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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. The film stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate as three young women who become friends as they struggle to forge careers in the entertainment industry.
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.
Valley of the Dolls is the first novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. Published in 1966, the book was the biggest selling novel of its year. As of 2016, it has sold more than 31 million copies, making it one of the all-time best-selling fictional works in publishing history.
As a trash masterpiece, Valley of the Dolls earned a well-deserved place in the American common consciousness, as integral (if not as worthy) a component of the national identity as Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
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 Lyon Burke (Paul...
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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.
Valley of the Dolls. Based on the best selling novel, the ups and downs in the lives of three young women is traced as they search for love and stardom and the impact fame, booze, pills, and men has on each. 2,769 IMDb 6.0 2 h 3 min 1967. X-Ray PG-13.
