Directed by Robert J. Kaplan - 1972. 82 mins. Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn plays Eve Harrington, a small-town girl from Kansas who tries to make it big - or at least find a roommate - in New York in this long-lost madcap movie musical extravaganza from filmmaker Robert J. Kaplan. Along the way she'll get tangled up with everyone from wrestlers to crunchy granola lesbians on her way-too-relevant quest to find secure housing.
Continuing from Frameline: "One of the very first films to be built around a trans actor, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers is a comedic tour-de-force for Woodlawn, then fresh off of making Trash and Women in Revolt! for Paul Morrissey. With a memorable supporting performance from fellow Warhol Superstar Tally Brown as Mary Poppins and voice cameos from the likes of Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, Scarecrow should've become a huge midnight movie sensation, but instead faded into obscurity and has sat unseen for the past 50 years. Its recent rediscovery and restoration by the Academy Film Archive is cause for celebration — and a timely reminder that trans people have always been on the screen."
A clip of this 82-minute gem showed up in my Insta feed this morning, and it looks incredible. I'm going to watch it on YouTube tonight - it looks like the whole thing is here (you might wanna hurry - my guess is it might get taken down soon). It was just posted 12 days ago and has been viewed less than 100 times. I watched the first five minutes, and I can already tell that it's going to be a new personal favorite, next to the likes of "Female Trouble." It only has two reviews on IMDB, and both give it 9/10 stars.
Who knows anything about this picture? Did anyone see it back in the day? There are two Bette Midler songs in the soundtrack - back when she was "Bathhouse Bette." This is 1970s gay cinema gold! I WANNA HEAR STORIES AND COMMENTS, DL!!!