The Goddess boasts an incredible performance by Kim Stanley, the great method actress who did not make very many films. She rips into this role, which was apparently based on the career of Marilyn Monroe (while she was still working in Hollywood!). The script is also aces, but that’s what we all expect from a Paddy Chayefsky screenplay. In any case, this whole thing is note-perfect. Lloyd Bridges is great. Betty Lou Holland is fantastic. Steven Hill and Burt Brinckerhoff are very good. Elizabeth Wilson is excellent. And John Cromwell’s direction is tight and unsparing.
The Goddess is on the Criterion Channel until the end of August. I haven't seen it streaming anywhere else before this, so it might be a good time to check it out.
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