B-movie actor and writer Mel Welles (1924-2005) was the person most responsible for the hep jargon—including High School Drag—in HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL. He was recruited by producer Zugsmith for help in this regard because, as Welles recalled for interviewer Tom Weaver in 1988, “I was an expert on grass in my day…” In addition to Welles’ reeferesque bona fides, he also wrote for the legendary “hip” comic Lord Buckley.

Unfortunately, very little is known about Phillipa Fallon, the woman who so memorably portrays the finger-snapping hipsteress delivering Welles’ boptastic words. CONELRAD’s attempts to locate Ms. Fallon have proven unsuccessful.

That's Jackie Coogan on piano behind her.