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
Jacqueline Pearce (author) Jacqueline Pearce (author) Jacqueline Pearce is a Canadian author of books for children and teens. She writes contemporary and historical fiction, as well as poetry. Pearce was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1962. She obtained a bachelor's degree in English Literature, from the University of Victoria (1985) and a Master's degree in Environmental Studies (with an emphasis on environmental education and environmental thought) from York University (1990). While at York University, she helped found the graduate student journal "Undercurrents." Pearce's young adult short story "The Trickster" won first prize in the 1988 Thistledown short story contest and was published in