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Monday, November 5, 2012

VALLEY OF THE DOLLS : A CAMP TRIP OF A MOVIE IF EVER THERE WAS ONE


Beautiful Sharon Tate from an Italian fotobusta in my collection
"You're making me nervous" Barbara Parkins and Susan Hayward from Italian fotobusta set
Anne and Neely discuss booze and dolls,  from an Italian fotobusta
Neely gets sloshed and very loud, from an Italian fotobusta
Cat fight, from an Italian fotobusta
Lovers, from an Italian fotobusta
A rarely seen variation of the bedroom shots, from the Laser Disc cover. 
A story about 3 little girls
The overwhelmingly beautiful Sharon Tate, such a sweet girl and a sad loss. 
I am happy to say I have this large rare poster in my collection
The film was promoted in different countries in different ways, the Belgian poster is over the top sex and lust. 
The Japanese poster is all soft and fluffy snowflakes,  so beautiful. 
The Martha Washington Hotel for Single Girls, with no men in the rooms please.....
My favorite variation of the bedroom shots, Sharon is particularly fetching
Original ad from Australian Movie News
Patty Duke overacted a little as Neely, but she is simply wonderful. Neely was based on the young Judy Garland.
Susan Hayward plays Helen Lawson ( based on Broadway star Ethel Merman) after Judy Garland left the film. 
Beautiful Barbara Parkins played Anne (based on the author) Barbara was in Peyton Place the series. 
Anne starts as a secretary, gets discovered, and becomes a high fashion model... gets addicted to dolls. 
The author Jackie Susann, invented the modern day bestselling blockbuster novel as we know it. Truman Capote rudely described her as a "truck driver in drag". All her bestsellers are great reading, and the movies made from those books, a lot of fun. 
Posted by PicasaFor me Valley of the Dolls is the ultimate camp movie experience. Its the movie thats so bad, its wonderful, to the extent its now a cult classic. Glamorous, bitchy, high fashion, drugs and booze, sex romps, the lives of these three girls as they claw their way to the top is simply an exhilarating  experience to watch.