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Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and produced by David Weisbart, based on Jacqueline Susann 's 1966 novel of the same name.
In 1945 beautiful ingenue Anne Welles moves to New York City to escape the ennui of her Massachusetts hometown. She finds work as a secretary to Henry Bellamy, an entertainment lawyer, and befriends Neely O'Hara, an ebullient vaudevillian and aspiring stage actress.
IMDb provides information and user reviews for Valley of the Dolls, a film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's novel about three women in show business. The film features Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate and Dionne Warwick, and was nominated for an Oscar.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Mark Robson
- 1967-12-13
A 1967 drama based on the novel by Jacqueline Susann, starring Patty Duke, Sharon Tate and Barbara Parkins. Watch movie clips and learn about the cast, crew, awards and trivia of this classic film.
- Mark Robson, Eli Dunn, Richard Lang
- Barbara Parkins
Dec 13, 2017 · Valley of the Dolls —released December 15, 1967—was based on Jacqueline Susann’s 1966 best-seller, which promised to tear the lid off of Hollywood and Broadway. (Accent on the “way,” as...
- Donald Liebenson
Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, and Sharon Tate star as three friends attempting to navigate the glamorous, pressurized world of big-time show business—the “valley” is not a place but a narcotized state of mind, and the “dolls” are the pills that rouse them in the morning and knock them out at night.
Trashy, campy, soapy, and melodramatic, Valley of the Dolls may be a dud as a Hollywood expose, but has nonetheless endured as a kitsch classic.
