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La déesse

Original title: The Goddess
  • 1958
  • Approved
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
1.3K
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Lloyd Bridges and Kim Stanley in La déesse (1958)
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Showbiz DramaDrama

A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

  • Director
    • John Cromwell
  • Writer
    • Paddy Chayefsky
  • Stars
    • Kim Stanley
    • Lloyd Bridges
    • Steven Hill
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    1.3K
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    • Director
      • John Cromwell
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky
    • Stars
      • Kim Stanley
      • Lloyd Bridges
      • Steven Hill
    • 36User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Kim Stanley
    Kim Stanley
    • Emily Ann Faulkner
    Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges
    • Dutch Seymour
    Steven Hill
    Steven Hill
    • John Tower
    • (as Steve Hill)
    Betty Lou Holland
    • Mrs. Laureen Faulkner
    Joan Copeland
    Joan Copeland
    • Alice Marie
    Gerald Hiken
    • George
    Patty Duke
    Patty Duke
    • Emily Ann Faulkner, age 8
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Elizabeth Wilson
    • Harding
    Bert Freed
    Bert Freed
    • Lester Brackman
    Joanne Linville
    Joanne Linville
    • Joanna
    Gail Haworth
    • Emily's Daughter
    Joyce Van Patten
    Joyce Van Patten
    • Hillary
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • The Cook
    Gerald Petrarca
    • The Minister
    Werner Klemperer
    Werner Klemperer
    • Joe Wilsey
    Burt Brinckerhoff
    Burt Brinckerhoff
    • The Boy
    Margaret Brayton
    • Mrs. Woolsy
    • (uncredited)
    Curt Conway
    Curt Conway
    • The Writer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John Cromwell
    • Writer
      • Paddy Chayefsky
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    10borromeot

    Immortalizing Kim Stanley

    I'm a sucker for great, enormous performances. This is the ultimate expression of that. Kim Stanley was 40 years old when she made this picture, her first. Apparently Paddy Chaeffsky, John Cromwell and a group of brilliant actors decided to put their efforts together and create this vehicle for one of the greatest actresses that ever lived. I. for one, will always be grateful to them for their generous and visionary gesture. The film cost, 5.000$ but it's worth a fortune as the surviving (immortal) document of an unrepeatable personality capable and willing to drown into another. Although Marilyn Monroe was not only alive but at the top of her game at the time. This devastatingly sad story seems to reflect Marilyn's own. Kim Stanley is glorious, glorious! If you're interested in acting as art. You can't miss this extraordinary movie.
    lacreme

    I saw this film a long time ago in New York and have wanted to see it again ever since

    I saw this film a long time ago in New york and have wanted to see it again ever since. I remember that Kim Stanley was, maybe, the most astounding actress I've ever seen. She had depth few actress' possess now days. Only Meryl Streep comes close. It's worth it just to see, what many of the inner circle of the New York Broadway group of the time called Americas greatest actress, do her thing.
    6gbill-74877

    Kim Stanley the main reason to see this one

    "There ain't no God! Do you hear me? There ain't no God!"

    Screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky traces the arc of celebrity from troubled childhood, never feeling loved, being used by men, and the feeling of loneliness despite fame. He channels Tennessee Williams early on especially, with a poor teenage mother in the South dumping off her child with her brother so she's not tied down. The child grows up and searching for a connection, becomes sexually promiscuous, and marries a man who gives her an inroad into Hollywood. He's got problems of his own, and he sardonically summarizes their relationship by saying "You have a passion for respectability, I have a horror of loneliness - that's love." She leaves him and her child, ironically parroting the sentiments of her mother.

