Quote of the Week, Valley of the Dolls and Beyond Valley of the Dolls Fashions, Kerstien has more updates for her Sharon site and another artist who does some cool work

Quote of the Week:

By Photographer Peter Evans:

"The imperfect couple. They were the Douglas Fairbanks/ Mary Pickford of our time... cool, nomadic, talented and nicely shocking.

Their 'Pickfair' (Sharome?) was a movable mansion, a roomy rebellion. Curious, unafraid, they helped demolish the ancient Hollywood image of what movie stardom was all about.

They became part of the 'anti-establishment' establishment. They became rich but never regal."


Here is a lovely movie poster for Valley of the Dolls:

http://madeinatlantis.com/movies_central/2010/10/movie-posters-valley-of-the-dolls-1967-giclee-print/

And speaking of VOTD, there is a mention of one of Sharon's outfits from it being used for Beyond the Valley of the Dolls:

Sharon wore this outfit first in VOTD.

Then, Dolly Read (in the middle) wore the exact same outfit in BTVOTD.

http://clothesonfilm.com/favourite-fashions-from-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/15137/

Kerstien has been busy with more wonderful updates to her fantastic Sharon in Art site:

http://www.kerstien.se/sharon_updates.htm

And here is another artist who has done some nice art for Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers:

http://www.amateurillustrator.com/articles/?p=989

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!

For Thursday, April 1, 2010: Rare Footage of Sharon's Funeral, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls and a Great Review of "Valley of the Dolls"

Rare sad footage from Sharon's funeral.  You can see how Roman was destroyed emotionally by her death.  It also shows the funeral footage of Abigail Folger, Steve Parent and Jay Sebring:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJvOimAohyU&feature=related

Here is a web mention of the take off of "Valley of the Dolls," "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls":

http://www.crawdaddy.com/index.php/2010/04/02/celluloid-heroes-beyond-the-valley-of-the-dolls/

Recently I asked one of the stars of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" Cynthia Myers, if she knew Sharon?

Myers: I lived just above her on Benedict Canyon back then. I heard the dogs barking in a very eerie way "that" night, almost in a frenzied way. I woke up my fiance and told him that something was wrong--I could feel it. That was the night of the murders. In addition, I left my ring at Jay Sebring's house a few weeks earlier--it was a gift from Eddie Fisher--his wedding ring from Liz Taylor. After I read the news of the murders I never tried to retrieve my ring...horrible. I never met Sharon in person, I just knew Jay.

I asked her about Jay as well but she said she really didn't want to talk about it.  Sad situation.

And here is a great review of "Valley of the Dolls" now on DVD.  It also reviews the special features included:

http://sterner5078558.ngeblogs.com/2010/03/30/download-valley-of-the-dolls-online/