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Review #29: Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Peyton Place is a classic soap opera set in an uptight New England town. It’s closely tied to Valley of the Dolls in my mind – both were groundbreaking, trashy novels about the scandalous… more →

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Movie Quote of the Day - Valley of the Dolls, 1967 (dir. Mark Robson)

cinemafanatic wrote 1 day ago: Lyon Burke: Did you know you are the most beautiful girl that ever left lipstick in my office? Anne … more →

Tags: Movie Quote of the Day, 1967, Dorothy Kingsley, Helen Deutsch, Jacqueline Susann, Mark Robson, Paul Burke, Valley of The Dolls

Barbara Parkins as Anna Held

travsd wrote 2 months ago: Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #129 Anna Held (for more on her go here). In the clip be … more →

Tags: broadway, Singers, Women, Movies, ZIEGFELD, Anna Held, The Man and His Women, I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave

MARC HUESTIS DRAGGED BY BONAPARTE PRINCESS

thomasoutt wrote 3 months ago: Actually, I like to think of this as a tribute: To all of the varied, interesting, fun, informative, … more →

Tags: Biography, Royalty, San Francisco, Celebrity, 15 minutes of fame, Monarchy, chernobyl, castro theatre, Flight Attendants

Black Sequin Dresses and the Frustration of Project Runway

Gina Andreoli wrote 9 months ago: It always gives me a little thrill to realize that a discovery I made in a thrift store (like a pret … more →

Tags: vintage fashion, Designing, Beauty, Television, Hotel Regina Vintage, Fashion, Style, project runway, valentino couture

Dance with the Devil

For Your Sins wrote 10 months ago: Jacqueline Bisset and Alan Alda dance with the devil in The Mephisto Waltz (1971) The best horror fi … more →

Tags: Tarnished Screen, Valley of The Dolls, Mephisto Waltz, fred mustard stewart, alan alda, Jacqueline Bisset, Satanists

Book vs. film: Valley of the Dolls — 1 comment

Lindsey wrote 10 months ago: *This post contains mild spoilers for both the novel and film versions of Jacqueline Susann’s … more →

Tags: Book vs. film, 1960s, Book to Film, Adaptation, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of The Dolls, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, not-scored

The Deadly Trap (1971, René Clément)

Andrew Wickliffe wrote 1 year ago: It would be nice to have one positive thing to say about The Deadly Trap. Clements’s direction … more →

Tags: National General Pictures, COLOR, English, Drama, France, Mystery, Italy, 1971, Frank Langella

Review #29: Peyton Place by Grace Metalious — 2 comments

HelloKatieO wrote 1 year ago: Peyton Place is a classic soap opera set in an uptight New England town. It’s closely tied to … more →

Tags: Chick Lit, Literature, family dramas, Books, Reviews, Book Reviews, Valley of The Dolls, Peyton Place, Grace Metalious

Favorites: Valley of the Dolls by Jaqueline Susann — 7 comments

HelloKatieO wrote 1 year ago: “You’ve got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls.” This book is … more →

Tags: Chick Lit, Love Stories, Favorites, Books, Reviews, Book Reviews, Neely O'Hara, Patty Duke, Jacqueline Susann

Film Review: Valley of the Dolls (dir. by Mark Robson) — 3 comments

Lisa Marie Bowman wrote 1 year ago: (Photograph by Erin Nicole Bowman) (Warning: This review contains spoilers.  A lot of them.) Last we … more →

Tags: Film Review, film, Review, Lisa Marie Bowman, Movie, Valley of The Dolls, Patty Duke, Susan Hayward, Mark Robson

Barbara

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Tags: actress

The Kremlin Letter (The Cornfield #27)

roberthorton wrote 2 years ago: This program note was written for a John Huston film series at the University of Washington in 1985, … more →

Tags: On Directors, the cornfield, John Huston, The Kremlin Letter, Patrick O'Neal, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow

Tardy, Belated, Mall Friends, and Uh...Wisdom, again. — 10 comments

lunarmom wrote 2 years ago:            Before I say anything else, allow me to wish my beautiful sister-in-law Barbara a Belated … more →

Tags: family birthdays, my sister-in-law Barbara, The Well of Segais, more Salmon wisdom, Totem Animals from the Celtic Shaman's Pack, filberts and salmon messages, filberts not hazelnuts, the nut of all knowledge, chanes of drawing the same card

Dancing The Mephisto Waltz — 10 comments

Kimberly Lindbergs wrote 2 years ago: The legend of Faust is one of the oldest occult tales in the Western world. This German fable has be … more →

Tags: horror movies, Horror, John Carpenter, PAUL WENDKOS, alan alda, Joseph Losey, Jerry Goldsmith, The Devil, Halloween

CINEMATIC EXCELLENCE: JACQUELINE SUSANN'S VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

The Excellent People wrote 3 years ago: Presenting the Excellently hysterical trailer for the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls, based on the 19 … more →

Tags: Excellency, Art, Fashion, Literature, Beauty, Style, Visuals, Icon, Cinema

Kinky or Cool: Over the Knee Boots

trashcangirl wrote 3 years ago: Once in every five years “over the knee boots” make a comeback. And every time I’m … more →

Tags: Style Icons, Designers, Trends, Styling, Magazines, Elle Magazine, Kate Moss, Vogue, Shoes

Cinematic Inspiration : Valley of the Dolls

fairynxd wrote 4 years ago: I hate the wording “camp classic” whenever people describe this movie. It’s one of … more →

Tags: Style Icons, Movies, 60's, Sharon Tate, Valley of The Dolls, stills

Valley of the Dolls (Special Edition)

hhotnkkool wrote 4 years ago: Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune three ambitious young women enter the world of show busine … more →

Tags: 20th Century Fox, Valley of The Dolls, Jacqueline Susann, Mark Robson, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti


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