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Valley of the Dolls

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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 Burke). Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke), whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson (Joey Bishop) and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North (Sharon Tate). The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
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Critics Consensus

Trashy, campy, soapy, and melodramatic, Valley of the Dolls may be a dud as a Hollywood expose, but has nonetheless endured as a kitsch classic.

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Anne Cohen Refinery29 07/22/2019
A must-watch even if the movie had nothing else going for it, which happily, it does. Go to Full Review TIME Staff TIME Magazine 03/27/2019
The cliche of show business as a dream world may have been wide-eyed and saccharine. But Novelist Susann's view of Hollywood as nightmare Valley merely adds up to the old naivete in reverse. Go to Full Review Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Senses of Cinema 08/27/2018
Valley of the Dolls rose from the ashes to become a so-bad-it's-good cult film of the highest order. Go to Full Review Bianca Garner Filmotomy 10/10/2024
This isn’t a complete disaster of a film that the likes of Roger Ebert would make you believe. And there are highs and lows with this film... Go to Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault 08/30/2022
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I can’t remotely claim this is a good movie, but I sure did enjoy terrible moments like the duet in a sanitarium. Go to Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos 07/14/2022
The cliches in the addiction storyline land with a real clunk because of the decision to call speed pills “dolls.” Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Sep 27 Success in 2 hours and 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ages 13 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more GA A Aug 10 Watching Valley of the Dolls in 2025 is rather nostalgic. Typing speeds, shorthand and hotels for young women, my goodness how things have changed. Our values have also changed so much. It's a rather sugary peek at what the world saw as acceptable behaviour and unacceptable behaviour. That its so predictable is a pity. Enjoyable schmaltz. Sharon Tate is lovely however. See more Shioka O 01/18/2025 I know it's terrible as movie at that time, but it's a descent campy satiric tragicomedy and somewhat entertaining, makes you keep watching. I liked the strong 60s style. One of few movies which Sharon Tate is in. See more angel d 09/08/2024 FOR SOME REASON THEY DIDN"T REALIZE THEY WERE MAKING A COMEDY! The acting is terrible. The dialogue cringe worthy. The songs banal. This film is so bad you'll want to watch it again and again. See more Alec B @Alec97 06/15/2024 Part of the movie's strange appeal is the fact that it is both salacious and moralizing. It wants you to know what they are showing you is wrong while the filmmakers also delight in showing you this tawdry melodrama. If you can make it through the slow first half the sudden decent in the second is so bizzare that you can't stop watching it. See more Matthew R 07/21/2023 Iconic. Camp classic. See more Read all reviews
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Mark Robson

Director

Barbara Parkins

Anne Welles

Patty Duke

Neely O'Hara

Sharon Tate

Jennifer North

Paul Burke

Lyon Burke

Tony Scotti

Tony Polar

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Synopsis 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 Burke). Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke), whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson (Joey Bishop) and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North (Sharon Tate). The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
Director
Mark Robson
Producer
David Weisbart
Screenwriter
Helen Deutsch, Jacqueline Susann
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Red Lion, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Partial Nudity|Language|Substance Abuse|Thematic Elements)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 15, 1967, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 18, 2012
Runtime
2h 3m
Sound Mix
Stereo
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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