Jayne Mansfield climbs onto the hospital bed of one lucky soldier while visiting the wards of the Army’s 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany Oct. 5, 1957. The photographer identified the patient as Leary (last name only). (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
FRANKFURT, Germany — Jayne Mansfield, America's blond bombshell film star, practically brought Frankfurt Airport to a standstill Friday afternoon when she flew in from Paris for a six-day visit to Germany.
Hundreds of persons on the airport staff crowded around the airplane as it taxied to a stop.
Followed by a horde of photographers, Miss Mansfield was escorted to the VIP lounge in the airport building. There she was filmed by the German TV.
The star told her TV interviewer that her paternal grandparents had been born in Germany and that she was "very proud to be of Germ man extraction."
Jayne Mansfield jokes around with one of the patients at the Army’s 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany Oct. 5, 1957. The photographer identified the patient as Thurlo Lyles. (Red Grandy)
Jayne Mansfield jokes around with some of the patients at the Army’s 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 5, 1957. The photographer identified the patient on the left as Brady (last name only). (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield climbs pretends to take the pulse of one lucky soldier while visiting the wards of the Army’s 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany Oct. 5, 1957. The photographer identified the patient as Kissane (last name only). (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield visits with one of the patients at the Army’s 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt, Germany Oct. 5, 1957. The photographer identified the patient as Greiner (last name only). (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
A servicemember collects his prize — a kiss on the cheek from Jayne Mansfield — after winning a contest, Oct. 5, 1957. Photographer Red Grandy identified him only by the last name Zandarski on the back of the contact sheet. The service member holding the scroll was identified as Watkins. (Red Grandy)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
"I used to speak pretty good German when I studied it in college," she said. "And I hope to speak it quite fluently again before I leave Germany."
Miss Mansfield said she had attended the University of Texas, UCLA and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, as well as dramatic and ballet schools.
From Frankfurt Airport, the actress way driven to the Frankfurter Hof Hotel in Frankfurt, and later appeared at a crowded press reception, after changing from the all-brown ensemble in which she arrived to a shimmery black gown over which she wore a white mink stole.
Jayne Mansfield poses with Spc. 2nd Class Martin A. August in the bleachers of the Frankfurt Football Stadium, Oct. 5, 1957. The actress was there to attend the game between Northern Area Command’s Black Knights and 10th Division Trains. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield signs autographs for gathered fans and photographers on the back of an unidentified U.S. sailor in front of the Musée de l’Homme (Museum of Mankind) Oct. 4, 1957. Wearing a Phrygian cap pinned with a tricolor cockade, a symbol of the French revolution, the actress — in Paris for the French premier of her latest film “Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?” — will fly to Frankfurt, Germany, in the afternoon for a whirlwind visit of a number U.S. military installations. (Merle Hunter/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield shares a meal with service members in the mess hall at Gibbs Kaserne, Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 5, 1957. (Red Grandy)
Jayne Mansfield meets with the press and poses for photographers in the VIP lounge at the Frankfurt airport, Germany, Oct. 4, 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Actress Jayne Mansfield arrives at the Frankfurt airport, Oct. 4, 1957. The actress flew in from Paris where she attended the French premier of her latest movie "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter." The actress will tour several Army installations in and around Frankfurt. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Friday night Miss Mansfield was to make a public appearance at the German premiere of her movie, "Siren in Blond," based on the play, "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" which she acted on Broadway. The American version is titled, "Oh for a Man!"
In France, the actress devoted nearly a day to meeting American servicemen at various military installations. Saturday she will do the same in Frankfurt.
Escorted by Maj. Homer Sarver, of NACom Special Services, and Capt Frederick P. Schmidt, of the European Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Div, Miss Mansfield will go to the Frankfurt football stadium for the game between the NACom Black Knights and the 10th Div Trains. She will tour the stadium in a jeep, sit first on one team's side and then on the other's.
Jayne Mansfield poses with two football players at the Frankfurt Football Stadium, Oct. 5, 1957. The actress was there to attend the game between Northern Area Command’s Black Knights and 10th Division Trains. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield looks up at the photographer as she signs autographs for gathered fans at the Frankfurt Football Stadium, Oct. 5, 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
At 3 pm Saturday the actress will make a two-hour visit to the Army's 97th Gen Hosp in Frankfurt, meeting the staff and visiting the wards. From the hospital she will go to the Gibbs EM mess, where a cake is to be baked in her honor.
In the evening she will appear at a reception at the officers' club in the Frankfurt Casino, then have supper and be introduced from the stage.
Sunday Miss Mansfield will fly to Hamburg for personal appearances and a visit to the Real Film Studios. Tuesday she will go to Dusseldorf for more personal appearances and a reception at the American Consulate. She will visit Cologne before flying to Amsterdam Thursday.
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield at Frankfurt in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Jayne Mansfield in Germany in 1957. (Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
During her Frankfurt press conference, Miss Mansfield announced that she intends to marry Mickey Hargitay, a Hungarian who won the "Mr. Universe" contest in London, as soon as her divorce is final from Dallas publicity man Paul J. Mansfield early next year.
The actress, celebrated for her vital statistics, also took pains to get the record straight as reports of them have varied.
"They are 41-18-35½," she said. "And they do not vary."
