The Goddess (1958 film)

The Goddess is a 1958 Columbia Pictures drama film starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. Others in the cast include Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Patty Duke, and Elizabeth Wilson. It was directed by John Cromwell.

Emily Ann Faulkner Patty Duke is born into poverty in The South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother Betty Lou Holland, who does not want to be tied down by a child. When Emily Ann becomes a teenager Kim Stanley she remains a loner but has a sensual sexuality that attracts boys. She marries young but leaves her first husband, a worldweary GI, John Tower Steven Hill, for Hollywood.She becomes an actress and is soon transformed by Hollywood into the glamorous superstar sex goddess Rita Shawn. Though she has attained fame and wealth, she is still a loner in the depths of despair. When her elderly mother, who has turned from immorality to religion bordering on fanaticism, comes to visit, Rita is thrilled and clings to her. She tries to impress her and has a couple in to visit. As the guests are leaving, Ritas mother thanks them for being such good friends to her daughter. She is told that they do not really know her daughter, having just met her. ........

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