The only movie playing was a low-budget feature billed as "Female Trouble."
Divine was also responsible for singing the theme tune for Female Trouble, although it was never released as a single.
Shearer played guitar for Female Trouble, as well as supplying background vocals.
As a live act, Female Trouble performed for special events and benefit shows only, specifically causes that supported women in some way.
Female Trouble (1974) - Divine plays an obese criminal woman and an obese man.
But the most striking and felicitous resonance comes from "Incognito," a story in her 2002 collection, "Female Trouble."
The Christmas tree scene in "Female Trouble" is tame, compared with many of the film's images.
And there was the sheer wedding gown he wears in "Female Trouble" (1974), underwear not included.
From 1996 to 1999 she wrote a dating column, "Female Trouble", for New York Press.
Massey sometimes wore her bizarre leather costume from Female Trouble during gigs.