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 ($280,433 in 2016 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]

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Citation

  1. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  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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