Jane Holzer [on filming Batman Dracula]:
"That was hysterical. This limo came and picked us up and took us out to the Marshall Field house where Judy and Sam Peabody were spending the summer. And Andy's early star Naomi Levine was there. Ivy Nicholson was there too. And there were all of these wonderful proper maids in uniforms waiting on people. Naomi Levine wrapped herself in Saran Wrap with nothing underneath. Everyone was watching the maids sort of move around ill-at-ease, pretending that Naomi was dressed. Judy and Sam were hysterical, I thought it was hysterically funny - it was great." (Ibid)
Because of all the drugs and craziness at the Factory, Jane stayed away from it "between Edie's arrival and when Andy got shot"
(UW53). She remained in contact with Warhol throughout the seventies and eighties, both often attending similar social functions.
Jane Holzer:
"I remember it used to be so embarrassing in the '60s: he and ten people would show up and crash. By the '70s, he was the first one to be invited anywhere." (UW53)
Jane's decision to stay away from the Factory because of the drug taking there did not prevent her from appearing in one of the druggiest (non-Warhol) films of the period,
Ciao Manhattan, starring Edie Sedgwick. "Speed" was the drug of choice for much of the cast/crew of the film which includes Brigid Berlin's famous monologue on the joys of amphetamine ("speed"):
Brigid Berlin:
If you can't get the pure crystal that looks like snow, if you can't take a sterling silver knife and light a match underneath it and get Rockefeller Center's ice skating rink on top of it, you're through." (Ciao! Manhattan DVD)
When later asked what it was like working with Edie Sedgwick and Chuck Wein on the film, Jane said "Let me give you an example. One day we went to this halfway house. And we were waiting for Edie to show up. We got there at probably 11 in the morning. At 5, Edie shows up... she filmed perfectly because she was, you know, high and feeling great. But we were fit to be tied and uptight because we'd been waiting forever."
(UW52)
Holzer and one of the directors of
Ciao! Manhattan, David Weisman would later, in 1985, co-produce the successful film version of
Kiss of the Spider Woman. She was also involved with two other movies produced by Weisman -
Spike of Bensonhurst (1988), directed by Paul Morrissey with Holzer credited as associate producer - and
Naked Tango (1990) with Holzer credited as executive producer.
After leaving the Factory, Jane attempted to continue with her acting career and was screen-tested (unsuccessfully) for a role in
The Valley of the Dolls.
(AD98) She also appeared in a Broadway play called
Gotta Go Disco by Jerry Brandt, Joe Eula and Alan Finkelstein based on the story of
Cinderella, starring Irene Cara. It closed after two weeks.
In addition to her film interests, Jane also opened an ice cream shop in Palm Beach, Florida called Sweet Baby Jane's while living in both New York and Palm Beach.
(UW47) Warhol produced a silkscreen portrait of Jane in 1975.
(AD98)