Chapter 7: Showbiz Laid Bare...
by Hoekkie | created - 17 Feb 2020 | updated - 01 Mar 2020 | Public'Showbiz Laid Bare...' is the seventh chapter from John Wilson's book: 'The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood’s Worst'. The book was released in 2005 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ceremony. In eleven chapters it lists what Wilson considers the 100 most enjoyable bad movies ever made. The book is used as source for this poll.
Which movie is your favorite or which one would you like to see?
You may discuss the poll here
Previous chapters:
Chapter 1: All God’s Creatures, Large & Lame
Chapter 2: Can't Stop the Musicals
Chapter 3: Disasters ...in Every Sense
Chapter 4: Doofy Twosomes
Chapter 5: Now That's a Dumb Idea!
Chapter 6: The Roles That Made Them Shameless
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1. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
X | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs, and sleaze.
Director: Russ Meyer | Stars: Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John Lazar
Votes: 12,024 | Gross: $2.66M
2. The Carpetbaggers (1964)
Approved | 150 min | Drama, Romance
Jonas Cord is a disagreeable young tycoon who's building planes, directing films, and catting around on the corporate make in 1930s Hollywood.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer
Votes: 2,497 | Gross: $28.41M
3. The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Passed | 152 min | Drama, Family, Romance
The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: James Stewart, Charlton Heston, Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde
Votes: 16,035 | Gross: $36.00M
4. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Approved | 130 min | Drama
A dictatorial film director (Peter Finch) hires an unknown actress (Kim Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Selzer
Votes: 1,502
5. The Love Machine (1971)
R | 108 min | Drama
An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion.
Director: Jack Haley Jr. | Stars: John Phillip Law, Dyan Cannon, Robert Ryan, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 426
6. Valentino (1977)
R | 128 min | Biography, Drama
In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot in the streets and in some cases to commit suicide.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane
Votes: 2,151
7. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate
Votes: 9,735 | Gross: $44.43M
8. The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield (1968)
99 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world.
Directors: Charles W. Broun Jr., Joel Holt, Arthur Knight | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay, Rocky Roberts and The Airdales, The Ladybirds
Votes: 355
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