Valley Of The Dolls- Patty Duke's Screen Test For Neely Role

Without Patty no one would even care about this movie now it's a cult classic. Patty was over the top but I like others blame that on the director for not reeling Neely in a little. Patty had nothing to prove in this movie. But it took its toll on her major motion picture career.

Disagree. The movie is more infamous because of the murder of Sharon Tate, I would think.

Sparkle Neely Sparkle!

omfg!! i was watching Twilight the other day with my father and, in the scene where Rob stands in the sunlight and sparkles my dad said, and i quote:

"WTF?! where's the sparkle? Neely O'Hara sparkles more than him"
lmfao

Well, actually, Barbara Parkins did do a Screen Test for this role but her performance was about as exciting as watching Paint dry ~ so Barbara Parkins landed the less challenging role of Anne Welles and PATTY DUKE did the role of Neely - maybe her performance was a little over the top but without PATTY DUKE in the movie it would be a real snoozer.

Interesting to hear her readings here...they're much more realistic and believable than in the finished film. I think the director is partly responsible for her hyperbolic,campy performance.

She should have stuck with her instincts....they would have served her better.

whoa!
i love her in that movie.

i was always neely, my sister was anne and our cousin was jennifer

Patty said she wanted that role so much because she had been "America's Sweetheart" and she wanted to break out of that and be seen as a real actress.

lol, i love how an Academy Award winner (she won for supporting in 1962 for The Miracle Worker) needed to prove herself as a real actress. lol

i hate how hollywood operates sometimes ;)

I sure like to know who else did a screen test.