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Dolls! Dolls! Dolls! : deep inside Valley of the dolls, the most beloved bad book and movie of all time / Stephen Rebello.
Van Pelt Library PN1997.V264 R43 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rebello, Stephen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the dolls.
- Susann, Jacqueline.
- Susann, Jacqueline. Valley of the dolls--Film adaptations.
- Valley of the dolls (Motion picture).
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Popular literature--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular literature.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- History.
- United States.
- Film adaptations.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, [2020]
- 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.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Prologue: Sinking Ship, or Other Than That, How Was the Movie, Ms. Susann?
- ch. One Jackie
- ch. Two Jackie Climbs Mount Everest
- ch. Three Hollywood Goes for Booze and Dope
- ch. Four We Two Kings
- ch. Five You've Got to Climb Mount Everest
- ch. Six Going Back to Harlan
- Ready, Screenwriter One
- ch. Seven A Helen Not Named Lawson and a Friend of Dorothy's
- -Screenwriters Two and Three
- ch. Eight The Casting of the Dolls
- -"Not Since Scarlett O'Hara "
- ch. Nine The Casting of the Dopes
- ch. Ten Preproduction
- -Gonna Dig a Valley
- Dolling It Up, Travilla Style
- Locations, Locations, Locations
- Slightly Out of Tune
- The Look
- ch. Eleven Feuding, Fighting, Fussing: The Filming of the Dolls
- ch. Twelve It's Judy!
- ch. Thirteen (Not So) Suddenly Susan
- ch. Fourteen We'll Fix It in Post. Right?
- ch. Fifteen La Publicity
- -Sell It, Sister
- ch. Sixteen Nobody Digs the Valley but the Public
- ch. Seventeen Over, Under, Sideways, Down, and Beyond the Valley
- ch. Eighteen Doll Parts
- Coda.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rebello, Stephen. Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!
- ISBN:
- 9780143133506
- 0143133500
- OCLC:
- 1127541604
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