query: who wrote the book valley of the dolls

pos: Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls is the first novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. Published in 1966, the book was the biggest selling novel of its year. To date, it has sold more than 31 million copies, making it one of the best-selling works in publishing history. The novel tells the story of three young women who become fast friends in the turbulent post-war worlds of Broadway and Hollywood: Anne Welles, a reserved New England beauty who sees New York as the romantic city of her dreams; Neely O'Hara, an ebullient vaudevillian with a talent she doesn't

pos: Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls is the first novel by American writer Jacqueline Susann. Published in 1966, the book was the biggest selling novel of its year. To date, it has sold more than 31 million copies, making it one of the best-selling works in publishing history. The novel tells the story of three young women who become fast friends in the turbulent post-war worlds of Broadway and Hollywood: Anne Welles, a reserved New England beauty who sees New York as the romantic city of her dreams; Neely O'Hara, an ebullient vaudevillian with a talent she doesn't

pos: Harvey Aronson Harvey Aronson Harvey Aronson (born May 1929) is an American journalist and journalism teacher, and a former "Newsday" editor who also wrote or co-wrote several books. He was part of a group of "Newsday" reporters involved in writing the bestselling hoax novel "Naked Came the Stranger", initially credited to fictional author Penelope Ashe, and published as a parody of commercialized book publishing in general and of novels in the genre of Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" in particular. Aronson co-edited the project with his colleague, Mike McGrady, who had conceived the idea, and Aronson also wrote a chapter of

pos: Harvey Aronson was established in 2006. Harvey Aronson Harvey Aronson (born May 1929) is an American journalist and journalism teacher, and a former "Newsday" editor who also wrote or co-wrote several books. He was part of a group of "Newsday" reporters involved in writing the bestselling hoax novel "Naked Came the Stranger", initially credited to fictional author Penelope Ashe, and published as a parody of commercialized book publishing in general and of novels in the genre of Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" in particular. Aronson co-edited the project with his colleague, Mike McGrady, who had conceived the idea, and Aronson also

pos: Bernard J. Geis and wrote books for Disney including "Treasury of Children's Classics" and "The Fantasia Book." Bernard and Darlene Geis had two sons: Peter and Stephen Geis. Bernard Geis died at New York Presbyterian Hospital on January 8, 2001. Bernard J. Geis Bernard J. Geis (August 30, 1909 – January 8, 2001) was an American editor and publisher who founded the now-defunct Bernard Geis Associates, which published and promoted several best-sellers in the 1960s and 70s, including Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" and Helen Gurley Brown's "Sex and the Single Girl". Bernard Geis was born in Chicago on August 30, 1909.

pos: Valley of the Dolls (film) being sued by Jacqueline Susann, according to Irving Mansfield's book "Life With Jackie". Susann created the title for a Jean Holloway-scripted sequel that was rejected by the studio, which allowed Russ Meyer to film a radically different movie with the same title. The suit went to court after Susann's death in 1974; the estate won damages of $2 million against Fox. The Criterion Collection released "Valley of the Dolls" along with its parody "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" on September 2016 on DVD and Blu-ray. While the former film had previously been released by Arrow Films in the United

pos: (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" is a 1967 song by André and Dory Previn, composed for the film version of the Jacqueline Susann novel "Valley of the Dolls", and recorded by Dionne Warwick. Actress Barbara Parkins, who starred in the motion picture, suggested that Warwick be considered to sing the film's theme song. The song was to be given to Judy Garland, who had been fired from the film. Warwick performed the song, and when the film became a success in the early weeks of 1968, her single of the film theme became

pos: Valley of the Dolls (film) Arbors and used as the opening theme to the 1967 documentary "Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls". Valley of the Dolls (film) Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jacqueline Susann. It was directed by Mark Robson, produced by Robson and David Weisbart, and stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, and Susan Hayward. Three young women meet when they embark on their careers. Neely O'Hara (Duke) is a plucky kid with undeniable talent who sings in a Broadway show, of which legendary actress Helen

pos: The Love Machine (novel) two songs written for the film, "He's Moving On (Theme from The Love Machine)" and "Amanda's Theme"; the film soundtrack was released on Scepter Records. Susann herself had a cameo as a television newscaster. Like the film adaptation of "Valley of the Dolls" before it, "The Love Machine" received negative reviews. Unlike "Valley", however, the film version of "The Love Machine" was a box-office flop. The Love Machine (novel) The Love Machine is the second novel by Jacqueline Susann, the follow-up to her enormously successful "Valley of the Dolls" (1966). Published by Simon & Schuster in 1969, the book was

pos: Valley of the Dolls (film) Valley of the Dolls (film) Valley of the Dolls is a 1967 American drama film based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jacqueline Susann. It was directed by Mark Robson, produced by Robson and David Weisbart, and stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate, and Susan Hayward. Three young women meet when they embark on their careers. Neely O'Hara (Duke) is a plucky kid with undeniable talent who sings in a Broadway show, of which legendary actress Helen Lawson (Hayward) is the arrogant star, while Jennifer North (Tate), a beauty with limited talent, is in the chorus.

pos: Valley of the Dolls (film) Gaille Heidemann for Patty Duke. Heidemann and Wilson are uncredited on the soundtrack label. The original version of "I'll Plant My Own Tree" (recorded by Judy Garland before she was fired from the film) was finally released in 1976 on a compilation LP, "Cut! Out-takes from Hollywood's Greatest Musicals". "Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann" (1987) by Barbara Seaman states that Ruth Batchelor, who wrote lyrics for Elvis Presley, wrote the lyrics for a title song for the movie. Batchelor's song was rejected by the studio as the Previns had already written the soundtrack. It was recorded by The

pos: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls his feet, the start of his recovery from paralysis. An epilogue follows, with a preachy, satirical, voice-over monologue and scenes of Kelly and Harris (now in crutches) hiking on a log over a creek, and a final scene with the courthouse wedding of three couples—Kelly and Harris, Pet and Emerson, and Susan and Baxter—with Porter observing from outside the courthouse window. Cast notes "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was originally intended as a straightforward sequel to the 1967 film "Valley of the Dolls". Jacqueline Susann, author of the novel "Valley of the Dolls" had come up with the title

pos: Eddie Cantor Fields. He moved on to stardom in book musicals, starting with "Kid Boots" (1923) and "Whoopee!" (1928). On tour with "Banjo Eyes", he romanced the unknown Jacqueline Susann, who had a small part in the show, and went on to become the best-selling author of "Valley of the Dolls". Cantor appeared on radio as early as February 3, 1922, as indicated by this news item from Connecticut's "Bridgeport Telegram": Cantor's appearance with Rudy Vallee on Vallee's "The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour" on February 5, 1931 led to a four-week tryout with NBC's "The Chase and Sanborn Hour". Replacing Maurice Chevalier, who

