so far:
What roles did Carroll Baker play to make her a sex symbol?
Baker became a sex symbol after appearing as a hedonistic widow in The Carpetbaggers.
What was The Carpetbaggers about?
Jonas Cord's a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films and catting around on the corporate make, in the 1930's Hollywood.
In what year was The Carpetbaggers filmed?
Filming started on June 4, 1963.
Were there any other films that considered Caroll Baker a sex symbol besides Carpetbaggers?
She was subsequently cast by Levine in the title roles of two 1965 potboilers— Sylvia, as an ex-prostitute and con artist, and as Jean Harlow in Harlow.

Question: What happened in Sylvia?
Self-contained rewrite: What happens in Sylvia?