Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) - Quotes

Shock Rock's Emergence in Cinema

Taglines: The first of shock rock.

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The Super-Octane Girls of Youth and Aging

Taglines: The world is fill of them, the super-octane girls who are old at twenty. If they get to be twenty.

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A Unique Experience Awaits Viewers

Taglines: This is not a sequel. There has never been anything like it.

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The Paradox of Ambition and Success

Taglines: The closer they get to the top - the nearer they get to the bottom.

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They've Really Gone This Time

Taglines: This time... they've really gone.

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Exploring Guilt and Desire in Relationships

Ashley St. Ives: [[Sigmund Freud] Like ] said, take away the guilt and who'd ever wanna get laid?

Harris Allsworth: Then why don't ya lay Sigmund Freud?

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Discretion Compared to a Meat Axe

Porter Hall: Now as your legal advisor, I wish you'd let me handle this in my own discreet way.

Susan Lake: I've already seen a display of your discretion. It's reminiscent of a meat axe!

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Trust and Deception in Relationships

Lance Rocke: The chick's been sleepin with me, you got it?

Ronnie Barzell: Knowing you, I'm sure she has. Have you run an audit on her books yet? Or are you still... screwing on faith?

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Conflict Among Partygoers at a Gathering

Partygoer 1: You're a moonchild.

Partygoer 2: And you're a bitch!

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Navigating Different Kinds of Freaks

Ronnie Barzell: This is my happening and it freaks me out!

Casey Anderson: There's juice freaks, and pill freaks, and then everybody's a freak! What you need is grass or a downer or something.

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Living in the Moment

Porter Hall: She was living in a single room with three other individuals. One of them was a male, and the other two, well the other two were females. God only knows what they were up to in there... and furthermore, Susan, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to learn that all four of them habitually smoked marijuana cigarettes... reefers.

Petronella Danforth: Don't bogart the joint!

Harris Allsworth: I want it, I need it, I love it when a beautiful woman licks between my toes.

Randy Black: No baby, no. Not now. Just leave it. That's the trouble with people today. All uptight about tomorrow, hanging on to yesterday. It's no good, no good at all. There's only one time that counts - now, right now. If you don't live for now, why, you might as well just roll over and take the full count.

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Invitation to a Deceptive Encounter

Ashley St. Ives: Step into my web said the spider, etcetera.

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A Playful Invitation from Ashley St. Ives

Ashley St. Ives: You're a groovy boy. I'd like to strap you on sometime.

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The Spectrum of Addiction and Escapism

Casey Anderson: There's juice freaks, and pill freaks, and then everybody's a freak! What you need is grass or a downer or something.

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Empowerment and Rejection in Superwoman's Assertion

Ronnie Barzell: For I am Superwoman, and you have spurned her!

Vengeance Unleashed in the Night

Ronnie Barzell: Ere this night does wane, you will drink the black sperm of my vengeance!

A Question to Ashley St. Ives

Ronnie Barzell: And you, the infamous Ashley St. Ives, high priestess of carnality, what thou think of our fair minstrels?

Audience's Joy and Peaceful Engagement

Ronnie Barzell: [stumbling upon a couple having sex at his party] Glad to see my audience in such happy dalliance. Pray, let them joust in peace!

Observations on Beauty and Performance in Revelry

Ronnie Barzell: [showing Kelly around the party] Observe in yon quiet corner: an island of tranquility in a sea of revelry. The languid Roxanne finds beauty, that delicate pinch of feminine spice, with which she oftens flavors her interludes. Ah, look there, Lance Rocke! Greek god and part-time actor. See how well he performs? His is a special talent. The golden hair, the bedroom eyes, the firm young body. These are the tools with which he plies his trade. All are available for a price...