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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Garden

A rural garden painted for an unknown MGM film. This backdrop has been seen in multiple films including the 1982 award-winning film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and Almost an Angel.

Painted garden backdrop with a vine-covered pergola, trees, and fenced lawn
Painted detail of leafy garden plants in cultivated beds
Painted detail of a gravel pathway beneath a vine-covered pergola
Painted detail of a vine-covered wooden pergola in a landscaped garden
Painted detail of a mature deciduous tree in a landscaped garden
Painted detail of leafy shrubs in a landscaped garden
Painted garden backdrop with a vine-covered pergola, trees, and fenced lawn
Painted detail of leafy garden plants in cultivated beds
Painted detail of a gravel pathway beneath a vine-covered pergola
Painted detail of a vine-covered wooden pergola in a landscaped garden
Painted detail of a mature deciduous tree in a landscaped garden
Painted detail of leafy shrubs in a landscaped garden
Director
Colin Higgins
Studio
Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions, RKO
Production Designer
Robert F. Boyle
Art Direction
Norman Newberry
Scenic Art Supervisor
George Gibson
Description
Exterior, garden
Place
Gilbert, Texas, late 1970’s
Date
1982
Dimensions
25’-8” x 15’-3”
Medium
Dry color and gelatin binder on cotton muslin
Style
Landscape
Credit
Gift of J.C. Backings Corporation
Photo Credit
Texas Performing Arts, Sandy Carson

Comedy film starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds based on the 1978 American musical of the same name. Produced and directed by Colin Higgins.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions