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The Goddess

Play trailer Poster for The Goddess 1958,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 57% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 57% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
As a child, she was Emily Ann, a poor girl in the South with no friends and an ineffective mother. But as an adult, she's Rita Shawn (Kim Stanley), an actress loved the world over. Still, all the money and fame in the world can't buy happiness, and Rita is plagued with depression over her broken relationships -- first to a handsome soldier (Steve Hill) and then to a boxing promoter (Lloyd Bridges) -- and her lack of any emotional connections to anyone outside of her professional life.

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Geoffrey Macnab Time Out Apr 8, 2006
Just as he later ridiculed the inanities of American TV in Network, writer Paddy Chayevsky took the Hollywood star system to task in this equally savage satire. Go to Full Review
Bosley Crowther New York Times Mar 25, 2006
Here's a shattering but truly potent film, in which a lot of characters are groping for the fulfillment they cannot seem to find. Go to Full Review
André Bazin Cahiers du Cinéma Oct 13, 2022
The method in Chayefsky's scripted films is transcendent; it's the essence of the human condition that is being examined and questioned in the context of American civilization. Go to Full Review
Zee Newell The Ladder Apr 15, 2022
Any picture dealing with lesbianism is, of course, of special interest to us; but aside from that, this is such an excellent adult picture you shouldn't miss it. The Broadway actress, Kim Stanley, gives a performance that is great. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 6, 2019
Paddy Chayefsky, the author of Marty, seems to have bitten off more than he can chew in this synthetic and overdrawn melodrama about a slum girl who attains stardom but is crippled emotionally in Hollywood. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 16, 2005
2/5
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Cast & Crew

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John Cromwell

Director

Kim Stanley

Emily Ann Faulkner

Lloyd Bridges

Dutch Seymour

Steven Hill

John Tower

Betty Lou Holland

Mrs. Laureen Faulkner

Joan Copeland

Alice Marie

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Synopsis As a child, she was Emily Ann, a poor girl in the South with no friends and an ineffective mother. But as an adult, she's Rita Shawn (Kim Stanley), an actress loved the world over. Still, all the money and fame in the world can't buy happiness, and Rita is plagued with depression over her broken relationships -- first to a handsome soldier (Steve Hill) and then to a boxing promoter (Lloyd Bridges) -- and her lack of any emotional connections to anyone outside of her professional life.
Director
John Cromwell
Producer
Milton Perlman
Screenwriter
Paddy Chayefsky
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 24, 1958, Original
Runtime
1h 45m
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