The House of Love (show)

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 ($302,480 in 2019 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 Mansfield and a few sequins".[7]

The House of Love
Characters
Mute
Date premieredDecember 29, 1960 (1960-12-29) 12.29.60
Place premieredTropicana Las Vegas
GenreStriptease revue

References
  • Strait, Raymond (1992). Here They Are Jayne Mansfield. New York: S.P.I. Books. ISBN 978-1-56171-146-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Faris, Jocelyn (November 1994). Jayne Mansfield: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-28544-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Citation
  1. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  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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