    The woman (Kim Stanley) achieves fame after a second marriage to an athlete (Lloyd Bridges), posing nude and makes herself physically available to powerful men in Hollywood. All of that is just alluded to which is understandable, but it was frustrating that the rest of the woman's professional life was also described at a distance, and never shown. The result was a film that wallowed in overwrought speeches and was emotionally one-sided as it played out. Kim Stanley is the main reason to see it despite a script that languishes, and she has some fine "method" moments, especially in the charged scenes with her mother (Betty Lou Holland). Unfortunately, she's far less successful playing a teenager, not acting or looking the part in the slightest. Overall though, this is just not a strong enough vehicle for her, as interesting as she was. Terrible ending too.
    7rube2424

    A Mixed Blessing

    We have come, over the years, to venerate the famous, no matter how good the work they turn out. Paddy Chayevsky wrote some great works, MARTY, of course, for one. THE GODDESS is not one of the them. In order to make a "well made play", Chayevsky leaves out a great deal of much needed character development. Things happen quickly; too quickly in fact, to either have a semblance of truth or make us feel anything for any of the characters. Instead of agonizing over the rise and fall of THE GODDESS, we spend the whole time trying to piece things together to see if the main character IS based on Marilyn Monroe after all. Look...instead of a baseball player, she marries a boxer! "Is that supposed to be Joe Mankiewicz talking about her in that scene? Is that Daryll Zanuck inviting her back to his home? Is the film she's talking about supposed to be GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES? ALL ABOUT EVE? What should be a heart wrenching drama, turns out to be instead, a far from subtle, far too short and badly over written Hollywood guessing game.

    The wonderful Virgil Thompson did the musical score, but here it is totally out of sync with the rest of the film. His jaunty melodies put us in mind of the WPA films he did with Pare Lorentz instead of the background to a human drama. (To see how good a score can be in illustrating the images on the screen, go to Leonard Bernstein's amazing work for ON THE WATERFRONT.)

    But the acting IS good. Thank goodness we see what a fine actress Kim Stanley was. Some of her moments, especially the quiet ones, are breathtaking. Sometimes, alas, she is allowed to go over the top. At her best in this film she gives one of the screen's greatest performances; at her worst, and there are moments, she is a caricature of every Tennessee William's female character with a little Eunice from MAMA'S FAMILY thrown in for good measure. Happily, the good moments far out number the bad, and one should see THE GODDESS to see why Stanley is so justly venerated. (Lloyd Bridges and Elizabeth Wilson are also good.)

    THE GODDESS should have been a masterpiece. Instead what we get is nothing more than a fairly good film. No matter how good its pedigree, THE GODDESS turns out to be no more than a mixed blessing.
    8marlene_rantz

    Great performance by Kim Stanley!

    After watching Kim Stanley give an absolutely great performance in "Seance On A Wet Afternoon", I wondered if that was a one time great performance! I recently watched "The Goddess", and I got my answer: another great performance by Kim Stanley, and so I now conclude that Kim Stanley was a great actress, and, by the way, in looks and acting style, she reminded me of another great actress: Geraldine Page! In this movie, she portrayed a Marilyn Monroe type woman who sought stardom in Hollywood, but paid a heavy price for it! The supporting cast was good! I rather liked Steven Hill's excellent performance as her first husband; likewise, Lloyd Bridges excellent performance as her second husband! Also worth mentioning was Betty Lou Holland's excellent performance as her mother! An interesting movie worth watching for Kim Stanley's great performance!

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    • Trivia
      Joan Copeland, who played Alice Marie in the movie, was the sister of playwright Arthur Miller. This made her, at that time, the sister-in-law of Marilyn Monroe, whose life was ostensibly the basis for the story.
    • Goofs
      Emily claims that Stage Door, a play she appeared in during high school, was written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman; in reality it was written by Kaufman and Edna Ferber.
    • Quotes

      Lester Brackman: Well, she's got something, Dutch. She's very good in this picture. She's going to attract a lot of attention. She's got what I call the quality of availability.

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 1958 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La diosa
    • Filming locations
      • Ellicott City, Maryland, USA(Emily's hometown)
    • Production company
      • Carnegie Productions
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    • Budget
      • $550,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 44m(104 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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