West Cornwall Covered Bridge way to the Berkshires which inspired the third movement in the "Three Places in New England". The bridge appeared in the opening scenes of the movie, "Valley of the Dolls" a 1967 American drama film based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jacqueline Susann. This brief scene occurs near the 2 minute mark of the film, during the opening credits. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Numerous photos, including photos from before the 20th-century renovations, are contained in "Connecticut and Rhode Island Covered Bridges". West Cornwall Covered Bridge The West
The Valley of Decision (novel) The Valley of Decision (novel) The Valley of Decision is an historical novel by the American writer Marcia Davenport (1903–1996). It was a national bestseller in the 1940s and adapted into a film, "The Valley of Decision", in 1945. During the late 1930s Davenport, best known for her biography of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, spent several years in Pittsburgh, her imagination caught by the drama of American industry. In 1942, Charles Scribner's Sons published her Pittsburgh novel, "The Valley of Decision". It was an instant success, and its story of four generations of the Scott family—owners and operators of a Pittsburgh