Does ANYONE? Remember the movie "Valley of the Dolls?" Do you think RUSH?

[KoKo]

I wondered if anyone remembered that great, schmaltzy old flik. Anyone?

[Andy_Stephenson]

1. "They drummed you right out of Hollywood...

so you come crawling back to Broadway...well Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope" Helen Lawson to Neely O'Hara.

[eileen_d]

4. Thanks - I now have my new desktop wallpaper

I *love* this movie and watch it whenever it's on - I think I've seen it 15 times. Great quote too!

Edit: I was also born AFTER it was filmed, so it's not a generational thing!

[FlashHarry]

2. I'll take "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" any day!

Psychedelic soft-core from Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert!

[Andy_Stephenson]

6. I tried to watch that one...

But I could just not bear too.

[FlashHarry]

7. It's the basis for Austin Powers

"It's my happening and it freaks me out" is a direct lift from BtVotD.

On the other hand, I can understand. It's certainly an acquired taste.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. That was hysterically funny!

I worked with Bruce Vilanch, who basically did the screenplay and went on to do lots of Hollywood comedy for people like Bette Midler and the Oscars. I also worked with John McHugh, who played the bartender, a reporter originally from Ireland. The big kinda unkempt guy.

On edit: I also have played poker with Roger Ebert. And won.

[FlashHarry]

31. Best lines:

"Taste the black sperm of my vengeance!"

"You're a broad! A goddamned ugly broad!"

[KoKo]

3. Here's a "cute" review of the movie from Amazon. A different Gen's Take

but, I'll go with it! ;-)

Reviewer: A viewer from PA United States

For those who love to hate Valley of the Dolls, keep in mind no one was trying to surpass Citizen
Kane so it isn't going to be oozing with cerebral content. Chill out people. Remember, this was
1967--back then, the movie was shocking. By our standards today, hardly (do we even have the
ability to be shocked anymore?). Yet this movie continues to have some sublime impact on me.
Does it hit me everytime I reach for my bottle of Tylenol PM?. haha No--maybe it's the standard
premise--3 woman, initially innocents, who happen upon success, failure & how each chooses a
different way to handle their dilemmas (& they have their share!). Common demoninator--drugs.
Therein lies the realistic portion of the flick--it was the early days of Valium, etc consumption &
does paint a true picture in this arena. Valley of the Dolls is what it's supposed to be--simple
entertainment. I never fail to reach for Kleenex at the end. Theme song is moving, the story--one
could call it trash, one could call it soap opera but I call it so much fun! Patty Duke gives the
standout performance, along with Susan Hayward. Sharon Tate is exquisite. A perfect physical
specimen if not the greatest actress of our time; her performance in V of the D's should be
appreciated. Probably the most disturbing part of Valley of the Dolls is the knowledge of the tragic
end to Tate's brief life. Costuming--hey, this is really most delightful! Everything is back in style.
Check out the wardrobe. These styles are on the racks again! My only complaint with the film is
the poor selection of male actors. Their performances are bland, at best. If anything drags the
movie down, it's them. Watch Valley of the Dolls for it is pleasing in many respects. Great way to
spend an afternoon--camp out with some popcorn & Kleenex and enjoy this Camp classic!

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I was dragged kicking and screaming to see this, September 16, 2003
Reviewer: Jack Purcell (see more about me) from New Mexico

That was when this horrid piece of ennui was new. I'm older now and the only way I'd watch it
again is at the point of a gun. Maybe that's what hell is: being forced to watch movies such as
Valley of the Dolls throughout eternity.

[KoKo]

5. But.....what all of you miss.....is that it was a "Forerunner" to Drug

Culture in the Entertainment World and in the "everyday" world....but most of all to RUSH's World! He's an OLD GUY!

Rush is an OLD GUY! He knows what this movie was about.....!

[KoKo]

8. Geeze, don't any of you kids remember how Marilyn Monroe died? Before my

time, but not by much. The drug culture for Entertainers has been out there for WAY LONG!

[seamarq]

9. Sparkle, Neely, sparkle!

teehee.

[Andy_Stephenson]

10. Ted Casablanca ....

is not a fag...and I'm the dame to prove it.

[Skittles]

11. THANKS A LOT KOKO

NOW I HAVE THAT F***ING THEME SONG IN MY HEAD. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[Andy_Stephenson]

12. teheeheeee

My favorite one is.

Helen Lawson Sings..."I'll plant my own tree"

[seamarq]

15. "Get outta my way...

I got a man waiting for me!"

Helen Lawson

[eileen_d]

32. My favorite too, and what about "Come live with me"

sung in exquisite whiny-nasal tones by - who the hell was that guy who played Tony whatsisname anyway?

[BlackVelvetElvis]

35. Come Live with me!

I love that one! Bad stuff.
Personally, I love this movie (for camp value).
I thought Patty Duke was awful in it and loved when the catfight broke out in the bathroom and the old broad's wig got flushed.
Awful stuff! Makes me giggle almost as much as "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?", except Baby Jane was better!

