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Glamour has never been more grotesque than in Female Trouble, which injects the Hollywood melodrama with anarchic decadence. Divine, director John Waters’ larger-than-life muse, engulfs the screen with charisma as Dawn Davenport—who progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair—in the ultimate expression of the film’s lurid mantra, “Crime is beauty.” Shot in Baltimore on 16 mm, with a cast drawn from Waters’ beloved troupe of regulars, the Dreamlanders (including Mink Stole, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Edith Massey, and Cookie Mueller), this film, the director’s favorite of his work with Divine, comes to life through the tinsel-toned vision of production designer Vincent Peranio and costume designer/makeup artist Van Smith. An endlessly quotable fan favorite, Female Trouble offers up perverse pleasures that never fail to satisfy.
CONDITION: NEW
Actors: Divine, David Lochary, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Mary Vivian Pearce
Directors: John Waters
Format: Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NC-17
Adults Only
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: June 26, 2018
Run Time: 97 minutes
Performance Credits
Divine Dawn Davenport,Earl Peterson
David Lochary Donald Dasher
Mary Vivian Pearce Donna Dasher
Mink Stole Taffy Davenport
Edith Massey Ida Nelson
Cookie Mueller Concetta
Michael Potter Gater
Ed Peranio Wink
Paul Swift Butterfly
George Figgs Dribbles
Susan Lowe Vikki
George Hulse Teacher
Roland Hertz Dawn's Father
Betty Woods Dawn's Mother
Hilary Taylor Taffy as Child
Channing Wilroy Prosecutor
Seymour Avigdor Defense Lawyer
Elizabeth Coffey Earnestine
Danny Mills Actor
Sally Turner Divine's double
Technical Credits
John Waters Director,Cinematographer,Producer,Screenwriter
Charles Roggero Editor
Van Smith Costumes/Costume Designer
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