pos: Jacqueline Susann a radical departure from the works which made her famous. During the 1970s, Susann had spoken of future works. They included a novel about brothers who have their show business start in vaudeville, to be called "The Comedy Twins"; a novel about a poetess, "The Heroine"; a continuation of the story of Neely O'Hara's sons; and her autobiography. Jacqueline Susann enjoyed the fame which her books brought. "Confrontational, sassy, [and] entertaining," she appeared frequently on television, especially on talk shows. When asked what Ethel Merman thought of "Valley of the Dolls", Susann responded, "We didn't speak before the book came

pos: Valley of the Dolls The screenplay was written by Helen Deutsch ("National Velvet") and Dorothy Kingsley ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"), and produced by Robson and David Weisbart. Reviews were scathing, but the film was an enormous box-office hit, becoming the sixth most popular of the year with $44 million at the domestic box office. Susann, who had a cameo as a news reporter, hated the film, reportedly telling director Robson that it was "a piece of shit." The novel was adapted for television in 1981 as "Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls", a mini-series executive-produced by Susann's widower Irving Mansfield and directed by

pos: Irving Mansfield Mansfield gave up his career to help his wife promote her book, "Valley of the Dolls", which was published in 1966 and became the best-selling novel of the year. Mansfield continued to work with his wife in promoting her subsequent novels, "The Love Machine" (1969) and "Once Is Not Enough" (1973), both among the top three sellers of their respective years. Mansfield also executive-produced movie versions of his wife's novels "The Love Machine" (1971) and "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough" (1975), as well as a 1981 television mini-series version of "Valley". Mansfield met Jacqueline Susann, then an aspiring stage

pos: The World Is Full of Married Men time, Jacqueline Susann's similarly themed novel "Valley of the Dolls" (1966) had already become a huge bestseller and a hit film, and Collins' novel was accepted. Within a week of its publication, "The World Is Full of Married Men" made the best-seller list. The book was a hit in both the United Kingdom and the U.S., but was banned in Australia. Collins' publishers at the time, W.H. Allen, told her that unless she took the "four-letter words" out, the book would be banned in Australia. Collins proceeded in taking the four-letter words out and it was still banned in Australia.

neg: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls the humor and excitement of a padded bra ... Boredom aplenty is provided by a screenplay which for some reason has been turned over to a screenwriting neophyte." He later put it on his list of the 20 worst films of the year. Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" wrote that the film "comes off with a slightly higher rating" than the original "Valley of the Dolls" book and movie, but thought that by "quite consciously attempting to parody his earlier movies" Meyer had "become patronizing." "Variety" wrote that it was "not much of a film. Producer-director Russ Meyer,

neg: John Epperson the boat.) At Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. Epperson performed an autobiographical theatrical solo show, "Show Trash" (2004), out of drag, talking, playing the piano and singing in his own voice. In Winter 2004, in a different drag role, Epperson played the Wicked Stepmother in the New York City Opera's revival of Rodgers-Hammerstein's "Cinderella" in a cast with Eartha Kitt, Dick Van Patten and Renée Taylor. In 1985 at The Pyramid Club Epperson wrote the book, music and lyrics for a musical "Ballet of the Dolls", a parody of the novel and film "Valley of the Dolls" and the ballet

neg: The Love Machine (novel) only one which has at its center a male character. It was, Susann stated, an "attempt to get inside of men's ids." It's also the only Susann novel with an ostensibly happy ending. Susann dedicated the book to her friend Carol Bjorkman, a columnist for "Women's Wear Daily", who died of leukemia in 1967. Critical reception of "The Love Machine" was not positive, but it was slightly better than that of "Valley of the Dolls." Although Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of "The New York Times" wrote that the novel "is popcorn... the kernel of an idea, the seed of an inspiration, exploded

neg: Jacqueline Susann of her own books. "Valley of the Dolls" spans twenty years (1945–1965) in the lives of three young women: Anne Welles, the New England beauty who liberates herself from her staid small town by coming to New York, where she falls in love with the dashing Lyon Burke; Neely O'Hara, an ebullient vaudevillian who becomes a Hollywood star and self-destructs; and Jennifer North, a showgirl with little talent but a gorgeous face and figure, who becomes a friend to both. All three women fall prey to the "dolls," amphetamines and barbiturates, a euphemism which Susann coined. The book was published

neg: Guys and Dolls (film) Guys and Dolls (film) Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway musical by composer and lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, which, in turn, was loosely based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon. Dances were choreographed by Michael Kidd,

neg: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls 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, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert. Originally intended as a sequel to the 1967 film "Valley of the Dolls"—"dolls" being a slang term for depressant pills or "downers"—"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was instead revised as a parody of the commercially successful but critically reviled original. Three young women—Kelly MacNamara, Casey Anderson, and Petronella "Pet"

neg: Roger Ebert New York Film Festival. After he sent her some of his columns, she told him they were "the best film criticism being done in American newspapers today". That same year, Ebert's first book, a history of the University of Illinois titled "Illini Century: One Hundred Years of Campus Life", was published by the University's press. In 1969, his review of "Night of the Living Dead" was published in "Reader's Digest". Ebert co-wrote the screenplay for the 1970 Russ Meyer film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" and sometimes joked about being responsible for the film, which was poorly received on

neg: Valley of the Dolls (album) the top 40. On release the "Valley of the Dolls" long-player reached #51 in the UK Albums Chart. Valley of the Dolls (album) Valley of the Dolls is the second studio long-player by the British post-punk band Generation X, which was produced by Ian Hunter. "Valley of the Dolls" was recorded at Wessex Sound Studios in Islington in October 1978. The record's working title was 'Intercourse (Old Meets New)', which was superseded by a name taken from a 1966 novel. Ian Hunter was commissioned as the record's producer at Tony James's request, from having been a fan of his work

neg: How Watson Learned the Trick Kipling and W. Somerset Maugham. Conan Doyle was provided with a book approximately into which he wrote the 503-word story of "How Watson Learned the Trick" by hand, taking up 34 pages. The original manuscript is still part of the Dolls' House library. The story was published in the souvenir book, "The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library" (1924), and in the "New York Times" on 24 August 1924. It appears in the Penguin collection "The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes" (). A new version, a replica based on the miniature book created for Queen Mary's Doll's House by Conan Doyle,

neg: Ernest H. Martin prior marriage). Ernest H. Martin Ernest Harold Martin (born Ernest Harold Markowitz; August 28, 1919 – May 8, 1995) was an American Broadway producer who wrote the book for a musical, owned a Broadway theater and produced motion pictures, including"Guys and Dolls", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying","A Chorus Line" and "Cabaret" (1972 film nominated for 10 Oscars). Best known for such hits as "Guys and Dolls", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", and "Cabaret", Martin left his mark on American and international theatre and screen. Martin, singly or with Cy Feuer, was nominated for the

