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Valley of the Dolls is a drama film based on Jacqueline Susann's novel about three women in the entertainment industry. The film stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate, and was a box office success despite negative reviews.
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.
Valley of the Dolls: Directed by Mark Robson. With Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate. Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
- (9.9K)
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Mark Robson
- 1967-12-13
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
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney...
- (40)
- Mark Robson
- PG-13
- Barbara Parkins
Film version of Jacqueline Susann 's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business. Anne Welles, a bright, brash young New England college grad leaves her Peyton Place-ish small town and heads for Broadway, where she hopes to find an exciting job and sophisticated men.
We look at why Valley of the Dolls is so beloved and appreciated, both for its "badness" and hidden merits.
- 8 min
- 136K
- The Take
