Andy Warhol cohort's life, Candy Darling, examined in 'Beautiful Darling'

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Andy Warhol cohort's life, Candy Darling, examined in 'Beautiful Darling'
Movie review
Friday, May 20, 2011
By Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11140/1147797-120.stm

The teenage boy from Long Island knew what he wanted. It was to be a she -- and not just any woman but a movie star like his sultry idol, Kim Novak in "Picnic."

As a 14-year-old writing in his diary, Jimmy Slattery envisioned a future that was part dream, part payback: "Someday I'll be a movie star, that's it, and I'll be rich and famous and have all the friends I want." He even sketched a long-haired beauty in a slinky gown that would match the person and personality he created.

"Beautiful Darling" chronicles the life of Candy Darling, who became part of Andy Warhol's cinematic circle at the Factory in New York before dying in 1974 at age 29 of lymphoma.

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Candy Came From Out On The Island,
In The Backroom She Was Everybodys Darling,
But She Never Lost Her Head
Even When She Was Given Head - She Said

Hey Babe, Take A Walk On The Wild Side,
Said Hey Honey, Take A Walk On The Wild Side.
And The Coloured Girls Go, Doo Dodoo