Tag: Russ Meyer

  • This Strange Satire Was Roger Ebert’s Only Produced Screenplay

    This Strange Satire Was Roger Ebert’s Only Produced Screenplay

    Beloved film critic Roger Ebert’s only produced screenplay is 1970’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, a psychedelic social satire that parodies the critically condemned The Valley of the Dolls from three years prior. Working with exploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer, Ebert took viewers on a horny, drug-addled romp through a gloriously exaggerated Los Angeles at…