35mm presentation in the original “Odorama”

Abused, neglected, and, above all, bullied in her own house, the unhappy Baltimore housewife with a heart of gold and an acute sense of smell, Francine Fishpaw (Divine), watches her already derailed life take a turn for the worse. To further complicate matters, without a shred of shame, Elmer–Francine’s sleazy husband and owner of the local X-rated theatre–is leaving her for another woman; her disdainful daughter, Lu-Lu, is bearing the child of her delinquent boyfriend, and her glue-sniffing son, Dexter, is becoming a vicious foot fetishist. Then, out of the blue, the suave blonde charmer, Todd Tomorrow (‘60s matinee-idol Tab Hunter), enters the picture, and, for once in her life, Francine feels loved. Is there a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow?

John Waters first foray into something approximating mainstream cinema, was heavily influenced by 1950’s Douglas Sirk melodramas and was the first film in Waters’ oeuvre to garner an “R” rating; his previous films all being rated “X”.  Returning Dreamlanders, Divine, Edith Massey, Mink Stole, Jean Hill and Mary Vivian Pearce round out the cast in this camp classic.

As a special holiday gift, all audience members attending this screening will receive a scratch-and-sniff Odorama card!