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Valley of the Dolls (Theme from...) (Original Post) ZDU 8 hrs ago OP
The opening credits, featuring the song, are terrific. John1956PA 7 hrs ago #1
Yes. Powerful and deeply unsettling ... ZDU 5 hrs ago #2
You are welcome. I recall that its network TV debut was a big event. John1956PA 4 hrs ago #3

John1956PA

(4,993 posts)
1. The opening credits, featuring the song, are terrific.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:52 PM
7 hrs ago

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

(1,289 posts)
2. Yes. Powerful and deeply unsettling ...
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 10:57 PM
5 hrs ago

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

John1956PA

(4,993 posts)
3. You are welcome. I recall that its network TV debut was a big event.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 11:16 PM
4 hrs ago

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).


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