Monday, June 20, 2022

Female Trouble ; John Waters' (1974)



Released October 11th in the US.
Filmed entirely in Maryland.
The story: Teenaged Dawn Davenport is spoiled rotten.
She believes she knows everything and always just does what she wants.
When she doesn't get what she asked for from her parents on Christmas day, she hits the road.
That's when her real problems start.
A year later, Dawn is on her own and has a baby.
She tries many different things to make ends meet.
Finally, she lands a job at a local beauty salon.
Still eager to be the center of attention and get whatever she wants, Dawn soon marries.
But it's a big mistake.
Her daughter is still young and quite the horrible example of a child.
Nothing seems to go right for Dawn but that doesn't get her down.
After all that she's been through, she gets the job from her beauty salon bosses to be a model for women criminals...
Stars Divine, Cookie Mueller, Susan Walsh, Margie Skidmore, Berenica Cipcus , Betty Woods, Roland Hertz, Ramsey McClean, Michael Potter, Edith Massey, Ed Peranio, Paul Swift, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Susan Lowe, George Figgs, George Hulse 
Directed by (& story written) John Waters
Rated NC17
DARK COMEDY/FANTASY 

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