Sex Kittens Go To College (1960)

SEX KITTENS GO TO COLLEGE  (1960)  ¢ 1/2
    D: Albert Zugsmith
    Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, Louis Nye,
    Mijanou Bardot, Martin Milner, Mickey Shaughnessy,
    Pamela Mason, Jackie Coogan, John Carradine,
    Vampira, Conway Twitty, Woo Woo Grabowski
A sex comedy that's about as dopey as it sounds, starring Mamie Van Doren as an academic who raises eyebrows and pulse rates when she takes over the science department at a small-town college while keeping her prior occupation as the "Tallahassee Tassel Tosser" under wraps. It's not entirely without potential - there's a nice scene with Mamie and Martin Milner hanging around the science lab that suggests where it might've gone - but the overall stupidity quotient effectively prevents it from getting there. Tuesday Weld has little to do, despite being billed second behind Mamie. The actress who plays the saucy French student, the one who targets two idiot gangsters as research subjects, is Mijanou Bardot, Brigitte's sister. Jackie Coogan demonstrates that a W.C. Fields impression isn't enough when you don't have anything remotely funny to say. The nightclub line dance featuring Mamie, Coogan and John Carradine is a silly highlight, but that's not enough to save the movie, either. Maybe if Mamie were to toss a tassel or two. That might help.