Valley of the Dolls

(Red Lion / Fox, 1967)
Judy was originally cast as Helen Lawson, but she was replaced by Susan Hayward. Judy pre-recorded one song, I'll Plant My Own Tree (Judy's rendition of the song was not used in the film).

Crew:

Producer: David Weisbart
Director: Mark Robson
Screen Play: Helen Deutsch and Dorothy Kingsley (based on the novel, "The Valley of the Dolls," by Jacqueline Susann)
Music: John Williams
Orchestration: Herbert Spencer
Choreography: Robert Sidney
Production Design by: Philip M. Jefferies
Art Direction by: Jack Martin Smith, Richard Day
Set Decoration by: Walter M. Scott, Raphael G. Bretton
Costume Design by: Travilla
Makeup Supervisor: Edith Lindon
Makeup Artist: Ben Nye
Hair Stylists: Kaye Pownall, Barbara Parkins
Sound: David Dockendorf, Don J. Bassman
Cinematography by: William H. Daniels
Special Effects by: Emil Kosa Jr., Art Cruickshank, L. B. Abbott
Film Editing by: Dorothy Spencer
Singing voice for Patty Duke: Gail Heideman

Cast:

Barbara Parkins ... Anne Welles
Patty Duke ... Neely O'Hara
Paul Burke ... Lyon Burke
Sharon Tate ... Jennifer North
Tony Scotti ... Tony Polar
Martin Milner ... Mel Anderson
Charles Drake ... Kevin Gilmore
Alexander Davion ... Ted Casablanca
Lee Grant ... Miriam
Naomi Stevens ... Miss Steinberg
Robert H. Harris ... Henry Bellamy
Jacqueline Susann ... Reporter
Joey Bishop ... Telethon M.C.
George Jessel ... Grammy Awards M.C.
Susan Hayward (replacing Judy) ... Helen Lawson
Judith Lowry ... Aunt Amy

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Jacqueline Susann and Judy at press conference, 1967
(from the collection of Lawrence Schulman and Alain Falasse)