Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) is a lawyer from the country, who decides to move to New York. There, she gets a job in a successful lawyer's office, where many artists of show-business are represented. She becomes friend of Jennifer North (the gorgeous Sharon Tate), who is the wife of the artist Tony Polar (Tony Scotti), and Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke), who is beginning in her career in show-business. Anne starts dating and falls in love with Lyon Burke (Paul Burke), who is one of the owners of the company where she works. Then, Anne is invited to be the symbol of some cosmetics in TV commercials and she becomes famous. The three young women will have their lives affected by the use of drugs, in different levels. Yesterday I watched this movie for the first time in cable television. In 1967, I was too young to go to the movie theater, and this film has not been released on VHS or DVD in Brazil. I found it surprisingly updated, having a good story. The `dolls' was a slang for drugs (more specifically pills). The plot has drama and romance, and a wonderful theme song, sang by Dionne Warwick and directed by John Williams. Although not been an outstanding or unforgettable film, in my opinion, the `IMDB User Rating' of 5.4 is very unfair. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): `Vale das Bonecas' (`Valley of the Dolls')
Title (Brazil): `Vale das Bonecas' (`Valley of the Dolls')