ReCall: Valley of the Dolls

OperatorNYC had the pleasure of revisiting this film recently, and like a fine wine it only gets better with age. Sure, the first part is still a little slow, but once those gals start their descent into booze and dolls it's hi-larious. If you've never seen this over-the-top classic you need to right away. Watching it again made OperatorNYC understand his addiction to melodrama and his penchant for pill-popping.

The plot synopsis from amazon is as follows:
Anne Welles, a bright, brash young New England college grad leaves her Peyton Place-ish small town and heads for Broadway, where she hopes to find an exciting job and sophisticated men. During her misadventures in Manhattan and, later, Hollywood, she shares experiences with two other young hopefuls: Jennifer North, a statuesque, Monroe-ish actress who wants to be accepted as a human being, but is regarded as a sex object by all the men she meets, and Neely O'Hara, a talented young actress who's accused of using devious means by a great older star (Helen Lawson) to reach the top, pulling an "All About Eve"-type deception in order to steal a good role away from her.

But it's so much more. The camp, the catfights, the quotable lines. The way they toss around the word "fag."

Fox Home Entertainment is set to release a special edition DVD. So if you haven't seen it, do. If you have, see it again. It's like getting wasted with a bunch of old friends.

Here are some of the more memorable quotes:

*The only hit that comes out of a Helen Lawson show is Helen Lawson, and that's ME, baby, remember?

*You know how bitchy fags can be!

*Boobies, boobies, boobies. Nothin' but boobies. Who needs em?

*Ted Casablanca is NOT a fag... and I'm the dame who can prove it.

*I have to get up at five o'clock in the morning and SPARKLE, Neely, SPARKLE!

*They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway. But Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now get out of my way, I've got a man waiting for me.

*NEEEEEEELYYY O'HARAAAAAAAA!