I have a startling confession to make — I’ve never read Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls. Movie yes, book no. I did, however, read Every Night, Josephine! It was something about her poodle, meeting Garbo while walking perfectly groomed, restaurant fed, Josephine in Manhattan, and I remember thinking when I was 14 that it was funnier than hell. It’s definitely a stream of consciousness day here at Beguiling Hollywood, but I also remember Ms. Susann was a self-promoting dynamo… […]

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