Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett and David Gurian. The cult classic was directed by Russ Meyer and cowritten by Meyer and Roger Ebert.

Three young womenKelly MacNamara Dolly Read, Casey Anderson Cynthia Myers, and Petronella Pet Danforth Marcia McBroomperform in a rock band, The Kelly Affair, managed by Harris Allsworth David Gurian, Kellys boyfriend. The four travel to Los Angeles to find Kellys estranged aunt, Susan Lake Phyllis Davis, heiress to a family fortune.Susan welcomes Kelly and her friends, even promising a third of her inheritance to her niece, but Susans sleazy financial advisor Porter Hall Duncan McLeod discredits them as hippies in an attempt to embezzle her fortune himself. Undeterred, Susan introduces The Kelly Affair to a flamboyant, wellconnected rock producer, Ronnie ZMan Barzell John LaZar, who coaxes them into an impromptu performance at one of his outrageous parties after a set by reallife band Strawberry Alarm Clock. The band is so wellreceived that ZMan becomes their Svengalistyle manager, changing their name to The Carrie Nations and starting a longsimmering feud with Harris. ........

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