neg: Ernest H. Martin Ernest H. Martin Ernest Harold Martin (born Ernest Harold Markowitz; August 28, 1919 – May 8, 1995) was an American Broadway producer who wrote the book for a musical, owned a Broadway theater and produced motion pictures, including"Guys and Dolls", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying","A Chorus Line" and "Cabaret" (1972 film nominated for 10 Oscars). Best known for such hits as "Guys and Dolls", "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", and "Cabaret", Martin left his mark on American and international theatre and screen. Martin, singly or with Cy Feuer, was nominated for the Tony Award

neg: Faith Eaton (George Weidennfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1990) "The Ultimate Dolls' Book" (Dorling Kindersley, 1993) with Caroline Goodfellow "The Ultimate Dolls' House Book" (Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1994) "Dolls For the Princesses: The Story of France and Marianne" (London: The Royal Collection, 2002) with Suzy Menkes Faith Eaton Faith Eaton (1927 - 2005) was a major British doll and dolls' house collector, who published widely on the history, manufacture and care of toys. She was a founder member of the Doll Club of Great Britain, The Dolls' House Society and the Dollmakers Circle. Her archive is held at the V&A Museum of

neg: First Impressions (musical) First Impressions (musical) First Impressions is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by George Weiss, Bo Goldman, and Glenn Paxton, and book by Abe Burrows, who also directed the musical. It is based on Helen Jerome's 1935 stage adaptation of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice". Abe Burrows, who had previously written the books for the successful musicals "Guys and Dolls", "Can-Can", and "Say, Darling", wrote the book for a new musical adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". The score was credited to three authors: George Weiss, Robert Goldman, and Glenn Paxton, though composer Jule Styne, who produced

neg: Janieta Eyre Now We Understand Each Other is based on part of a short story that Eyre wrote when she was seventeen about an older woman who believes that two dolls are her children, and a play she wrote in her thirties about family violence. The main character, played by veteran actor Kate Trotter, converses with twin dolls she believes are her daughters, recounting past loves and infidelities. Hans Bellmer’s grotesquely reconfigured dolls were the biggest influence on her story and Eyre commissioned artist Jason McClennen to make dolls that looked as realistic as possible, based on the likeness of her own

neg: Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls is the title of Dionne Warwick's tenth album for the Scepter label. It was recorded during the summer and fall of 1967 and was released early the next year. It was recorded at A&R and Bell Sound Studios in New York City and was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The album's lead single was the title track, "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls", from the film of the same name. The song was written by André Previn and Dory Previn, and had initially been

neg: Valley of the Dolls Walter Grauman. This version stars Catherine Hicks, Lisa Hartman, and Veronica Hamel. In 1994 a late-night, syndicated television soap opera, "Valley of the Dolls", ran for one season and 65 episodes. The premise was a loose adaptation of the novel. BBC Radio 4 broadcast a 15-episode dramatisation scripted by Yvonne Antrobus over three weeks in August and September 2005. It was part of the Woman's Hour programme's ongoing fifteen-minute daily drama slot, and has been rebroadcast several times on BBC Radio 4 Extra in three 70-minute omnibus episodes. Valley of the Dolls Valley of the Dolls is the first novel

neg: Valley of the Dolls (album) Valley of the Dolls (album) Valley of the Dolls is the second studio long-player by the British post-punk band Generation X, which was produced by Ian Hunter. "Valley of the Dolls" was recorded at Wessex Sound Studios in Islington in October 1978. The record's working title was 'Intercourse (Old Meets New)', which was superseded by a name taken from a 1966 novel. Ian Hunter was commissioned as the record's producer at Tony James's request, from having been a fan of his work with Mott the Hoople in the early 1970's. The record was Generation X's second long-player release, and displayed

neg: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls May 4, 2010. In the UK, Arrow Video released the film on Blu-ray on January 18, 2016, in a special edition with "The Seven Minutes". In the US, The Criterion Collection released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on September 27, 2016 along with "Valley of the Dolls". 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, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert. Originally intended

neg: Mary Martha Sherwood in the twentieth century as an oppressively didactic book, in the early nineteenth century it was viewed as delightfully realistic. Charlotte Yonge (1823–1901), a critic who also wrote children's literature, praised "the gusto with which [Sherwood] dwells on new dolls" and "the absolutely sensational naughtiness" of the children. Most twentieth-century critics, including George Orwell, who called it "an evil book", have condemned the book's harshness, pointing to the Fairchilds' moral-filled visit to a gibbet with a rotting corpse swinging from it; but Cutt and others argue that the positive depiction of the nuclear family in the text, particularly Sherwood's emphasis

neg: Canon of Sherlock Holmes Queen Mary's Dolls' House. Conan Doyle wrote a short Sherlock Holmes story, just 503 words long, onto the tiny pages of a specially constructed miniature book: "How Watson Learned the Trick". The story was later published alongside works by other authors in "The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library" (1924). Though written 28 years after "The Field Bazaar", this is almost a companion piece to that story. Like "The Field Bazaar", this story is a breakfast scene, during which Watson attempts to mimic Holmes' style in guessing his thoughts. Watson's intuitions are proved wrong, however. Unlike almost all parts

neg: Kate Jordan novel from 1921 has autobiographical details. Jordan both wrote and adapted a number of plays. One 4 act melodrama, "The masked woman", ran for 115 performances in 1922-1923. Her plays were not as well received as her novels. Her 1917 "The happifats and the grouch" was a children's book. She designed a range of dolls, Happifats, to accompany her book. These dolls were bisque and made in Germany by Borgfeldt from 1913-1921, and Japan. Her 1905 novel, "Time the comedian", was adapted as a silent film by Fanny and Frederick Hatton which starred Theodore Kosloff. Jordan travelled extensively, including long

neg: House of Dolls In her book Lentin interviews a child of Holocaust survivors, who recalls "House of Dolls" as one of her first exposures to the Holocaust. Lentin notes that the "explicit, painful" story made a huge impact when published and states that "many children of holocaust survivors who write would agree . . . that "House of Dolls" represents violence and sexuality in a manner which borders on the pornographic". Na'ama Shik, researching at Yad Vashem, the principal Jewish organization for the remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, considers the book as fiction. Nonetheless it is part of the Israeli high

neg: Valley of the Dolls the Mount Everest of her dreams, only to find herself back in the valley of the dolls. Susann had apparently been thinking about the novel for some time. Some years earlier, she had begun "Underneath the Pancake", a show business novel, with her actress friend Beatrice Cole (c. 1910–1999). Later, she considered writing a novel about drug usage in show business to be called "The Pink Dolls". "Valley of the Dolls" is considered to be a "roman à clef", with its characters based on famous figures such as Judy Garland, Carole Landis, Dean Martin, and Ethel Merman. In 1973, after

