Backstory: "Valley Of The Dolls" Documentary Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, Judy Garland
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- The 2001 documentary "Backstory: Valley of The Dolls"
Documents the making of the film, based upon the novel by Jacqueline Susann, the firing of Judy Garland, and the on set turmoil between the cast.
RIP Sharon Tate..
Ms. Parkins was so classy.... she played her role so greatly.....
He wants to make pictures, I'm gonna heat up the lasagna. 😂😂😂
My favorite movie of all time
I love the shade that Judy throws at that reporter, 'I found it troubling around newspaper people too'.
Its amazing that Judy was only 44 :(
She looks so worn out ....so sad
Interesting Documentary about Valley of the Dolls - I think it deserves the honor of being a 'Cult Classic' ~ people say Patty Duke was somehow miscast as Neely but I actually thought she was a good match for the role -
Re: Barbara Parkins: She looks great even now. Wow.
Patty Duke was such a GREAT actress. She was so modest to later say that "it.was bad acting on her part "
I love the movie. I especially love Barbara Parkins’ performance. She’s gorgeous
I don't think Raquel Welch would have made a believable Jennifer; the character was suppose to be a sympathetic one and I don't see Raquel in that way.
It is good that Patty Duke, in her later years, was able to enjoy the campy fun of this film and was able to laugh about it all.
I liked seeing Richard Dreyfuss in a bit part. A very young RD.
speaking of Richard I liked the scene in Postcards From the Edge when he asked recovering addict Suzanne Vale (Meryl Streep) if she wanted to go see a movie with him and she said "sure, we can go see Valley of the Dolls"
The clothes, the music, the cars, the wigs, the social upheaval. The 1960's are a time I wish I could go back to.
I put this film on about once a week, to clean the house or pick up my mood, it along with Auntie Mame are two of my glorious technicolor favorites.
Poor Sharon Tate 😪
I don’t think it was so bad at all. Surprised at the criticism. What does hollywood critics know about what’s good though? They praise stuff I think is pure trash.
Perhaps they hate it because it hits too close to home. The message of this movie is to get out of Hollywood before it destroys you, and hollywood types don’t appreciate this truth because they like their decadent lifestyles .
I have this movie on DVD and I absolutely love it
*They could at least mention the Dionne Warwick hit song associated with the movie.*
Judy Garland looked 30 years older than she really was! She looked awful.
Ray bolger, the scarecrow in The wizard of Oz was a lifelong friend of Judy Garland. He said Judy Garland didn't die, she just plum wore out! 😳😥
She died 2 years later. She was an alcoholic.
Nothing has changed in Hollywood except for social media has put it on steroids .
How feminine and "well spoken" Sharon Tate sounds while speaking to her mother on the phone. People.sound so coarse today,. in comparison.
Okay, now I need to watch "Valley of the Dolls" again...for the umpteenth time... :-D
I thought Patty did an excellent job!
Great actresses spewing some horrible lines. It works for me! 😂😂😂 Barbara has such a beautiful speaking voice.
RIP Sharon Tate. A wonderful soul taken far too soon 💔
A fantastic gem! Cheers to you for uploading this for us!
Michael Musto should know better and should have spoken accurately, if he was going to speak: Jennifer NORTH, not Jennifer Welles (Anne Welles was played by Barbara Parkins) did the, "art films," to pay for her terminally ill husband's care in the sanitarium, not to pay for abortions and drugs. She had AN abortion due to her husband's illness being genetic.
I didn’t care for Michael Musto’s comments about VOD being camp. It was a melodrama with some very intense dramatic scenes.
I always wondered about the back story to Valley of the Dolls. I have a facination for the early 1960s!
I loved this movie, loved the theme song and Patty Duke was awesome!
I love The Valley of The Dolls. It's a classic movie. I have it on my phone right now.
Joan would have been good and if Garland got her act together- it would have brought it up many notches.
5:56 Judy Garland and her amazing sassy on the spot comebacks 🙌💃🙏 RIP Queen ❤
Patty Duke was so wonderfully self-deprecating and humble lol
Only watched the movie because Sharon Tate was in it. RIP.
I loved this both as a book and film. An occasional guilty pleasure of mine. Thank you Jacqueline Susan.
I always liked Paul Burke from when he was on naked city. Its sad he never became a big movie star.
8:20 - Would never recognize Raquel Welch there. Looks amazing.
Best film...Sharon Tate....Golden globe nomination👌😘💕❤❤💕
An alcoholic would never pour out her own booz unless she was quitt!ng.
Whoever the mother of Sharon Tate's character is, she was VILE. "Yes, mother, I know I have no talents!"
