The House of Love (show)

The House of Love
Characters
Mute
Date premiered December 29, 1960 (1960-12-29) 12.29.60
Place premiered Tropicana Las Vegas
Genre Striptease revue

The House of Love is a striptease revue starring Jayne Mansfield. In December 1960, Dunes hotel and casino launched Mansfield's revue The House of Love (produced by Jack Cole, co-starring Hargitay). She received $35,000.00 a week as her salary ($289,528 in 2017 dollars[1]), which was the highest in her career.[2][3] Her wardrobe for the shows featured a gold mesh dress with sequins to cover her nipples and pubic region.[4][5][6] That controversial sheer dress that was referred to as "Jayne Mansfiled and a few sequins".[7]

References

  • 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.

Citation

  1. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Strait 1992, p. 110
  3. ↑ Faris 1994, p. 24
  4. ↑ Mike Weatherford, Cult Vegas: The Weirdest! The Wildest! The Swingin'est Town on Earth!, pages 230-232, Huntington Press Inc, 2001, ISBN 9780929712710
  5. ↑ Jeff Burbank, Las Vegas Babylon, pages 113-114, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2007, ISBN 9781861059666
  6. ↑ Faris 1994, p. 46
  7. ↑ Strait 1992, p. 94


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