Valley of the Dolls
Cutthroat careerism, wild sex, and fierce female protagonists are all on offer in this adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s sensational and wildly popular novel. Patty Duke, Barbara Parkins, and Sharon Tate star as three friends attempting to navigate the glamorous, pressurized world of big-time show business—the “valley” is not a place but a narcotized state of mind, and the “dolls” are the pills that rouse them in the morning and knock them out at night. Blending old-fashioned gloss with Madison Avenue grooviness, director Mark Robson’s slick look at the early days of sexual liberation and an entertainment industry coming apart was a giant box-office hit, and has become an unforgettably campy time capsule of the 1960s.
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with 3.0 LCR DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actor Barbara Parkins and journalist Ted Casablanca
- New interviews with writer Amy Fine Collins about author Jacqueline Susann and the costumes in the film
- New video essay by critic Kim Morgan
- Footage from Sparkle Patty Sparkle!, a 2009 gala tribute to actor Patty Duke at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco
- A World Premiere Voyage and Jacqueline Susann and “Valley of the Dolls,” two promotional films from 1967
- Episode of the television program Hollywood Backstories from 2001 on the film
- Screen tests
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Glenn Kenny
New cover by Phil Noto
Special Features
- New 2K digital restoration, with 3.0 LCR DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- Audio commentary from 2006 featuring actor Barbara Parkins and journalist Ted Casablanca
- New interviews with writer Amy Fine Collins about author Jacqueline Susann and the costumes in the film
- New video essay by critic Kim Morgan
- Footage from Sparkle Patty Sparkle!, a 2009 gala tribute to actor Patty Duke at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco
- A World Premiere Voyage and Jacqueline Susann and “Valley of the Dolls,” two promotional films from 1967
- Episode of the television program Hollywood Backstories from 2001 on the film
- Screen tests
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Glenn Kenny
New cover by Phil Noto
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
- Alex Davion
- Ted Casablanca
- Lee Grant
- Miriam
- Naomi Stevens
- Miss Steinberg
- Robert H. Harris
- Henry Bellamy
- Jacqueline Susann
- First reporter
- Robert Viharo
- Director
- Joey Bishop
- MC at telethon
- George Jessel
- MC at Grammy Awards
- Susan Hayward
- Helen Lawson
Credits
- Director
- Mark Robson
- Produced by
- David Weisbart
- Screenplay by
- Helen Deutsch
- Screenplay by
- Dorothy Kingsley
- Based on the novel by
- Jacqueline Susann
- Makeup by
- Ben Nye
- Hairstyles by
- Kay Pownall
- Supervised by
- Edith Lindon
- Miss Parkins’s hairstyles designed by
- Kenneth
- Handbags by
- Lewis Purses
- Special photographic effects
- L. B. Abbott
- Special photographic effects
- Art Cruickshank
- Special photographic effects
- Emil Kosa Jr.
- Orchestration
- Herbert Spencer
- Music editor
- Kenneth Wannberg
- Film editor
- Dorothy Spencer
- Unit production manager
- Francisco Day
- Assistant director
- Eli Dunn
- Sound
- Don J. Bassman
- Sound
- David Dockendorf
- Art directors
- Jack Martin Smith
- Art directors
- Richard Day
- Set decorations
- Walter M. Scott
- Set decorations
- Raphael G. Bretton
- Choreography by
- Robert Sidney
- Director of photography
- William H. Daniels
- Gowns designed by
- Travilla
- Music adapted and conducted by
- John Williams
- Theme song sung by
- Dionne Warwick
- Songs
- Give a Little More
- Songs
- It’s Impossible
- Songs
- Come Live with Me
- Songs
- I’ll Plant My Own Tree
- Songs
- Theme from Valley of the Dolls
- Lyrics
- Dory Previn
- Music
- André Previn
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Trailer for Valley of the Dolls
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