Hold on! In *I'll cry Tomorrow"* and *"Smash Up"* Susan sang.
That's crazy. I went on a UA-cam expedition last night looking for this and here, today, you upload it. That's weird. I assume, of course, you did it just for me, so... :-)
This movie was so exciting durning that era, and now. I still watch it when it's on, trashy and all. Also the sequel was rather good too.💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊💊
It was trashy, silly, and over-the-top drama-rama, but it's entertaining.
Poor Judy. She looked 30 years older. The studios fed her drugs.
The ladies are all so heartbreakingly beautiful.
Loved the book and the movie. Both classics.
I read the book. I didn't want to, but something told me it was the ultimate female perspective on things, especially in show biz. So after reading it I had this fear and respect for Jaquiline Susan. She marketed her own book. She had moxie and 100% self-made identity. Any guy could fear her based on her judgement. Trashy? B.S. Before "Harry Potter" it was the third most successful novel in history. Why? It's truth cuts you to the core. The drugs usage is not gratuitous. The theme of the book is what women will do to stay young looking. Sounds frivolous? It's not..One woman, pursued by the rich guy who states "you're the only woman who loves me for me and not my money." She: " That's because I don't love you. " Damn! The middle-aged Broadway actress has the hots for a guy her age, and he likes her, just not sexually. He's got a 23 year old girlfriend. He's like "cmon, get real." Trashy, glamour, glitzy ? Nah, reality....100% R.I.P. Jacqueline Susan, you chain smoking dervish, from a guy way across the divide. For what it's worth you got my respect.
I love this film, and they didn't even mention one of the best things about it, the music. There were some really moving songs, like the theme song sung by Dionne Warwick, and the sad song Tony sings with Neelie when he is in the nursing home.
I was a child when I saw this movie. I don’t know what possessed my parents to take me to the theater with them (though later they must have regretted their decision). I immediately fell in love with both Sharon Tate and Barbara Perkins, but was shocked by Patty Duke’s portrayal of Neely. It really scared the crap out of me. However, I did like her duet with Tony Scotti at the psychiatric hospital. It’s my favorite part of the whole movie and is pure camp.
6:15 she is a skeleton. She is 47 and looks 75
Incredible memories! I was about ten years old and I always remember it and the theme song recorded by Dionne Warwick. #SoNostalgic
My mom had the book. I read it in my teens. Fantastic!!!
i really liked this movie, i didnt think it was bad
That “smoked since I was 12” voice is sadly disgusting.
I love this post! Hayward was great but Judy would have been EPIC! No mention of Miss Crawford who also could have played Helen Lawson!
Betty white at 99 looks younger than Judy Garland was at 40.
It reminds me of my late, oldest brother. He loved it and knew every line! Patty and Sharon were so beautiful! May they all rest in peace. XX
Susan Heyward looked like Ethel Merman. It seemed like can't miss casting.
Love this movie.
Duke and Tate were better in their screen tests than what Robson extracted from them for the movie.
One of my beloved movies ♥ Such a good one
I only ever saw Valley fo the Dolls on TV and heaven only knows what got cut out. My local library has the DVD and now it's time to find out what I missed!
Hollywood chopped it down, because it was close to truth....would Hollywood ever make a similar movie with an honest real theme...never.
Watched the movie last night - it was great!
I have always loved this movie
Love Susan Hayward.
Have you seen "I Want to Live!". Awesome
Everybody loves applause, how badly you want it can cause serious problems.
Love this classic movie
SPARKLE NEELY SPARKLE!!
The Film is a mark in 60's Hollywood history.
If some critics call it camp, who cares?
I and MILLIONS of people LOVE it!
PERIOD.
The #1 grossing movie in 1967
LOVE love this movie
I love this movie
I've only seen heavily edited versions on television... I gotta see it in all its glory...
Patty Duke was great 👍🏻 Susan Hayward great 👍🏻 but Crawford would of been 👍🏻 Campy yes but fun
I loved Neely. That character made this film watchable. The scene with Neely flushing Helen's wig down the toilet is my favorite. I always got the feeling that Susan Hayward was portraying herself which made the scene even sweeter.
I named my beautiful black and gold torti cat after Neely ...I bet I've watched the movie 50 times - I never get tired of it . And I still have my copy of the book that I bought waaay back in the day .
My mom named me Susan after Susan Hayward ( mom's favorite actress for all her life ) ...
I loved Neely, too . .She was my favorite in the movie .
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I love this movie, LOVE. It needs a home in my "Guilty TREASURES" library, along with the unofficial Russ Meyer sequel, SEXTETTE, LIPSTICK, XANADU, SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, and THE LONELY LADY!
