Valley of the Dolls Movie Review 1967

Camp/trash classic was rated as a bomb by many critics but is really of the so-bad-it's-good variety. Three beauties, Jennifer (Tate), Neely (Duke), and Anne (Parkins), dream of Hollywood stardom but fall victim to Hollywood excess, including drug dependency (the "dolls" of the title). There's unhappy love affairs, porno parts, health risks, and hysterics of various kinds--all designed to have you dropping your jaw in disbelief. The bathroom scene between Duke and Hayward involving a wig is not to be missed. Based on the novel by Jacqueline Susann who has a bit part as a reporter. Remade for TV as "Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls" in 1981.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Drug Use & Abuse, Behind the Scenes, Price of Fame

Screenplay

Dorothy Kingsley, Helen Deutsch, Jacqueline Susann

Cast

Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Paul Burke, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner, Susan Hayward, Charles Drake, Lee Grant, Alex Davion, Robert H. Harris, Robert Viharo, Joey Bishop, George Jessel, Richard Dreyfuss

Cinematography

William H. Daniels

Director

Mark Robson

Music

John Williams

Other

Jacqueline Susann

Producer

David Weisbart, 20th Century-Fox