Trivia / The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

• California Doubling: Much of the film was shot in Los Angeles, California.
• Creator Backlash: Parton called the film's production a "nightmare" after it was released.
• Cut Song: Seven songs were removed in the transition from stage to screen ("Girl, You're a Woman", "Twenty-Four Hours of Lovin'", "Doatsy Mae", "The Anglette March", "The Bus from Amarillo", "No Lies" and "Good Old Girl"), and Parton wrote two new songs for the film: "Where Stallions Run" and "A Gamble Either Way", but both were eventually dropped.
• Hypothetical Casting:
  • During the film's early development, Larry L. King considered Shirley MacLaine, Dyan Cannon, Carlin Glynn (who played Mona onstage) or Jill Clayburgh for Mona.
  • After Parton's casting, King suggested Willie Nelson for Earl.
• Playing Against Type: Dom DeLuise, best known for playing good-natured comic relief characters, is the bad guy in the movie adaptation.
• Real-Life Relative: Peter Masterson, the co-writer and co-director of the Broadway show, cast his wife Carlin Glynn as Mona, which won her a Tony Award.
• Self-Adaptation: Larry L. King and Peter Masterson wrote the film from the original stage play production.
• Swan Song: The film was Colin Higgins' final work as director before he died of AIDS in 1988.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Peter Masterson and Tommy Tune were set to direct the film. However, Universal replaced them with Higgins, who had helmed the very commercially successful 9 to 5.
  • Besides Nelson, Gene Hackman and Kris Kristofferson was considered to play Earl in the film.
  • Universal originally wanted Mickey Rooney to play the Governor in the film, but Burt Reynolds shot that down and suggested Charles Durning.

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