The Goddess

The film tells a woman’s life in three parts. Emily Ann is born into a poor house in the South. She has no father. Her mother takes no interest in her. Her childhood passes without affection. She makes no friends in the town. As a young woman she starts dreaming of the movies. She sets out to act. She gets small parts and her name is heard. Meanwhile she marries a former athlete. The marriage does not work. As her fame grows so does her loneliness. Everyone admires her but she cannot be happy. Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges take the leads, with Patty Duke also in the cast, in John Cromwell’s American film of 1958.