The Diane Linkletter Story is a 1969 16mm short film by Baltimore, Maryland, USA filmmaker John Waters starring Divine, Mary Vivian Pearce and David Lochary.
This improvised film is based on the true-life suicide of TV personality Art Linkletter's daughter, Diane. Mr. and Mrs. Linkletter fret about their daughter's recent behavior, which includes taking drugs and dating a lowlife named Jim. Eventually, the parents confront Diane...with tragic consequences.
Waters claims that the film is "accidental" -- he and his friends improvised a story while testing a new synch-sound camera (later used on Multiple Maniacs).
The film was unreleased in any form until it showed up on a 1990 videotape entitled A Divine Double Feature.
© 1970 Dreamland Productions
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