Valley of the Dolls (Theme from...)

[ZDU]

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[John1956PA]

1. The opening credits, featuring the song, are terrific.

I remember the image of what seemed like thousands of pills or capsules leaping up and across the screen. It is a powerful movie, which is made all the more poignant by knowing the real-life fate which would befall actress Sharon Tate a little more than a year and a half after the movie was released.

The "dolls" are barbiturates which male predators use to ensnare the fledgling actresses into lives of dependance and exploitation.

[ZDU]

2. Yes. Powerful and deeply unsettling ...

Yet a beautiful song and something that haunts me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.

[John1956PA]

3. You are welcome. I recall that its network TV debut was a big event.

That was was back in the early 1970s when CBS would debut a relativity recent, popular movie on Friday evening, and then rerun it later that night after the late-night news. Two other movies which CBS allotted that treatment to were "M*A*S*H" (1970) and "Kelly's Heroes" (1970).