neg: Who Killed Bambi? (unfinished film) film "McLaren was sincere," recalled Meyer. "He was really a zealot. He had fire in his eyes." A script was written by Roger Ebert the film critic who had co written Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". Ebert had never heard of the band either and says Meyer told him "We can go wild on this. I've got a couple of big-titted London girls already in mind." The film was intended as a punk rock version of "A Hard Day's Night". Meyer said it was "more on the order of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". Instead of four

neg: Stalag fiction answers they could find were in the book "House of Dolls" (1955) a novella by K. Tzetnik, a then-anonymous survivor of Auschwitz who wrote about women prisoners forced into prostitution by the Nazi guards. Although published as fiction, the book has been considered a partially truthful account based upon the experiences of the author's sister. It affected young Israelis as they went through puberty: questions of identity and their parents' violent past melted into their emerging sexual identity. This became more prevalent during the highly publicized Eichmann trial, when these same young people were exposed to detailed descriptions of the

neg: Shores of California Shores of California "Shores of California" is the third single by The Dresden Dolls duo, taken from the second studio album "Yes, Virginia...". The Boston Herald noted ``The brand new "Shores of California" displayed Palmer's knack for writing bona fide pop tunes with its infectious sing-along chorus and familiar melody." The song's lyrics include the lines ""that's the way Aristophanes and Homer / wrote 'the iliad' and 'lysistrata'."" Despite the ordering of the lyrics, it was Aristophanes who wrote "Lysistrata", and Homer who wrote "The Iliad". The Dresden Dolls' official lyrics page notes this by adding to the line in

neg: Bratz quoted Dr. Brian Young of Exeter University as saying "parents may feel awkward but I don't think children see the dolls as sexy. They just think they're pretty." Isaac Larian, in comments given to the BBC, voiced the opinion that the report was a "bunch of garbage" and that the people who wrote it were acting irresponsibly. The Bratz range of dolls have affected the sale of Mattel's leading fashion doll, Barbie. In 2004, sales figures showed that Bratz dolls outsold Barbie dolls in the United Kingdom, although Mattel maintained that in terms of the number of dolls, clothes, and

neg: Pauline Clarke 1943 she studied English at Somerville College, Oxford, then worked as a journalist and wrote for children's magazines. Between 1948 and 1972 she wrote books for children. She wrote many types of children's book including fantasies, family comedies, historical novels and poetry. Her "Five Dolls" books (1953–1963) were very popular but she achieved her greatest success with "The Twelve and the Genii", published by Faber in 1962. She won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising "The Twelve" as the year's best children's book by a British subject, and the German "Kinderbuchpreis". It was published in the U.S.

neg: Harrison Page Don Rickles. Page appeared in the cult film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", and appeared with Jean-Claude Van Damme in the box-office hit movie "Lionheart" (1990). In 1993, he appeared in "Carnosaur". Harrison Page Harrison Page (born August 27, 1941) is an American television and film actor who has appeared in many popular series, including "Sledge Hammer!", "Cold Case", "JAG", "ER", "Ally McBeal", "", "Melrose Place", "Quantum Leap", "The Wonder Years", "21 Jump Street", "Murder, She Wrote", "Fame", "Gimme a Break!", "Benson", "Hill Street Blues", "Webster", "The Dukes of Hazzard", "Kung Fu", "Kojak", "Mannix", "Soap", "Bonanza", and "Columbo". A

neg: Valley of the Dolls the novel "big, brilliant and sensational" (if "poorly written"), the book received largely negative reviews. Gloria Steinem panned the book in "The New York Herald Tribune" as did the reviewer in "The New York Times". "Time" magazine called it the "Dirty Book of the Month", and said, "It might more accurately be described as a highly effective sedative, a living doll." Despite the poor reviews, the book was a commercial juggernaut. On May 8, 1966, in its ninth week on the list, the book reached #1 on the "New York Times" Best Seller List, where it remained for 28 consecutive

neg: Judy Garland Records, and any other business dealings in which she could derive an income. This left Garland in a desperate situation which saw her sell her Brentwood home at a price far below its value and her taking the role of Helen Lawson in "Valley of the Dolls". In February 1967, Garland was cast as Helen Lawson in "Valley of the Dolls" for 20th Century Fox. According to co-star Patty Duke, Garland was treated poorly by director Mark Robson on the set of "Valley of the Dolls" and was primarily hired so as to augment publicity for the film. After her

neg: Howard Hallis Howard Hallis Howard Hallis (born July 28, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is an American artist. He is noted for his works of lenticular art, as well as for The Picture of Everything, a massive painting incorporating images of several thousand people and items, both real and imaginary. After graduating from UCLA in 1994, Hallis worked as a personal assistant to professor Timothy Leary, collaborating with him on the book "". Hallis went on to create a tarot card deck based on the movie "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls". Howard's parody of Jack Chick religious pamphlets, "Who Will Be

neg: The Dresden Dolls Leeds Festivals, and Lollapalooza, in addition to touring with Panic! at the Disco as their opening act. During the support tour, the band presented "Fuck the Back Row—A Night of Celluloid Vaudeville". The events consisted of screenings of short films from friends and fans, performances by local artists, and a solo show by Palmer who performed mostly cover songs inspired from film soundtracks. In June 2006, "The Dresden Dolls Companion" was released by Amanda Palmer. The book contains a history of the band and their first album—"The Dresden Dolls"—as well as a partial autobiography. The book also contains the lyrics,

neg: Valley of the Dolls weeks. With a total of 65 weeks on the list, the book became the best selling novel of 1966. By the time of Susann's death in 1974, it had entered the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the best selling novel in publishing history, with more than 17 million copies sold. By 2016, the book had sold more than 31 million copies. In 1967, the book was adapted into a film of the same name, directed by Mark Robson ("Peyton Place"), and starring Barbara Parkins (as Anne), Patty Duke (Neely), Paul Burke (Lyon), Sharon Tate (Jennifer), and Susan Hayward (Helen).

