The 53rd Anniversary of The House of Love

On the 29th of December 1960 Jayne and her husband Mickey Hargitay began their show at The Dunes Hotel. The name of the show was House of Love and it carried on for 2 months, ending on the 27th of February 1961. While performing in the show Jayne cut a record called 'Jayne Mansfield Busts Up Las Vegas' which featured the title songs from the show. Jayne was paid $35,000 a week ($280,000 for the full 8 weeks), $10,000 more than her appearance fee of $25,000 a week for her first Las Vegas Show 'Tropicana Holiday'. Choreography of the show was created by Ethel Martin and Jack Mattis. Also appearing in the show was Johnny O'Brien, the Peiro Brothers, Four Showgirls, 7 Female Dancers, 8 Male dancers and the Bill Reddie Orchestra.

Variety reviewed the show on the 11th of January 1961.

VARIETY REVIEW:
The Mansfield legend remained intact, in fact her obvious femme healthiness made her look more beautiful than ever. Never claiming to be a major leaguer in the vocal department, Miss Mansfield is sexy and exciting anyway, which probably will mean her show will do good biz.

Footage from the Show can be seen in numerous Mansfield documentaries.

Here are a few of our favourite photographs from The House of Love Show.