60s D RAG I N 90 M I N U TES
H O L LY W O O D LAW N I N P E R S O N
AFFENG E I L ( L I FE I S L I K E
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Rosa von Praunheim's best film yet is a homage to larger-than-life actress Lotti Huber (most
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FORTU N E A N D M E N 'S EYES M I C HAEL G R E E R I N PE RSON
A collection o [ rare underground shorts [rom
John Herbert's famous stage play about the
the late 60s, starting with Brohen Goddess, fea
horrors of prison life, transformed into a sex
turing Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn. It's a
ually explicit movie about "a country club for
beautiful black-and-white salute to both silent
sadomasochistic homosexuals," accordirtg to
films and the Woodlawn image; she lounges
Vito Russo in The Celluloid Closet.
besides fountains, looking ravishing while De
It's a tough, tragic, drama involving vio
bussey plays on the soundtrack Brollm Goddess
lence, sex roles, and epic bitchiness. The film
is camp in the richest sense, and truly moving.
was made under difficult conditions: the actors
In the early 1960s, a group called Gay Girls
suffered in subzero temperatures on location
Riding Club were renowned for their drag
in a real, disused Quebec prison, and first
spoofs of Hollywood movies. We presented a
director Jules Schwerin was replaced by Harvey
, full retrospective in 1 985, and here's a chance
Hart. "Lester Persky, the prdducer, wanted
recently, star of von Praunheim's Anita-Dances
to view one of the funniest and best, The Roman
of Vice). She describes her careers as dancer,
Splings on Mrs. SLone. Plus, from Richard Fon
"He wanted a great deal of nudity and was
wife, restaurateur, concentration camp prison
taine (best known for his AMG posing pouch
interested only in the exploitation element."
er, and full-time eccentric. Full of gay humor
pictures like The Days of G reel? Gods), Nude
and bruised egos, Affengeil-it means some
/1111. an all-Singing, ali-danCing, and almost all
thing like 'apeshit'-is a generous, affectionate
nude version of television's Laugh In, featuring
Greer, fresh from The Gay Deceivers (Wed
and lively movie.
Fontaine's favorite drag star, Miss Glory Holden.
nesday June 24 9 : 1 5 pm at the Castro) . Greer
Also on the same program: Dean Lance's
Finally, Tlicia's Wedding, starring The
only a kind of sex fantasy," says Schwerin,
The movie is saved from its exploitative tendencies by the performance of Michael
stars as the prison's resident outrageous drag
semi-animated activist aria A Hard Reign's
Cockettes. Founded on New Year's Eve 1 969,
GOIma' Fall, and Suddenly Last Summer, a
The Cockettes combined a Haight-Ashbury
than 400 performance of the Sal Mineo stage
hilarious investigation of "the Martina factor"
counter-culture lifestyle with the new gender
production. At this rare screening, Michael
queen, a role he had also occupied in more
in women s tennis.
politics of Gay Liberation. Their mix of nudity,
Greer will be present to talk about the making
Affengeil repeated Sat jwle 2 7, 4:15 pm Castro
gay humor and genderfuck drag assured them
of the movie .
instant San Francisco success. TIlda's Wedding A HARD REIGN'S GONNA FALL
is a thrillingly vicious satire of Patricia Nixon's
Dir. Dean Lance ( 1 990) USA 7 mitIS. video
wedding party; watch [or the great scene with
� SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER
Mamie Eisenhower.
FORTUNE AND MENS EYES Dir. Harvey Hart (1971) Canada/USA 1 02 millS. 35mm
Dir. Clare Beavan ( 1 99 1 ) GB 12 mitIS. video � AFFENGEIL Dir. Rosa von Praunheim
BROKEN GODDESS Starring Holly
( 1 990) G ermany 87 millS. 35mm
Woodlawn Dir. Dallas ( 1 969) 29 millS.
Genl1an language/English subtitles
1 6mm b &w silent � THE ROMAN
Total running time: 106 minutes
SPRINGS ON MRS STONE Starring The
E A S T B AY S C R E E N I N G S S P O N SO R E D B Y
Gay Girls Riding Club Dir. Ray Harrison
T H E PAC I F I C C E N T E R
(circa 1 963) 22 millS. video b &w � NUDE INN Starring Glory Holden Dir. Richard Fontaine ( 1 969 CHECK) 20 millS. 1 6mm � TRlClA'S WEDDING Starring The Cockettes Dir. Mark Lester ( 1 9 7 1 ) USA 3 5 millS. 1 6mm
Mic1Jael Greer will also be appearing at josie's Cabaret & juicejoint, Saturday and Sunday june 2 7-28. Please call (415) 861 -7933 for tickets and i nformation.