neg: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls after Susann's death in September 1974. Her estate won a $2 million verdict against the studio in August 1975. The production of the film, along with "Myra Breckinridge", helped lead to the ousting of Richard Zanuck from Fox. "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" was released as a two-disc, special-edition DVD set on June 13, 2006, which is now out of print. However, 20th Century Fox re-released it on the second disc of the four-disc variety feature pack, "Studio Classics: Set 9", which also includes "All About Eve", "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness", and "Valley of the Dolls", on

neg: Stu Phillips (composer) for "Battlestar Galactica" and has attended cult-film screenings for "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." In 2002, Phillips published his autobiography "Stu Who?: Forty Years of Navigating the Minefields of the Music Business." In 2006, he also participated in a documentary film featured on the special edition DVD re-release of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls." Long a "serious" musician, Phillips has also orchestrated pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven and Sergei Rachmaninoff for symphony orchestra. Phillips can be heard on FaLaLaLaLa.com discussing the history of The Hollyridge Strings's Christmas album, which it released in 2008. GL denotes a Glen Larson

neg: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ""Valley of the Dolls" plus my own name will be enough," said Meyer. Meyer said even if Parkins had wanted to do the film they would not have used her. "She would cost us too much money." Cynthia Meyers was a playboy playmate hired to play one of the girls who realises she's a lesbian. "It's a loving and tender thing," Myers said of the film's depiction of her sexuality. "It's not "The Killing of Sister George"." Edy Williams was under contract to Fox at the time. Pam Grier made her film debut as an extra in a party scene.

neg: Florence Riefle Bahr 200 watercolor portraits of the dolls. She opened a museum in Ellicott City called the "Humpty Dumpty Museum of Dolls and Toys," as well as engaging as an antique dealer in the same city. She participated in many solo and group exhibitions: In her book "Women of Achievement in Maryland History," author Carolyn Stegman wrote: In addition, The Maryland State Archives (Florence R. Bahr), The Maryland Historical Society, the Elkridge Heritage Society, the Enoch Pratt Library, and her daughter, Mary Bahr, hold records of her life and work. See also Findagrave.com. Florence Riefle Bahr Florence Elizabeth Riefle Bahr (February 2,

neg: The Lennon Sisters and appear annually with their Christmas show at The Andy Williams Moon River Theatre in Branson (marking 20 consecutive years of performing in Branson). While continuing to play tour dates, Kathy and Janet Lennon have branched out into the toy market, designing and selling a line of "Best Pals" dolls. In addition to the dolls, the sisters have recorded CDs of favorite children's songs for the "Best Pals" line. The four original Lennon Sisters wrote an autobiography entitled "Same Song, Separate Voices", first published in 1985 with a new edition in 1995. A musical documentary based on the book was

neg: Johnny Thunders adopted the stage name "Johnny Thunders", inspired by a comic book hero. Dolls bass guitarist Arthur "Killer" Kane later wrote about Thunders' guitar sound, as he described arriving outside the rehearsal studio where they were meeting to jam together for the first time: "I heard someone playing a guitar riff that I myself didn't know how to play. It was raunchy, nasty, rough, raw, and untamed. I thought it was truly inspired...", adding "His sound was rich and fat and beautiful, like a voice." The New York Dolls were signed to Mercury Records, with the help of A & R

neg: Bertha Henry Buxton The book was a success. She wrote a serial for the "World" during the following year, bringing out during the same period "Won! By the Author of “Jennie of the Prince's,”" and a story for children entitled "Rosabella," published under the name of "Auntie Bee." From this period she wrote under her own name, and the following Christmas brought out another child's book, entitled "More Dolls," illustrated by Mr. T. D. White, and dedicated to the Princess of Wales. Shortly afterwards, Buxton met with an accident which rendered work impossible. Somewhat recovering, she produced "Fetterless though Bound together" (1879); "Great

neg: (Theme from) Valley of the Dolls New York because contractual restrictions from her home label, Scepter Records, would not allow her version from the film to be included in the 20th Century-Fox soundtrack album. The re-recorded version became a million-seller. The RIAA-certified Gold Scepter LP that contained the hit version of the song, "Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls", peaked at number six on the "Billboard" Top 10 Albums chart, and would remain on the chart for over a year. In the UK "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" had a February 1968 release with "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" as the B-side, peaking at UK #28. (Theme from)

neg: Guys and Dolls (film) and Dolls" went on to gross $1.1 million in the United Kingdom, $1 million in Japan, and over $20 million globally. According to MGM records, the film earned $6,801,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $2,262,000 elsewhere, resulting in a total of $9,063,000. Notes Guys and Dolls (film) Guys and Dolls is a 1955 American musical film starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine. The film was made by Samuel Goldwyn Productions and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who also wrote the screenplay. The film is based on the 1950 Broadway

neg: Gürze Books bulimia nervosa drawing from Hall's experience recovering from bulimia. The booklet was later reworked and included in "Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery", which is cited as the first self-help book about bulimia. The word “Gürze” came to Lindsey in a dream in 1976 from which she awoke and wrote, “I met a woman whose name was Gürze. She had mink hair and was inhabited by seven animals.” Using original batik designs and surgical gauze, she created a soft-sculpture doll of Gürze, which led to the sales of more than 250,000 Gürze Designs dolls. The dolls were featured on TV shows,

neg: Valley of the Dolls publication of her third novel, Susann said, "They can keep calling it that ["roman à clef"]. It'll only make my books sell. I don't care." Susann insisted that she began each book with a theme: "Then I start asking, what kind of a personality? And because I have a good ear, I unconsciously pick up certain people." Susann dedicated the book to her poodle Josephine, and to her husband Irving Mansfield. The book was published by Bernard Geis Associates on February 10, 1966, and "took off like a Cape Canaveral space shot." Although "Publishers Weekly", in an advance review, called

neg: The Tale Of Two Bad Mice would be chosen for publication in 1904 as a companion piece to "Benjamin Bunny", which was then a work in progress. "I have tried to make a cat story that would use some of the sketches of a cottage I drew the summer before last," she wrote to her editor Norman Warne on December 2, "There are two others in the copy book ... the dolls would make a funny one, but it is rather soon to have another mouse book?", referring to her recently published "The Tailor of Gloucester". Warne received and considered the three tales. Potter wrote to

neg: George S. Kaufman I Sing" (1931 and 1952), "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck (1937), "My Sister Eileen" by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov (1940), "Hollywood Pinafore" (1945), "The Next Half Hour" (1945), "Park Avenue" (1946, also co-wrote the book), "Town House" (1948), "Bravo!" (1948, also co-wrote the script), "Metropole" (1949), the Frank Loesser musical "Guys and Dolls", for which he won the 1951 Best Director Tony Award, "The Enchanted" (1950), "The Small Hours" (1951, also co-wrote the script), "Fancy Meeting You Again" (1952, also co-wrote the script), "The Solid Gold Cadillac" (1953, also co-wrote the script), and "Romanoff and Juliet" by

neg: Dory Previn husband, including "You're Gonna Hear from Me", recorded by Frank Sinatra, and began to use the name Dory Previn professionally. In 1967, they wrote five songs for the movie "Valley of the Dolls". The soundtrack album spent six months in the charts, and Dionne Warwick had a pop hit with her version of the theme song. In 1968, she wrote a new English language libretto for Mozart's "The Impresario". The following year she won a third Oscar nomination for "Come Saturday Morning," with music by Fred Karlin, from the movie "The Sterile Cuckoo". A hit version was recorded by The

