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Title Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! : deep inside Valley of the dolls, the most beloved bad book and movie of all time / Stephen Rebello.
Publisher [New York] : Penguin Books, [2020]
Copyright ©2020
Description xv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 HF-Adult Nonfiction  813.54 REB Nearby on shelf  30632003828823 08-19-20  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue: Sinking ship, or other than that, how was the movie, Ms. Susann? -- Jackie -- Jackie climbs Mount Everest -- Hollywood goes for booze and dope -- We two kings -- You've got to climb Mount Everest -- Going back to Harlan : ready, Screenwriter One -- A Helen not named Lawson and a friend of Dorothy's : screenwriters -- The casting of the Dolls : "Not since Scarlett O'Hara . . ." -- The casting of the dopes -- Preproduction : gonna dig a valley -- Feuding, fighting, fussing : the filming of the Dolls -- It's Judy! -- (Not so) suddenly Susan -- We'll fix it in post. Right? -- La publicité : sell it, sister -- Nobody digs the Valley but the public -- Over, under, sideways, down, and beyond the Valley -- Doll parts.
Summary "The unbelievable-but-true, inside story of Jacqueline Susann's pop culture icon Valley of the Dolls--the landmark novel and publishing phenomenon, the infamous smash hit film ("the best worst movie ever made"), and Dolls's thriving legacy today"-- Provided by publisher.
Other edition Online version: Rebello, Stephen. Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! [New York] : Penguin Books, [2020] 9780525505297
Subject Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the dolls.
Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the dolls -- Film adaptations.
Valley of the dolls (Motion picture)
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
Genre History.
ISBN 9780143133506
0143133500