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Holly Woodlawn, who passed away at age 69 in 2015 was a transgender actress. She achieved underground stardom in the 1970 film "Trash." At Andy Warhol's famous New York City studio The Factory, Ms. Woodlawn caught the attention of film director Paul Morrissey, Warhol's partner in making experimental films. Mr. Morrissey cast her in "Trash" as the long-suffering paramour of a heroin addict who lives in squalor on the Lower East Side, played by Joe Dallesandro. Ms. Woodlawn took her place in the Warhol pantheon alongside two other brand-new stars, the transgender actresses Jackie Curtis and Candy Darling. Together these three brought a daffy, deadpan style to Mr. Morrissey's next film, "Women in Revolt," also produced by Warhol. Holly also had some success as a cabaret artist in the late 1970s. She relocated to West Hollywood in the 1990s continued her cabaret career, and had occasional cameo roles in films like "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss" in 1998 and, in 2014, the Amazon television series "Transparent."

Who is Calistra Zipper, the Taxidermied Girl? Friends and loved ones talk about this most unique girl whose great desire was to be preserved for all time after her untimely passing from this mortal coil.

Eccentric World War II vets Pottle and Leer decide to enter the 21st Century. And not a moment too soon.

Fayard Nicholas and his brother Harold were a great dance team from the 1930s and for decades to follow. Fayard's widow Katherine talks about the fabulous Nicholas Brothers and about her late hubby Fayard, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 91. This documentary was recorded in 2009. Katherine Hopkins-Nicholas passed away on August 15, 2012 at the age of 61.

Calistra Zipper, America's favorite Taxidermied Girl, had her 15 minutes of fame when she was a guest, along with her father Anthony Zipper, on The Howard Stern Radio Show on October 31, 2000. The following month, highlights of her interview were broadcast on CBS Television. The full interview was originally broadcast on E. Entertainment Television toward the end of November 2000 and Calistra's fame and notoriety soared. She became a much-sought after celebrity to grace many alternative and underground art and rock music events in Los Angeles and Hollywood in the subsequent months. In 2002 when she turned 18, Calistra was married in a public ceremony and rock show at Club CIA in North Hollywood, California. Hers was a mixed marriage -- her groom was alive. Off the loving couple went on their honeymoon, rumored to have been at either the Catacombs in Paris or the mummy caves of Guanjuato, Mexico. Shortly thereafter, however, their whereabouts became completely unknown. Several years passed and with Calistra's friends and fans becoming increasingly alarmed "The Calistra Zipper Story," a 77-minute video some may call a documentary, was filmed in and around Hollywood in 2007-08 in an attempt to explore the mystery. Many years later, and after the passing of several cast members, Director/creator Craig Calman decided to revisit to the world of Calistra, and took upon himself the challenging of editing a brand new streamlined 29 minute version of the tale. This version, completed in August 2022 is entitled "Whatever Happened To Calistra Zipper?" and has become an official selection to several film festivals in England, Rome and the U.S.