neg: Madeline (book series) Madeline (book series) Madeline is a book series, part of the Madeline media franchise, originally created by Ludwig Bemelmans. The series follows the daily adventures of Madeline, a 7-year-old girl attending a boarding school in Paris with ten other girls, under the care of their teacher, Miss Clavel. The first book was published in 1939, and proved to be a success, so Bemelmans wrote many sequels in the 1940s and 1950s. The series continued, written by Bemelmans' grandson John Bemelmans Marciano. In the first book, Madeline's "papa" sends her a dolls' house when she is recovering from an appendectomy, and

neg: Children's Book Trust from the winning entries. Its books are printed at its own 'Indraprastha Press', and sent out to international book fairs through the National Book Trust and its network of 1500 distributors. Children's Book Trust Children's Book Trust (CBT) is an Indian children and young adult book publisher. It was founded by cartoonist Keshav Shankar Pillai, popularly known as Shankar in 1957 and was inaugurated by the President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. It is housed in Nehru House along with the Shankar's International Dolls Museum. Today, CBT comprises the Shankar's International Dolls Museum, the Dolls Designing and Production Center, Dr.

neg: Sweet Valley High Steven Wakefield. Also, while the books are classified in the romance or fantasy/adventure genres, the television series was played out in a more humorous fashion. Only Season One of the show was officially released on DVD. In July 2017, a film adaptation of the novel series began production. Many tie-in products were produced for this series (primarily the "Sweet Valley High" run) including a series of puzzles, a board game, audio book versions of selected "SVH" books, commercially available VHS and DVDs of the "SVH" TV Series, a CD soundtrack for the TV show, dolls and doll clothing, a neon

neg: Roger Ebert He also expressed his approval of the proliferation of young people writing film reviews today on the Internet. Ebert provided DVD audio commentaries for several films, including "Citizen Kane", "Casablanca", "Dark City", "Floating Weeds", "Crumb", and "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (for which Ebert also wrote the screenplay, based on a story that he co-wrote with Russ Meyer). Ebert was also interviewed by Central Park Media for an extra feature on the DVD release of the anime film "Grave of the Fireflies". Ebert appeared as a guest star multiple times on "Sesame Street". A bio-documentary about Ebert, called "Life

neg: Jacqueline Susann sold. By 2016, the book had sold more than 31 million copies. In 1967, the book was adapted into the film of the same name, starring Barbara Parkins as Anne, Patty Duke as Neely, Sharon Tate as Jennifer, and Susan Hayward as Helen Lawson, the aging Broadway legend. Susann made a cameo appearance as a reporter at the scene of Jennifer North's suicide. "Valley of the Dolls" received scathing reviews, but was a widespread commercial success, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of its year with $44.4 million at the domestic box office, a huge amount for its time. Susann herself

neg: George Sixta Merchandising of "Rivets" included magic slates, dolls and coloring books. The strip was collected in "Rivets: A Cartoon Book", published by Saalfield in the 1960s. Sixta also drew two newspaper features, "One for the Book" and the sports humor cartoon series "Hit or Miss", which ran from November 1, 1948 to January 9, 1954. "Hit or Miss" featured the character Louella, as noted by comics historian Allan Holtz: Before World War II, Sixta met Jean Edwards of Sierra Madre, California, at Valley Ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After they married in 1944, they lived in Elmhurst, Illinois, with their

neg: Lyubov Zakharchenko idea that every person can be viewed as a "Russian doll" that consists of many nested dolls or personalities coming from other people around or from books and ideas by other people. According to reviewers, that is why she wrote so many songs "on behalf" (from a point of view) of other people she met. According to her, she was an extravert who constantly needed other people around to produce her "dolls" While Lyubov became a highly popular singer-songwriter after the festival she won in 1986, she wrote most her songs only after second marriage in 1996. Her second husband

neg: New York Dolls such as the "dirty rock & roll" of the Rolling Stones, the "anarchic noise" of the Stooges, the glam rock of David Bowie and T. Rex, and girl group pop music. Erlewine credited the band for creating punk rock "before there was a term for it." Ken Tucker, who referred to them as a proto-punk band, wrote that they were strongly influenced by the "New York sensibility" of Lou Reed: "The mean wisecracks and impassioned cynicism that informed the Dolls' songs represented an attitude that Reed's work with the Velvet Underground embodied, as did the Dolls' distinct lack of musicianship."

neg: The History of the Fairchild Family parents: "as the religious framework was weakened or removed, the parent became the ultimate authority, and the Victorian cult of the family was reinforced in a way that Mrs. Sherwood had never intended." Although "The Fairchild Family" has gained a reputation in the twentieth century as an oppressively didactic book, in the early nineteenth century it was viewed as delightfully realistic. It was often described as humorous and Charlotte Yonge (1823–1901), a critic who also wrote children's literature, praised "the gusto with which [Sherwood] dwells on new dolls" and "the absolutely sensational naughtiness" of the children. Although twentieth-century critics have

neg: Jimmy Buffett His book "A Pirate Looks at Fifty," published in 1998, went straight to number one on the "New York Times" Best Seller nonfiction list, making him one of eight authors in that list's history to have reached number one on both the fiction and nonfiction lists. The seven other authors who have accomplished this are Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Styron, Irving Wallace, Dr. Seuss, Mitch Albom, and Glenn Beck. Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, "The Jolly Mon" and "Trouble Dolls," with his eldest daughter, Savannah Jane Buffett. The original hard-cover release of "The Jolly Mon" included a cassette

neg: Children's Book Trust Children's Book Trust Children's Book Trust (CBT) is an Indian children and young adult book publisher. It was founded by cartoonist Keshav Shankar Pillai, popularly known as Shankar in 1957 and was inaugurated by the President of India Dr. S. Radhakrishnan. It is housed in Nehru House along with the Shankar's International Dolls Museum. Today, CBT comprises the Shankar's International Dolls Museum, the Dolls Designing and Production Center, Dr. B.C. Roy Memorial Children's Library and Reading Room and Library, and the Indraprastha Press. Initially Shankar was the only story writer published by CBT but soon expanded to include others. CBT

neg: Dolls and Dolls pretty poor stunt casting" and included Madonna as a primary example. Writing for "The Times" publication, Lisa Verrico noted that "Will & Grace" was becoming the "new" "Friends" opining with all the guest stars in season five—Demi Moore, Minnie Driver, and Madonna—that have been featured on the show. Before the airing, Neal Justin of the "Star Tribune" expected "sparks" between Madonna and Mullally's characters in this episode. A reviewer from the "Sunday Independent" wrote that Madonna "stretches herself to play someone with a sense of humour" in "Dolls and Dolls". "The Hartford Courant"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Roger Catlin wrote that despite Madonna not

