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| Valley Of The Dolls |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 29 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner, Charles Drake, Alex Davion & Susan Hayward |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
0104785 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
PG |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
123 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1967 |
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| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Mark Robson |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Helen Deutsch & Dorothey Kingsley |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
John Williams |
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| (Production Designer): |
Jack Martin Smith & Richard Day |
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| (Editor): |
Dorothy Spencer |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
David Weisbart |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Panavision |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.30:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Stereo |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Mag Stereo |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Based on the best-selling novel by Jacqueline Susann, Valley Of The Dolls is a no-holds-barred look at what really goes on beneath the glamour of superstardom. Leaving her sheltered New England home for a career in New York City, young Anne Welles (Barbara Perkins) quickly learns how cruel show business really is. While she finds romance in Lyon Burke (Paul Burke), Anne is exposed to the repressed dreams of singer Neely O’Hara (Patty Duke) and statuesque Jennifer North (Sharon Tate) and the self destructive lengths that these talented women go in pursuit of fulfillment in life.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, framed at 2.30:1, features fully saturated colors with generally natural fleshtones and deep blacks. Sometimes interior colors bleed and fleshtones appear brownish. Images are generally sharp and detailed, but lack overall clarity and definition. Artifacts are apparent throughout, but noise is minor. At thirty, the picture doesn’t look that bad.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The matrix soundtrack sounds dated, compressed and slightly distorted, but is characteristic of stereo in the 1960s. Dialogue is generally natural, except for those scenes with poorly executed ADR. The sound is mostly mono, except for the soft music score
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