Here are two photos, inspired by a shocking exposition in the local paper. The first is of underground movie actress, Edith Massey, in a scene from the notoriously unfashionable movie, “Pink Flamingos.” Edith has committed the fashion crime of allowing her breasts to actually touch! Photo 2, Actress Sofía Vergara at a Hollywood premier,…
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Edith Massey, “Edie the Egg Lady” the Underground Movie Star: Her Life as an Orphan
Through occasional magazine articles, John Waters’ writings and stories, a few paragraphs in movie databases and my short film, “Love Letter to Edie,” brief snippets of Edith Massey’s life story have drifted along the edges of hipster culture in the thirty-three years since her underground movie debut in Waters’ “Multiple Maniacs” (April 10, 1970). Since…
“Love Letter to Edie” video gets own facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Love-Letter-to-Edie/414264625333057
Edith Massey in Elinor Cahn’s East Baltimore ’70s documentary photo
Elinor Cahn made a series of similar photos in the late ’60s early ’70s Baltimore Renaissance period. This time was marked by John Waters first film successes, downtown $1 homes, and a hipster migration to Fells Point that began its re-birth. Sensing a monumental change, Cahn prowled the remaining ethnic enclaves of East Baltimore, Fells…
Collection of Edith Massey Photos on flicker
I hadn’t seen many of the photos in this collection, some from her last years. Friend and collaborator, George Stover, who had bit parts in many Waters movies (Bosley Gravel in Desperate Living) is featured in several. Others are from her shop in California where she hoped to fare better than Baltimore. http://www.flickr.com/photos/harald-haefker/galleries/72157628622685413/
Video from “Love Letter to Edie, Director’s Cut DVD” – Robert Maier’s Additional Comments 25 Years Later
Love Letter to Edie was made in 1975 right after meeting John Waters and working on the crew of “Female Trouble.” I added a fifteen minute bonus commentary in 2001. This clip is an excerpt from that. The DVD of the original “Love Letter to Edie” and the commentary is only available on e-Bay. Click…
Edith Massey’s Long-lost Brother, the College Professor
Yesterday while snooping through my office shelves, I pulled out a book by one Morris Grodsky, titled The Home Boy’s Odyssey: The Saga of the Journey from Orphan Boy to Criminalist. The title page was inscribed “To Robert Maier with appreciation for your efforts on behalf of my sister Edith (Edie)”. Yes, Morris was Edith…