Valley of the Dolls (1967)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Mark Robson

Writers:

Jacqueline Susann (novel)
Helen Deutsch (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 February 1968 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama | Music | Romance

Tagline:

The nation's most startling and hotly discussed best-seller now on the screen with every shock and sensation intact

Plot:

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young ladies in show business.

Plot Keywords:

Actress | Hollywood | Broadway | Show Business | New England

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 13

4:35 AM

MAX

Cast

Barbara Parkins	...	Anne Welles
Patty Duke	...	Neely O'Hara
Paul Burke	...	Lyon Burke
Sharon Tate	...	Jennifer North
Tony Scotti	...	Tony Polar
Martin Milner	...	Mel Anderson
Charles Drake	...	Kevin Gillmore
Alexander Davion	...	Ted Casablanca (as Alex Davion)
Lee Grant	...	Miriam Polar
Naomi Stevens	...	Miss Steinberg
Robert H. Harris	...	Henry Bellamy
Jacqueline Susann	...	First Reporter
Robert Viharo	...	Director
Joey Bishop	...	MC at Telethon
George Jessel	...	MC Grammy Awards

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving substance abuse, some sexual content, partial nudity and language. (2006 re-rating; rated GP in 1971)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (2006 re-rating) | USA:GP (1971 re-rating) | Singapore:PG | Norway:16 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Germany:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

48th Street Playhouse, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Red Lion

Trivia:

The novel and its movie adaptation are loosely based on novelist Jacqueline Susann's experience as an actress from the late 1930s to the late 1950s.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the famous catfight scene in the dressing room, Neely O' Hara was wearing drop earrings. After she pulled off the wig off Helen Lawson, the earrings were on her ears. She ran into the toilet room and the earrings mysteriously disappeared by the time she flushed the wig down the toilet.

Quotes:

bar patron: I wonder what happened to Neely O'Hara.
[snidely]
bar patron: They SAY she had laryngitis.
Neely O'Hara: [taking a drink - searching for a pill] WHO HAD LARYNGITIS?
Edward the Bartender: We're closing now, Miss O'Hara.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'll Plant My Own Tree

Trash--with a twist!

There's nothing I can add to the many hilarious and trenchant comments of other IMDB users--"Valley" will live forever as one of the greatest bad movies ever. But here's something nobody else has picked up on. The scene when Patty/Neely discovers hubby Ted cavorting in the pool with another woman? Well, before Patty/Neely sees them, she hears splashing and giddy, girlish laugh. That splash and laugh are Marilyn Monroe--audio from her famous nude swim scene in "Something's Git To Give," the movie she never finished.

Somebody at 20th Century Fox--MM's home studio--had a perverse sense of humor!