This movie was or is still one of my favorites I was born 1959 and the first time I saw this movie I was in my twenty's fell in love with Judy Garland in the movies patty dukes and her movie Hellen omg loved it and then came sharen Tate the most beautiful woman I've seen at my age and then came the tragic of her death I felt so sorry for her and I still here about it and tear up Barbra parkins was one beautiful actress also those woman where the best times of my twenty years of watching movies Valley of the dolls I will never forget it its one of the best movies I've have ever seen in my younger years ❤️
The book, by Jacqueline Suzanne , was so good!!! I read it while I was in the army in Frankfurt W. Germany getting ready to get out of the army headed back to Ft Dix. The song brings back bittersweet memories because I was having a very good time with all my German buddies. This song is so sad and so sweet at the same time. 1968.
"and failed actress"
They keep shading Jacqueline with this. I think writing one of the biggest books ever tops being some successful actress. Of which there are thousands. Theres only one Valley of the dolls & its sales are up on the all time list.
I LOVE this Movie, the apex of 1967 glamour with all its over-the-top excess. And looking at Jacqueline Susann, I cant get Truman Capotes appraisal of her to Johnny Carson out of my head-“like a truck driver in Drag” 😄
I LOVED the movie and the book!!! I learned so much about life from the book!
I recall watching this Amazing Realistic Movie when I was about 10 yrs. old...then I read the book! Wow 😲 it was like getting kicked in the 💗🙏🏽🤔🔥💎👩🏻💻!
Judy Garland was way too good for this trash.
Not good enough cause she got fired. Trash or not, it was work, and Garland needed it in 1967. But she was horribly miscast. Susan Hayward was perfect.
Separate note: I've always thought that if they were to make a biopic about Helen Gurley Braun's life, Susan Lucci would be the perfect actress for the role.
I ❤️ nealy
I wanted to go into show business..singing...dancing...acting ....funny thing my Birthday Dec 12 is the Birthday of a LOT OF BIG STARS...FRANK SINATRA....SAMMY DAVIS JR...EDWARD G. ROBINSON...DIANNE WORWICK AND MANY MANY MORE..... I HAD MY OWN TV SHOW FOR 15 years.... on the radio.... succeeded at licking drugs and landed on my feet . My thing is to HELP AND GUIDE AS MANY PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD THAT I CAN HELP!!! 🙏🕊✨❤️
I actually really liked the movie.
This is fascinating.
My mother had the book and I read it . But years before when Peyton Place was the scandel my sister had a copy and my mother went nuts when she found it. Funny how things change. I still love the movie,the clothes and the music. The theme song still is haunting and was a big hit. It was so true about Hollywood it hit home. The author died of cancer a few years later but was a great guest on talk shows. It was better than Peyton Place on the big screen but it was able to be more tawdry because times and censoring changed. Oh and the reason Sharon Tate in the movie had to do skin flicks was 1 to support her over bearing greedy mother and 2 to pay for her husband in the movie to be in the best mental hospital when he was losing his memory . She didnt have to pay for booze and drugs like this jerk said. Making porno in Europe paid good. Her charecter was very loyal.
I love this movie, I too struggled with pills and alcohol, heartbreaks and drama while at the same time being so glamorous. Classic movie 💎💎💎
I loved that book.
Love Love Love
A bygone era. Now is all Marvel comics, shoot 'em ups, and brainless drivel.
Helen Lawson also had shades of Debbie Reynolds, who trashed her good friend, Carlton Carpenter, and quite vicious.
Sharon Tate's character was based on 1940s actress, Carole Landis, who committed suicide in Brentwood, CA, in 1949, age 29 or 30. Also, Jackie Susann and Carole had been lovers for a few years. Carole committed suicide during a disappointing affair with actor, Rex Harrison, but the reason for her suicide could have been also because she had had a chronic health problem, Malaria. Anyway, Valley of the Dolls, both movie and book, are just fine. Interesting that the #MeToo movement hadn't formed immediately after the movie and book!
Drugs are REALLYREALLY TOUGH TO LICK.... BUT..THROUGH GOD AND CHRIST IT CAN AND WILL BE DONE!🙏🕊🙏🕊🙏🕊✨✨✨✨✨
No shame ! In comparison to what’s being released today..........This film is a masterpiece! ................Saw this when I was just a child I recall my mom telling me Sharon Tate was butchered 😓 , RIP Mom .....And RIP Sharon & Baby Richard.
Awsome
Anyone know why there are "X's" through some of the Judy Garland photos?