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Jayne Mansfield Vs. Mamie Van Doren: Battle of the Blondes : A Pictorial History

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i found this book to be very interesting due to the fact that i'm a fan of female actresses from the 50's and 60's.this book is very intriging with the allure of two of the most stunning women of that era in their best and worst times.if i were to buy ,only, one book this year this would be my first choice.

Of course Jayne hated Mamie,so the concept of the premise of this book is an attractive one.They were fighting for similar parts,mostly after 1962 when their original inspiration was dead and buried.
So what is this book showing us or learning us really ?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
Apart from (very cheaply done)scanned pictures of copies of covers of all the magazines and/or movie posters these two ladies were on or in,we learn nothing about their rivality.What rivality,you might ask ? In the only movie they both appeared in together (Las Vegas Hillbillys),Jayne Mansfield had in her contract that she was not going to have ANY contact on screen,or even off screen with the ''Drive-in answer to Marilyn Monroe''.
The only text you will be reading in this book is coming from whatever equivalent to the ''National Enquirer'' they had in the fifties and sixties= LOW-BROW all the way !