[KoKo]

13. ROFL! It was a really insideous (sp) Theme Song! Haunting you!

Haunting you..... That's why it was an "interesting" movie, inspite of schmaltz! ;-)

[KoKo]

16. Wasn't it: "where will you go....where will I go.....when will we under-

stand...then there was a little violin "dunt...dunt...dunt..." Who was it who sung that? Dionne Warwick? I think that's the damn song thats going through my head!

Skittles! Why did you have to mention it! I don't want to "Google" for lyrics.....then it will be with me for days! Is that the one? Where will you go...where will I go...when will we......????? UGH ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[Andy_Stephenson]

17. Patty Duke sings the theme song in this version

http://www.topqualityrockandroll.com/multimedia/PattyDuke_VOD_theme.mp3

[Andy_Stephenson]

18. Lyrics

Gotta get off, gonna get
Have to get off from this ride
Gotta get hold, gonna get
Need to get hold of my pride
When did I get, where did I
How was I caught in this game
When will I know, where will I
How will I think of my name
When did I stop feeling sure, feeling safe
And start wondering why, wondering why
Is this a dream, am I here, where are you
What's in back of the sky, why do we cry
Gotta get off, gonna get
Off of this merry-go-round
Gotta get off, gonna get
Need to get on where I'm bound
When did I get, where did I
Why am I lost as a lamb
When will I know, where will I
How will I learn who I am
Is this a dream, am I here, where are you
Tell me, when will I know, how will I know
When will I know why?
When will I know why...

[KoKo]

19. YESSSSSSSSSS! That's IT! WHY DID you Post it! where will you go.......

that's all I remembered......now it comes back.....In my head.....In my head.....and the music.....

I don't think Patty Duke sung it though.....are you sure about that?

[KoKo]

20. BTW! wanna Bet Rush is singing that tonight in his Rehab? If he really

is in Rehab and not "dolled up" in some fancy resort with his cigars and his "blue dolls?"

[Skittles]

30. WASN'T IT DIONNE WARWICK

WHERE WILL I GO...........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[BlackVelvetElvis]

36. It was Dionne Warwick!

k.d. lang did a version of it that was much better though.

[seamarq]

21. "I am not nutty!

I am just hooked on dolls!"

Not sure if that was Neely or Rush


edit for typo

[KoKo]

22. seamarq, I'm sorry I've not understood any of your posts....are you with

us here? :shrug:

[seamarq]

23. Sorry Koko...

just some famous quotes from the movie. It's quite a cult/camp favorite.
on edit:
It actually was made into a very funny musical stage production that played here in Seattle. Some of those lines are so bad they will live forever...

[KoKo]

24. Okay, got it......glad you were a fan...if you were. Sounds like you

were, if you remember the specific lines from the movie. I remember the more "romantic view" as a person of the era, who wasn't into drugs. (most of my generation wasn't..hard to believe but true). Often there's a disconnect...if one doesn't pick out the specifics.

Thanks!

[Andy_Stephenson]

25. Termite and I saw that

I was freaking funny!

[Skittles]

29. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

SOMEONE F***ING KILL ME PLEASE

[Nay]

33. STOP, for God's sake! Now the song is in my head, too!

[joeybee12]

26. It was so bad it was good

I'm sure Patty Duke thought she was getting another Oscar for her role. Guess not.

[KoKo]

27. Well it was a "Mega Chick Flick" but comes to mind with Rush......

I figured there was enough commonality. But, others might identify Rush more with Cobain or Belushi, but at least we all know, if you need to be on drugs....pick those "pain killers" because at least they don't find you a couple of days later dead in your own......well, whatever!

Should we have more sympath because he wasn't mainlining heroin or snorting coke?

I don't know. How did he get "Up" enough to do his show. Pail killers are zonkers, usually.

I wonder if there isn't more to this. What was his "upper?" :shrug:

[Laughing Mirror]

28. Camp Classic

Helen Lawson: You oughtta know. You just got out of the nuthouse.

Neely O'Hara: It was NOT a NUTHOUSE!

I remember when that movie came out. It was right after the riots in DC, and the downtown area was turning into a ghost town. All of the grand old movie palaces were closing down or switching to porn. Valley of the Dolls opened at the Loew's Palace for an exclusive first-run, and 52 weeks later it was still playing to a packed house, and it kept on bringing in the crowds for a long time thereafter.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

37. My mother

told me she bought the book to read on vacation when I was about 8 months old and she neglected me because she couldn't put it down! A few weeks ago we watched it together for the first time and I laughed throughout the entire movie. She didn't get my take on it.

[KoKo]

38. I haven't seen it in a long time, it probably would seem very funny today!

The book may have been better than the movie!

The song does stay with you, though. Or, with some of us anyway, LOL's

[Kathy in Cambridge]

34. "Look, they drummed you right out of Hollywood

so you come CRAWLING back to BRAWDWAY. Well, BRAWDWAY doesn't go for BOOZE and DOPE"

Helen Lawson to Neely O'Hara. I had this on my answering machine when I was in college.

[Andy_Stephenson]

39. GAW MAKE THE MUSIC STOP

it has run in my haed since yesterday.