neg: Wait a Minute (The Pussycat Dolls song) Credits adapted from the liner notes of "PCD". Wait a Minute (The Pussycat Dolls song) "Wait a Minute" is a song by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their debut studio album, "PCD" (2005). It features vocals from Timbaland, who co-produced and co-wrote the song with Keri Hilson. It was intentionally set to be released as a single at the same time as "I Don't Need a Man", which was released as such throughout Europe and Oceania. However, due to scheduling and the heavy radio airplay of "Buttons", the release date was pushed back. In addition, the single was

neg: Mandragora (novel) concerning Catriona's family links to Margaret. The book has an end piece with historical details of the real mandrake dolls together with a discussion of shipwrecks of the late 19th century. Mandragora (novel) Mandragora (1991) by David McRobbie () is a contemporary novel which deals with the sinking of a sailing ship. Dunarling. Adam Hardy and Catriona Chisholm accidentally find a cache of five small dolls made from mandrake roots. The dolls were left in the cave a hundred years earlier by two other teenagers, Jamie and Margaret, who had survived the wreck of the Dunarling. Transcribing a diary from

neg: Wait a Minute (The Pussycat Dolls song) Wait a Minute (The Pussycat Dolls song) "Wait a Minute" is a song by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls from their debut studio album, "PCD" (2005). It features vocals from Timbaland, who co-produced and co-wrote the song with Keri Hilson. It was intentionally set to be released as a single at the same time as "I Don't Need a Man", which was released as such throughout Europe and Oceania. However, due to scheduling and the heavy radio airplay of "Buttons", the release date was pushed back. In addition, the single was set to be released only in North America,

neg: Valley of Flowers National Park spot. Prof. Chandra Prakash Kala, a botanist deputed by the Wildlife Institute of India, carried out a research study on the floristics and conservation of the valley for a decade, beginning in 1993. He made an inventory of 520 alpine plants exclusively growing in this national park and authored two important books - "The Valley of Flowers - Myth and Reality" and "Ecology and Conservation of the Valley of Flowers National Park, Garhwal Himalaya. 1862: The Pushpawati valley was discovered by Col. Edmund Smyth; 1931: The valley visited by the climber Frank S. Smythe who wrote a book publicising the

neg: Dot and Tot of Merryland second is a land in which everything—including the people—is entirely made of candy, and the third the valley where babies grow from blossoms before storks deliver them to their parents. The fourth valley is populated by living dolls and is also the home of the Queen of Merryland, a large wax doll who makes Dot and Tot her adopted children. After Dot and Tot have a day of running the valley by themselves, the queen joins Dot and Tot to see the remaining three valleys. The fifth valley is populated entirely by cats, the sixth valley is run by Mr.

neg: Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2010's "Gulliver's Travels", "Mame", "The Missouri Breaks", "Popeye", "Prêt-à-Porter", 1998's remake of "Psycho", 2007's remake of "Sleuth", "Valley of the Dolls" and "Your Highness". High-school senior Leonard Maltin was a film fan and publisher of "Fanzine Monthly". In spring 1968 a teacher introduced him to an editor at Signet Books, which wanted a competitor to Steven H. Scheuer's "Movies on TV"; impressed by Maltin's ideas for the book the editor hired him immediately, without telling others that he had hired a 17-year-old. The first edition of Maltin's book appeared in 1969; a second edition appeared five years later. After a

neg: Shankar's International Dolls Museum Shankar's International Dolls Museum The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, a political cartoonist. Housed in the Children's Book Trust building on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, accessed through a separate entrance, a winding staircase, leading up to a foyer. The museum has a floor area of and occupies a portion of the first floor. K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), noted cartoonist, set up Children's Book Trust, a pioneering work in the field of children’s literature in India, in 1957. Later, a gift of a doll from a

neg: Shankar's International Dolls Museum at 5.30 p.m. Remains closed on Monday and other gazetted holidays. Shankar's International Dolls Museum The International Dolls Museum is a large collection of dolls in Delhi, India. It was set up by K. Shankar Pillai, a political cartoonist. Housed in the Children's Book Trust building on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, accessed through a separate entrance, a winding staircase, leading up to a foyer. The museum has a floor area of and occupies a portion of the first floor. K. Shankar Pillai (1902–1989), noted cartoonist, set up Children's Book Trust, a pioneering work in the field of children’s literature in

neg: Norah Wellings as her own brand dolls, Wellings continued to make Chad Valley dolls in similar style. Wellings' dolls are often made of cloth (felt, velvet and velveteen), and represent children and adults, as well as storybook characters. The manufacturing process involved moulding buckram over a layer of plastic wood, overlaid with steamed felt. The faces were then handpainted on, with a waterproof coating to make them washable. Wellings exhibited at the British Industries Fairs in 1927 and 1929. She was listed as a 'Manufacturer of Soft Fabric Toys of Distinction' and the range included dolls, plush novelties, and mascots. During World

neg: Walter Bobbie in the Broadway production of "Grease" in 1972. He was featured in the 1976 Broadway revival of "Going Up", and he also starred on Broadway as Nicely-Nicely Johnson in the 1992 revival of "Guys and Dolls", for which he received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. He eventually turned his attention to directing, and in 1993 he wrote the book for, and directed, the Roundabout Theatre production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein revue "A Grand Night for Singing", for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical. The "New

neg: John Epperson world. He also appeared briefly in that production as a reporter named Jonathan Susann. In 1988 "Ballet of the Dolls" had a second revised production at La Mama Experiment Theatre Club. Also at The Pyramid Club in 1986 Epperson had another musical, "Dial "M" For Model", for which he also wrote the book, music and lyrics. He had a larger role as a female model Mannequin St. Claire. The show was determinedly silly and presented in comic book style in its depiction of cartoonish goings-on in the fashion world of the 1960s. In 1987 "Dial 'M' For Model" moved from

neg: Phillip R. Ford With Doris Fish, Miss X and "Tippi", Ford created and appeared onstage with the Sluts A-Go-Go in a string of notorious theatrical nightclub spectacles including "The Miss Solar System Pageant" (1984), "The Happy Hour Show" (1985), "Nightclub of the Living Dead" (1986), "Box Office Poison" (1987), "Sluts A-Go-Go Still Alive!" (1989) and "Who Does That Bitch Think She Is?: An All Star Tribute To Doris Fish" (1990). He directed such stage plays as "Phillip R. Ford's Dolls", 1993's sensational send-up of "Valley of the Dolls" starring Connie Champagne at the On-Broadway Theater in San Francisco (for which he directed eight

