Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert.
Plot
Three young women — Kelly MacNamara, Casey Anderson, and Petronella "Pet" Danforth — perform in a rock band, the Kelly Affair, managed by Harris Allsworth, Kelly's boyfriend. The four travel to Los Angeles to find Kelly's estranged aunt, Susan Lake, heiress to a family fortune.
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| author | Roger Ebert Russ Meyer |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Russ Meyer |
| editor | Dann Cahn |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | abortion alarm clock behead carrie nation civil ceremony decapitation drug use estrange financial advisor gigolo hippie kill law student lesbian lose male prostitution meet cute one-night stand paraplegic phone call porn star pornographic film actor prize fighter psychedelic drug record producer recreational drug use rock band rock producer strawberry alarm clock suicide svengali tour wed wound young women |
| musicBy | Stu Phillips |
| producer | Russ Meyer |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles |
| theme | lgbt-related melodrama musical parody psychedelic satirical sexploitation |