Superstar in a housedress : the life and legend of Jackie Curtis / Craig B. Highberger.

New York : Chamberlain Bros., ©2005.

xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 videodisc (DVD : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.)

BEIN Bailey 731: Number line on title page verso indicates 1st printing: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2." Dust jacket. Autographs on half-title: Craig B. Highberger; Holly Woodlawn. From the library of Laura Bailey. Accompanied by: Program for "Coffeehouse chronicles #13" at La Mama in New York, with Craig Highberger and Holly Woodlawn discussing Candy [Darling] and Jackie [Curtis] ([4] pages); Small metal admission badge for "The Club at La Mama"; Advertising card for screening of "Superstar in a housedress" at Film Forum (1 card; 2 copies).

In the heyday of Andy Warhol's legendary hub of art, subculture, and insanity known as the Factory, one performer made his mark like no other: Jackie Curtis. A wildly creative, avant-garde performer, poet, playwright, and longtime friend and collaborator of Warhol's, Curtis was well known as a cross-dressing phenom whose personal life went even further and was even wilder than anything onstage and onscreen. In this loving, dazzling, and, above all else, shocking memorial to Curtis--who died tragically of a drug overdose in 1985--filmmaker Craig Highberger delivers a fascinating oral biography of the drag queen, including interviews with such counterculture luminaries as Holly Woodlawn, Joe Dallesandro, Paul Morrissey, and Michael Musto. DVD includes producer/director Highberger's award-winning documentary film Superstar in a Housedress, narrated by Lily Tomlin.--Publisher description.

Online version: Highberger, Craig B. Superstar in a housedress. New York : Chamberlain Bros., ©2005

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