neg: Valley of the Dolls fully understand; and Jennifer North, a sweet-natured showgirl who wants only to be loved. As life becomes difficult, each woman grows increasingly dependent on "dolls", the amphetamines and barbiturates which, for a time, seem to help. Crossing their paths are such people as Helen Lawson, a brilliant, but ruthless, Broadway legend; Lyon Burke, a magnetic, but self-centered, theatrical attorney; Tony Polar, a child-like, but sexually aggressive, pop singer; Kevin Gillmore, a powerful, but lovesick, cosmetics tycoon; and Ted Casablanca, a potent, but opportunistic, fashion designer. Over the course of 20 eventful years (1945–1965), each of the women strives to ascend

neg: Phantom Blue album worldwide and Japanese release version, the CD/DVD release "Route 666" and the EP "The Root of All Evil" in Japan. In addition, she played drums in the cover bands Crabby Patty (I'm So Unclear!), Unholy Pink and Valley Dolls. She was also the drummer of the all-female Ozzy Osbourne tribute The Little Dolls from 2005 to 2010. Guitarist Karen Kreutzer (from the 1993-1997 lineups) retired after moving to West River, Maryland. She is currently married with one daughter and has worked as a data analyst for a content solutions company. Bassist Kim Nielsen (who, for a brief period, went

neg: Reborn doll shape, and materials, making some more desirable or popular than others. According to "Doll Reader Magazine", Berenguer Babies, Zapf, Lee Middleton, Ashton-Drake Galleries, Apple Valley, and Secrist Dolls are doll companies that make dolls which are easy to transform into reborns. Kathryn Peck of "Doll Reader Magazine" explains that with JC Toys Berenguer Babies, it is because the dolls already resemble human babies in their expressions, body shapes, surface materials, and other lifelike attributes. Ashton Drake uses a trademark vinyl for their outer skin. Almost all the Ashton-Drake dolls are created using a theme based marketing line. "Preemies" are smaller

neg: Bibliography of Barbara Park B., First Grader (at Last!)", the 18th book in the series, was published in 2001. Park also wrote other books for young readers, including "Skinnybones", published in 1982, and "The Graduation of Jake Moon", published in 2002. Tie-in products include plush dolls, the "First Ever Junie B-Shirt" (). Bibliography of Barbara Park Barbara Park, an American author, wrote and published dozens of books for children. Her Junie B. Jones series encompasses 30 books and had collectively sold 55 million copies worldwide as of 2013, according to Park's publisher, Random House. The series started in 1992, with the publication of "Junie

neg: Portland Center Stage with "Cabaret". Other productions in the 2007–2008 season included "Doubt, a Parable", "Twelfth Night, and Sometimes a Great Notion". PCS received a total of 12 awards at the 29th annual Drammy Awards in June 2008, including "Outstanding Production" for "Twelfth Night". Coleman opened the 2008–2009 season with "Guys and Dolls", which "The Oregonian" and "Willamette Week" described as a timely choice in light of the Great Recession. In her 2004 guide "Best Places Northwest" Giselle Smith wrote that PCS "offers excellent production values, whatever the play". In his 2004 book "Best Places Portland", author John Gottberg wrote positively of Portland

neg: When I Grow Up (The Pussycat Dolls song) cares? It's hella catchy, and really, who's the bigger fool here – the Pussycat Dolls lyricist who wrote some vaguely nonsensical lyrics, or the reviewer who expected anything different?" Dan Cairns from "The Times" said that "if every song here were as batty and brilliant as this, "Doll Domination" would be one of the great pop records of 2008." However, Nic Oliver from MusicOMH, in a review of "Doll Domination", did not favor the song, saying that the song would embarrass Paris Hilton, but "sets the template for the rest of the album." The song has been parodied on the

neg: Chinese garden Golden Valley", built by Shi Chong (249–300 AD), an aristocrat and former court official, who in 296 completed a garden ten kilometers northeast of Luoyang. He invited thirty famous poets to a banquet in his garden, and wrote about the event himself: This visit to the garden resulted in a famous collection of poems, "Jingu Shi", or "Poems of the Golden Valley", and launched a long tradition of writing poetry in and about gardens. The poet and calligrapher Wang Xizhi (307–365) wrote in his excellent calligraphy the "Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" introducing a book recording

neg: The Tale Of Two Bad Mice up to her mother. She became concerned that the whole project could be compromised. On February 12, 1904 Potter wrote to Warne and apologized for not accepting his invitation to Surbiton. She wrote that progress was being made on the mouse tale, and once found Hunca Munca carrying a beribboned doll up the ladder into her nest. She noted that the mouse despised the plaster food. She assured him she could complete the book from photographs. On February 18, 1904 Warne bought the Lucinda and Jane dolls at a shop in Seven Dials and sent them to Potter. Potter wrote:Thank

neg: Floating Island (novel) is black and lips seem full. At the end, unlike the other dolls she chooses to stay on Floating Island because she feels ""as if this (island) was home"". Finny, Lobby, Chicky and Pudding Plaster friends of the family. Sailor Joe A sailor who found out the doll house and dolls on the Floating Island. No one on the ship "Shooting Star" believes what he saw in the Island. The Horn Book Magazine described "Floating Island" as "... one of those books so whimsically compounded that its like happens rarely." and went on "There are many people who can write

neg: Don't Cha Don't Cha "Don't Cha" is a song recorded by American girl group The Pussycat Dolls from their debut studio album "PCD" (2005). The song features rapper Busta Rhymes who co-wrote the song with its producer, CeeLo Green. The song contains an interpolation of "Swass" which is written and performed by Sir Mix-a-Lot. It is an R&B song. "Don't Cha" was originally recorded by Tori Alamaze who released the song as her first single; however, after minor success and dissatisfaction with her label she gave up her rights to the song. Universal Music Group gave it to the Pussycat Dolls as

neg: The Voyage of the Poppykettle that work, he was researching ancient Inca fishing stories, and two elements of that research formed the kernel of the Poppykettle idea: Inca dolls and pottery; and a plaque which commemorated an expedition from the headland at Callao in the 16th century into the Pacific Ocean. Years later he wrote this children's book and its sequel based on that idea. These stories were so popular in Ingpen's home, Geelong, Victoria that a fountain and an annual Poppykettle Festival celebrate the mythical landing of the "hairy Peruvians". Ingpen won the 1986 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration for this book. The

neg: Jacky Daydream the child actress Mandy Miller, who was about a year older. She frequently talks about her favourite books and dolls she played with when she was a child. She is still an avid collector of both books and dolls and she also still enjoys reading and writing. Jacky Daydream Jacky Daydream is an autobiographical book about Jacqueline Wilson's childhood, first published in 2007. The book's title refers to a nickname given to the author when she was at school. The teacher, Mr Branson (who the children nicknamed Brandy Balls) would give all the children nicknames according to their character; initially