Holly Woodlawn

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Holly Woodlawn was a transgender Puerto Rican actress and Warhol superstar who appeared in his movies Trash and Women in Revolt. She was probably best known as the Holly in Lou Reed's hit pop song "Walk on the Wild Side".

Most Popular Holly Woodlawn Trailers

Total trailers found: 42

Nelson Sullivan Trailer (1989)

03 July 1989

Nelson Sullivan, a videographer in Manhattan circa 1983 to 1989, documented a large chunk of the final six years of his life, capturing his days and nights with drag queens and other NYC outcasts of the time.

Continental Trailer (2013)

10 March 2013

A stylish and thoughtful examination of the infamous Continental Baths NYC circa 1968-1976. Told by the people who were there.

Beautiful Darling Trailer (2010)

02 April 2010

James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current and vintage interview material, rarely seen archival photos and footage, and extracts from Darling's movies.

Bubblegum Trailer (1996)

19 August 1996

A 16mm narrative short shot in New York with Nick Zedd and Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn.

Night Owl Trailer (1993)

30 June 1993

A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood.

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis Trailer (2007)

11 April 2007

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist.

The Sound Of Muzak Trailer (1986)

21 April 1986

Holly Woodlawn stars along with underground personalities of downtown New York in this adaptation of “the sound of music” by the renowned composer Scott Wittman, presented at limelight April 21, 1986.

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss Trailer (1998)

24 July 1998

Billy Collier is a photographer working on a series of pictures featuring recreations of movie kisses, with drag queens playing the female roles.

Milwaukee, Minnesota Trailer (2003)

21 January 2003

Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly kills her.

Twin Falls Idaho Trailer (1999)

30 July 1999

Francis and Blake Falls are Siamese twins who live in a neat little room in a rundown hotel. While sharing some organs, Blake is always fit and Francis is very sickly.

Tally Brown, New York Trailer (1979)

04 May 1979

Tally Brown, New York is a 1979 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim.

Underground and Emigrants Trailer (1976)

25 October 1976

In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts movement, the better-known of whom are William Burroughs (who says nothing for the camera), Andy Warhol (seen in the distance) and Fernando Arrabal (who is interviewed in Spanish).

Scathed Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A truly odd little mood piece, it features Matthew Bell (the narrator of Gregory's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Shocking Truth) as a guy named Joe who stops off for an afternoon beer at a bar where nudists and weirdos prowl around outside.

Resident Alien Trailer (1990)

14 September 1990

At age 73, writer and melancholy master of the bon mot, Quentin Crisp (1908-1999), became an Englishman in New York.

A Look on the Wild Side Trailer (2002)

01 January 2002

A Cannes red carpet tribute for three iconic protagonists of Warhol's Factory glory days.

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture Trailer (2001)

27 January 2001

Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century (who also coined the immortal catchphrase "In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"), gets the definitive treatment.

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol Trailer (1990)

18 July 1990

Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture.

This Is America Trailer (1977)

01 May 1977

Inspired by shock-documentaries like Mondo Cane, this film looks at the wilder side of life in America.

She Gone Rogue Trailer (2012)

02 June 2012

While visiting her Auntie Holly, Darling enters a parallel, dream-like world, where a series of encounters with transfeminine figures (played by Holly Woodlawn, Vaginal Davis, and Flawless Sabrina) explore the complexity of identity politics, gender construction and the edification of affects amid a kaleidoscopic depiction of time and place.

Seed Money: The Chuck Holmes Story Trailer (2015)

30 May 2015

Seed Money is the story of Chuck Holmes, a San Francisco pornographer turned philanthropist. Holmes helped shaped and create gay identity in the years after Stonewall, and later became a major contributor to gay advocacy groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the LGBT Victory Fund, only to find later in life that while his money was welcome in philanthropic circles, he sometimes wasn't.

Dust Trailer (2012)

29 December 2012

DUST is the story of an eccentric family in crisis. Unable to move forward or functionally communicate, three change-averse siblings collide with their older brother and their own myopic worldview with comic and tragic results.

Broken Goddess Trailer (1973)

26 October 1973

Holly Woodlawn is an aimless, lovelorn beauty in this seventies silent short.

Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers Trailer (1972)

16 March 1972

An aspiring actress from Kansas comes to New York and meets a host of zany characters.

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis Trailer (2004)

05 May 2004

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her stage shows.

The Cockettes Trailer (2002)

16 January 2002

Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.

I Am Divine Trailer (2014)

26 March 2014

Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image, gender identity, sexuality, and preconceived notions of beauty, Divine succeeded in becoming an internationally recognized icon, recording artist, and character actor of stage and screen.

Bad Marien's Last Year Trailer (1971)

09 May 1971

Andy Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn teams up with jazz superstar Asha Puthli for a weekend romp in the Hamptons, in which they play two angels rescuing a bored, wayward heiress from herself.

Heaven Wants Out Trailer (2009)

30 September 2009

Once a hot spot, the Bowery Follies Cabaret is now just another broken down New York City nightclub populated with the last vestiges of vaudeville entertainers, misfits and a headliner known as Heaven.

Is There Sex After Death? Trailer (1971)

24 October 1971

Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the world of sex.

Andy Warhol Trailer (1972)

02 January 1972

With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to be a brilliant manipulator, dedicated voyeur and person of astute commercial judgment.

Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders Trailer (2026)

06 June 2026

“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders" peels back the layers of controversy surrounding the making of the 1980 thriller, "Cruising.

Trash Trailer (1970)

05 October 1970

The movie follows Joe, a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers on Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend.

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Takes an in-depth look at the lives and times of the people who hung out with Andy Warhol and "worked" at the Silver Factory during the Sixties, making it all click as a new counter-culture arose and began to exert its influence throughout the arts.

Women in Revolt Trailer (1971)

01 December 1971

Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a virginal intellectual who believes women are oppressed in contemporary American society.

The Best of the New York Erotic Film Festival Trailer (1972)

25 August 1972

A stimulating, hilarious, provocative collection of the best American films dealing with you-know-what.

Queer Realities and Cultural Amnesia Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

A documentary about queer realities and cultural amnesia.

Candy Darling Trailer (2025)

31 March 2025

Ron Link, Samuel Adams Green, Holly Woodlawn, and Jeremiah Newton delve into Candy Darling’s life, legacy, and the indelible impact she left on the world of art and culture.

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies Trailer (2019)

21 July 2019

Anjelica Huston narrates this exploration of the spectacularly dreamlike world of Salvador Dali’s protégé, Steven Arnold, and his strikingly creative and influential body of work filled with occult rituals, Hollywood camp, and surrealist art nouveau whimsy.

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia Trailer (2023)

28 September 2023

Former Warhol Superstar and creator of the seminal sexual politics performance spectacular Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore!, Penny Arcade, washed up on the shores of the Lower East Side of New York as a teenager in 1967.

Lou Reed - Remembered Trailer (2013)

14 December 2013

Film tribute to Lou Reed, who died in October, which looks at the extraordinarily transgressive life and career of one of rock 'n' roll's true originals With the help of friends, fellow musicians, critics and those who have been inspired not only by his music but also by his famously contrary approach to almost everything, the documentary looks at how Reed not only helped to shape a generation but also helped to create a truly alternative, independent rock scene, while also providing New York with its most provocative and potent soundtrack.

Phantom Pain Trailer (1996)

22 June 1996

Kristy Nichols is a prostitute with a difference — she is transgender. She decides to make a life change just as a college film professor offers her a part in serious porno film.

Holly Woodlawn Trailer (1973)

01 December 1973

Holly Woodlawn interview, 1973.