The Inn of the Sixth Happiness be seen on the DVD. Since the film's release, the filmmakers have been criticised for casting Ingrid Bergman, a tall woman with a Swedish accent, as Gladys Aylward, who was in fact short and had a cockney accent. Likewise, the two male leads, British actor Robert Donat and Austrian actor Curt Jurgens were not even Chinese (though Jurgens' character is said to be half-Dutch). Singer Bill Elliott sang the hit song The Inn of the Sixth Happiness with the Cyril Stapleton Orchestra. The film was based on the biography "The Small Woman" (1957) by Alan Burgess. The real Gladys Aylward
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