The Story Behind the Photo

The most well known photograph of Jayne Mansfield and her lover, Nelson Sardelli, taken inside the Pink Palace shows a loved up Sardelli kissing the ankle of Jayne Mansfield. Here is the story behind the photograph.

April 30, 1963: Singer Nelson Sardelli playfully kisses a scratch on the ankle of actress Jayne Mansfield. Earlier that day,  Mansfield had attended a five-minute divorce hearing with husband, bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay in a Mexico court.

The divorce was ruled invalid in California. But afterward, Hargitay and Mansfield briefly reconciled, then separated. Mansfield sued for the Mexican divorce to be recognized, winning in 1964.

http://framework.latimes.com/2010/08/30/kissing-jayne-mansfield/