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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 is the first novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. Published in 1966, the book was the biggest-selling novel of its year. By 2016 it had sold more than 31 million copies, making it one of the all-time best-selling fictional works in publishing history.
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.
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.
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. 2,799 IMDb 6.0 2 h 3 min 1967. X-Ray PG-13.
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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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.
