Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers
In this camp classic from 1972 bursting with lo-fi queer cinema energy, Warhol Factory muse and trans actress Holly Woodlawn stars as a small-town girl hoping to make it big in New York City. This long-thought-lost treasure is newly restored by the Academy Film Archive.
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Saturday, May 24, 2025
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If you've ever sung along with Lou Reed's “Walk on the Wild Side,” you’ve evoked the name of Holly Woodlawn. “Holly came from Miami, F-L-A / Hitch-hiked her way across the USA / Plucked her eyebrows along the way / Shaved her legs and then he was a she….” Woodland was one of, if not the first, trans woman to appear on film, and a fixture of Andy Warhol's Factory, appearing in Paul Morrissey's Trash and Women in Revolt. In her third film, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers, Woodlawn takes the lead role of Eve Harrington—the first of the film’s many name-drops to the larger-than-life heroines from Hollywood’s Golden Age—who leaves her small Kansas hometown in hopes of achieving stardom as an actress in New York City. What follows is a collection of fantastical, bawdy, campy, and ludicrously delirious musical set pieces, including the song “In The Very Last Row” performed by Bette Midler. Never released on home video, this landmark film was feared lost until its 35mm negative was rediscovered when DuArt Film & Video closed their storage facility. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and presented in collaboration with the American Genre Film Archive, Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers preserves a rare and key part of Woodlawn's legacy.
- Director: Robert J. Kaplan
- Principal Cast: Holly Woodlawn, Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Meg Wittner, Tally Brown
- Country: USA
- Year: 1972
- Running Time: 82 min.
- Producer: Robert J. Kaplan, Henry A. Alpert, Robert Troy
- Screenplay: Robert J. Kaplan, Sandra Scoppettone
- Cinematographers: Paul Glickman
- Editors: Dick Cohen
- Music: Jerry Blatt
- Website: Official Film Website
- Filmography: Gums (1976)
- Language: English
- Format: DCP
- US Distributor: AGFA