He also dabbled in screenwriting, with "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" and other Russ Meyer films.

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Ebert also authored more than 15 books about the movies and co-wrote several movies with cult director Russ Meyer.

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The man who penned the scripts for the bawdy Russ Meyer exploitation flicks "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" and "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens" could no doubt have gone slur-for-slur with them.

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