"Valley of the Dolls" Soundtrack (1967) - 20th Century Fox Records
Hello Friends,
Things are getting campy tonight on Vinyl in the Valley!
The 1967 film version of Jacqueline Susann's 1966 best-selling novel stars an adorable
Barbara Parkins, an all-grown-up Patty Duke, and a so-sexy-it-hurts Sharon Tate as young, nubile ingenues trying to act/marry/claw/drink/screw their way to the top!
The titular "Dolls" don't just refer to this trio of starlets but to the copious amounts of colorful little pills that they wash down in order to cope with their melodramatic lives!
As the opening lines of the film and record reminds us: "You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls!" You said it sister!
The music on the LP (with songs written by Andre Previn) is soft and sublime and provides an almost delusional counterpoint to the manic and over-the-top melodrama going on in the movie.
Fun Fact # 1: Judy Garland was originally cast in the film but was fired because of her substance problems! Though she did keep her character's sequined pantsuit and wore it on tour!
Fun Fact # 2: The first of many, many Oscar nominations for composer, John Williams. (It would be the only Oscar nod the film would receive!)
Fun Fact # 3: Dionne Warwick sang the title song in the original movie but, due to contractual obligations, could not appear on the soundtrack record. Dory Previn, wife of Andre Previn, recorded the version for the record!
Fun Fact # 4: Raquel Welch was originally offered the role that went to Sharon Tate. A year after this movie, Tate would marry Italian-child molester-director, Roman Polanski. A year after that she would have a starring role in the Manson Murders! And, scene...
RATING: 3 Boobies, Boobies, Nothin' But Boobies out of 5
The 1967 film version of Jacqueline Susann's 1966 best-selling novel stars an adorable
Barbara Parkins, an all-grown-up Patty Duke, and a so-sexy-it-hurts Sharon Tate as young, nubile ingenues trying to act/marry/claw/drink/screw their way to the top!
The titular "Dolls" don't just refer to this trio of starlets but to the copious amounts of colorful little pills that they wash down in order to cope with their melodramatic lives!
As the opening lines of the film and record reminds us: "You've got to climb Mount Everest to reach the Valley of the Dolls!" You said it sister!
The music on the LP (with songs written by Andre Previn) is soft and sublime and provides an almost delusional counterpoint to the manic and over-the-top melodrama going on in the movie.
Fun Fact # 1: Judy Garland was originally cast in the film but was fired because of her substance problems! Though she did keep her character's sequined pantsuit and wore it on tour!
Fun Fact # 2: The first of many, many Oscar nominations for composer, John Williams. (It would be the only Oscar nod the film would receive!)
Fun Fact # 3: Dionne Warwick sang the title song in the original movie but, due to contractual obligations, could not appear on the soundtrack record. Dory Previn, wife of Andre Previn, recorded the version for the record!
Fun Fact # 4: Raquel Welch was originally offered the role that went to Sharon Tate. A year after this movie, Tate would marry Italian-
RATING: 3 Boobies, Boobies, Nothin' But Boobies out of 5
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