Garland was left in a desperate situation which saw her sell her Brentwood home at a price far below its value. She was then cast in February 1967 in the role of Helen Lawson in "Valley of the Dolls" by 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 Garland's dismissal from the film, author Jacqueline Susann said in the 1967 television documentary "Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls", "I think Judy will always come back. She kids about making a lot of comebacks, but I think Judy has a kind of a thing where she has to get to the bottom of the rope and things have to get very, very rough for her. Then with an amazing inner strength that only comes of a certain genius, she comes back bigger than ever".