Valley of the Dolls starting now on Fox Movie Channel, I have never really watched it before..

[texanwitch]

All I can remember is it is a really sad movie about drugs.

[6000eliot]

1. It's a campy scream is what it is.

Wait until you see Patty Duke snatch Susan Hayward's wig off her head and flush it down the toilet.

[texanwitch]

2. Patty Duke is so young in this movie.

Could she really sing, is that her voice?

[6000eliot]

3. According to Wikipedia, Gail Heideman did Patty Duke's vocals.

Have you ever seen her sitcom? She's even younger in that.

[MrMickeysMom]

29. I remember how racey that was supposed to be...

Patty Duke's drunken scene... "Boobies! Boobies! Boobies!"

:rofl:

[era veteran]

4. Sharon Tate too ?

Been a long time. Risqué in its day.

[Art_from_Ark]

20. I remember when it came out

My friend's older sisters were all buzzing about it. There's no way I would have been able to see it in those days, though-- my mother thought that even The Graduate was a little too risqué for my tender eyes and ears.

[texanwitch]

21. It was a bit racey.

Now it is tame.

[Art_from_Ark]

28. I'll have to watch it when I get a chance

That, and Easy Rider, which was another controversial (in the day) movie with "mature content" that I still have not seen.
I wasn't even allowed to watch "Bonnie and Clyde" back then, although I finally was able to watch it recently (in an airplane, of all places).

[LeftinOH]

5. It is a masterpiece...

...of awfulness!! Valley of the Dolls is the standard-bearer in the genre of so-bad-it's-good films. Once you've heard Susan Hayward sing "I'll Plant My Own Tree" you'll be scarred for life.

Here is the German poster for the film:

[lumpy]

11. The novel was a stinker also. Only sold because of rather

racy content.

[Tikki]

24. I actually like the book...

......I re-read it every other year or so...



Tikki

[texanwitch]

22. I have seen this scene.

I will never forget this great song.

Now I want to plant my trees.:rofl:

[texanwitch]

6. I recorded the movie and will watch it later.

What a cast.

[Skittles]

7. oh that is AWESOME CAMP!!

terrible acting, gawdy settings, ridiculous stories - I LOVE IT; I have the special DVD set. Yes INDEED!
:thumbsup:

[texanwitch]

19. It is a 1960's movie.

I like Patty Duke,

I watched her in a Christmas Memory on Youtube.

She is great in the show.

[RebelOne]

8. Saw it when Sharon Tate was still alive. n/t

[hifiguy]

9. A camp classic. Incredibly overwrought and unintentionally hysterical

A film critic, perhaps Elvis Mitchell IIRC, once described reading a Jacqueline Susann book (or watching a movie made from one of her books) as "something terrible and fascinating, like watching a drunk trying to disarm a bomb." I can't top that.

The only way it could have been even more ridiculous would have been having Russ Meyer as the director, but then he did "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" which is an even bigger scream.

[frogmarch]

10. I remember it as being

one of the worst movies I'd ever seen.

MST3K riffed better movies than this.

[lumpy]

12. Mrs. Millers album was better fare.

She was a lady with questionable singing talent who produced her own record album. It was popular as hell.

[texanwitch]

14. I love Mrs. Miller.

I wish I had her albums.

[MichiganVote]

13. Read the book at 11. Sisters left it laying around. Great thrill.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

15. It is on Netflix streaming, nothing like

watching VOTD on the laptop while you are falling asleep.

killer camp movie.

[texanwitch]

18. Does the movie have a happy ending.

Please, somebody must have found happiness.

[edbermac]

16. Only sad thing about this movie is seeing Sharon Tate

And being reminded about her horrifying encounter with the Manson Family.

[texanwitch]

17. I didn't know it she was in the movie.

I did watch about 30 minutes of the movie so far.

I love Vera Miles character, tough od lady.

[texanwitch]

23. I never knew that the dolls in the title meant the pills.

I thought it meant the women in the show.

[Taverner]

25. I thought it was a perfect example of kitch, alongside Reefer Madness and The Trip

[MicaelS]

26. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls was a much, MUCH better film

For 2 reasons:
(Actually it was 4 reasons) :bounce: :evilgrin: :hide:

(1) The script was written by Big Bust Film Director Russ Meyer and ROGER EBERT.

(2) It starred December 1968 Playboy Playmate Cynthia Myer, she of the "legendary" 39DD breasts. Her Playmate pictures were shot in June 1968 when she was 17 years old, but it was Playboy's policy by that time to wait until a Playmate turned 18 before her pictures would be published.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_valley_of_the_dolls

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Myers

The film also starred May 1966 Playboy Playmate Dolly Read who went on the marry comedian Dick Martin of Rowan and Martin's Laugh In.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Read

[Yavin4]

27. The Title Song Was Pretty Good

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xKkSSKmjbk