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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

NC-17 | | Comedy, Drama, Music | 17 June 1970 (USA)
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Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Kelly Mac Namara
... Casey Anderson
... Petronella Danforth
... Ronnie (Z-Man) Barzell (as John LaZar)
... Lance Rocke
David Gurian ... Harris Allsworth
... Ashley St. Ives
Erica Gavin ... Roxanne
... Susan Lake
... Emerson Thorne
Duncan McLeod ... Porter Hall
... Randy Black (as Jim Iglehart)
... Baxter Wolfe
Henry Rowland ... Otto
... Matron
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Storyline

This film is a sequel in name only to Valley of the Dolls (1967). An all-girl rock band goes to Hollywood to make it big. There they find success, but luckily for us, they sink into a cesspool of decadence. This film has a sleeping woman performing on a gun which is in her mouth. It has women posing as men. It has lesbian sex scenes. It is also written by Roger Ebert, who had become friends with Russ Meyer after writing favorable reviews of several of his films. Written by Mark Logan <marklo@west.sun.com>

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Comedy | Drama | Music

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NC-17 | See all certifications »

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Also Known As:

Más allá del valle de las muñecas  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$900,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$9,000,000
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Trivia

In an oft-seen publicity picture of the three female leads posing on a bed, Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers and Marcia McBroom wear the same outfits worn (respectively) by original Valley of the Dolls (1967) stars Sharon Tate, Patty Duke and Barbara Parkins in a similar bed publicity shot used in ads and the soundtrack album cover of the first film. See more »

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During the first party scene, Emerson drops a tray carrying multiple bottles of scotch. In next shot, floor is covered with broken glass but no spilled liquid. See more »

Quotes

Petronella Danforth: C'mon, Casey. The principal's supposed to hit me with a coupla caps of acid.
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References Dracula (1931) See more »

Soundtracks

Incense and Peppermints
Written by John S. Carter (uncredited) and Tim Gilbert (uncredited)
Performed by The Strawberry Alarm Clock
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Schlock at its best.
9 May 2005 | by – See all my reviews

"Harris, make love to me!" "Where? Here?" "NO! IN L.A.!"

A 60s all-girl rock band decides to get in the van and head to Los Angeles to try to make it big. And they find it is super easy, and they make connections fast, but fame and fortune comes at an expense.

Although it claims to be unrelated, this is basically "Valley of the Dolls" made fun and trashy. Yes, this is the movie that is infamous for being written by Roger Ebert. Yes, this is a bad movie with appalling editing. Yes, this is tasteless schlock. But, it is tasteless schlock at its best. Even though the lead cast is comprised of (very lovely) Playboy pin-ups and models that look stoned half the time, they do a great job at portraying immediately corrupted innocents. I actually really enjoy the 60s soul garage music (even though none of the actresses actually played or sang, whoever played and sang for The Carrie Nations sounded damn good--the soundtrack has recently been released to CD, which I plan on picking up and playing at my next trashy dance party). I can watch this movie over and over again, and the unforgettable drug-soaked finale never ceases to shock me. But I really could do without the moralizing voice-over at the end. It makes me question whether or not the filmmakers were really serious about the psychotranny, abortion-pushing lesbian, and other disturbing colorful characters. My Rating: 8/10.
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