835 - Valley of the Dolls (1967)

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“Dolls” mean pills.  There, now that we’ve gotten that out of the way... Mark Robson’s epic movie about three women finding their ways through the obstacle-ridden world of entertainment, offers a soapy and campy take on ambition and those living in the orbit of successful women.  Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate protagonize against a series of professional rivals, embattled romances, addictions, medical calamities, and oh-so-many personal demons to reach both dizzying highs and devastating lows in this 1960s classic(?). If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Bob Fosse’s All That Jazz (1979).