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Before Valley of the Dolls.....


...there was this AWESOME orgy of campy delights!

If you plan to take this film seriously, STOP NOW. If, however, you love spectacular trash, gather your sassiest friends around the screen and let it rip. Eleanor Parker's performance is a ten-gasper, and the fact she did this just one year after The Sound of Music makes it even more enjoyable and, crazy thought it seems, shows off her exceptional range. From her first slurring sexpot crank phone call to her husband to her insane death, there isn't a dull moment in this fantastic steaming pile of kitsch. Get ready to howl!

(And don't worry, even after Parker's gone, the rest of the cast keeps it totally inane and cartoonish. Too bad Elvira Mistress of the Dark or Mystery Science Theatre never covered this crapsterpiece, it would have been GREAT.)

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