I just watched a preview screener for the new Mansfield 66/67 documentary about the doomed bombshell and camp pioneer Jayne Mansfield. If you’re in Nashville look for my full review in The Contributor next week. The film will open at the Belcourt Theatre on Saturday, October 21. The movie’s opening emphasizes the 666 embedded in the title as this biopic is focused on the last two years of Mansfield’s life when her stardom had begun to fade and she befriend’s Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan in San Francisco. Were they friends? Were they lovers? Was Mansfield a serious Satanist and a high priestess in the church or were her and LaVey both cagey showbiz veterans who knew a good act when they saw one?
The movie features bits and pieces from an interview with LaVey that aired on the Joe Pyne television show in 1967. Here’s the complete interview…
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