The House of Love (show)
| The House of Love | |
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| Characters | |
| Date premiered | December 29, 1960 12.29.60 |
| Place premiered | Tropicana Las Vegas |
| Genre | Striptease revue |
The House of Love is a striptease revue starring Jayne Mansfield and co-starring her husband, Mickey Hargitay.
In December 1960, the Dunes Hotel and Casino launched the revue, produced by Jack Cole. Her wardrobe for the shows featured a gold mesh dress with sequins to cover her nipples and pubic region.[1][2][3] The controversial sheer dress was referred to as "Jayne Mansfield and a few sequins".[4]
Mansfield received US$35,000.00 a week as her salary (US$380,906 in 2025 dollars[5]), which was the highest in her career.[6][7]
A live recording of the show was later released and distributed in 1962 by 20th Century Fox as a live album called Jayne Mansfield Busts Up Las Vegas.[8]
References
- ^ Mike Weatherford, Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! The Wildest! The Swingin'est Town on Earth!, pages 230-232, Huntington Press Inc, 2001, ISBN 9780929712710
- ^ Jeff Burbank, Las Vegas Babylon, pages 113-114, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2007, ISBN 9781861059666
- ^ Faris 1994, p. 46
- ^ Strait 1992, p. 94
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Strait 1992, p. 110
- ^ Faris 1994, p. 24
- ^ Jocelyn Faris, Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-Bibliography, page 130, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28544-8
Bibliography
- Strait, Raymond (1992). Here They Are Jayne Mansfield. New York: S.P.I. Books. ISBN 978-1-56171-146-8.
- Faris, Jocelyn (November 1994). Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28544-8.