Paddy Chayefsky's favorite subject, the abrasive force of loneliness, is scored for ironic tragedy in his first original screen drama, The Goddess. “‘An idol of the world who is completely impossible, and who cannot be wife, mother or human being, and who is completely worthless to be anything but a movie star': so wrote director Cromwell's former producer, David O. Selznick, about the heroine of The Goddess. She is played by Kim Stanley in a screen debut of startling virtuosity which dominates the film. A Monroe-type character (though screenwriter Chayefsky denies that Marilyn was the model), she is only too believable in her self-destructive obsession with stardom.” --National Film Theater, London•