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
Jacqueline Susann Sweet Princess", which Susann did not live to write. Josephine died on January 6, 1970, just days before her sixteenth birthday. In 1962, at the age of 44, Susann was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a radical mastectomy. During her recuperation, she made a pact with God: if she were given ten more years of life, she would prove herself to be the best-selling writer in the world. With her diagnosis, Susann felt an urgency to make money as quickly as possible, so as to ensure that her son would be properly cared for the rest of his life.