Production
John Waters wrote the screenplay under the title of White Lipstick, deriving the film partly from real events. The Corny Collins Show is based on the real-life The Buddy Deane Show, and the film's climax is based on an actual event that took place on that show in the summer of 1963.
Filming for school occurred at Perry Hall High School with set locations including the library, a first-floor English class, and the principal's office. In the scene set in the principal's office, the Harry Dorsey Gough (see Perry Hall Mansion) coat-of-arms that once hung in the main lobby can be seen through the doorway.
The scenes set at Tilted Acres amusement park were filmed at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The film was Divine's last film and his only film with Waters in which he didn't play the lead.
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