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Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!: Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls, the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time
Dolls Dolls Dolls Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of All Time Author:Stephen Rebello Since its publication in 1966, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls ("...the most beloved bad book and movie of all time...") has sold more than thirty-one million copies worldwide and reigns as one of the most influential pieces of commercial fiction. Susann's compulsively readable expose of three women finding succes... more »s in New York City and Hollywood was a scandalous eye-opener for its candid treatment of sex, ambition, and pill-popping. Its 1967 big-screen version was one of the most-hyped and talked-about movies of the time, an international box-office sensation that became a beloved cult film that continues to influence movies and fashion today.
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! digs deep into the creation of that hugely successful film -- a journey nearly as cutthroat, sexually charged, and tragic as the novel itself -- and uncovers how the movie has been embraced as a camp classic. Stephen Rebello draws back the velvet curtain on the behind-the-scenes intrigue, rivalries, bitchery, betrayals and feuds that marked the film's production and, in doing so, unveils a rich, detailed history of fast-changing, late 1960s Hollywood, on screen and off.« less