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The Goddess – Kim Stanley – d: John Cromwell

11 November 2009 9:36 PM, PST | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

The Goddess (1958) Direction: John Cromwell Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky Cast: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Gerald Hiken, Patty Duke   Kim Stanley in The Goddess   Paddy Chayefsky evokes a cynical Tennessee Williams in his screenplay for The Goddess, a Hollywood cautionary tale directed by veteran John Cromwell. Episodic in progression — the film is broken into three pulpy chapters — The Goddess serves as a spotlight for a daring Kim Stanley performance, playing within the middle-brow arena of melodrama even as it stages dark comedy and acute commentary. In The Goddess, Stanley is Emily Ann Faulkner, a broken woman from rural hickdom who has been abandoned by her irresponsible mother. (The child is portrayed by [...] »

- Doug Johnson

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Hollywood matriarch Dorothy Bridges dies

22 February 2009 6:19 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Hollywood actress and poet Dorothy Bridges has died at the age of 93. The widow of actor Lloyd Bridges, she was also known as the creative force behind the careers of her sons Beau and Jeff Bridges. Jeff told the Los Angeles Times that she was the "hub" of the acting family. "My dad was sort of the front man - he was out there getting public attention. But my mom was behind the scenes, sort of holding the whole thing together, and she did that with her own particular brand of verve," he said. "She was such a creative person and inspired (more) »

- By Sarah Rollo

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Bridges Matriarch Dies

19 February 2009 11:10 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Dorothy Bridges, the matriarch of Hollywood's famous Bridges family, has died. She was 93.

The actress/poet, wife of late veteran actor Lloyd Bridges and mother to The Fabulous Baker Boys co-stars Jeff Bridges and Beau Bridges, passed away at her Los Angeles home on 16 February.

Lloyd Bridges, famous for his role in TV show Sea Hunt and comedic turns in Hots Shots and Airplane, met Dorothy at university and they married soon after in 1938. They were together for 60 years until his death in 1998.

The pair studied acting together at the Actors Lab in New York, but moved back to L.A. when Bridges won a contract with Columbia Pictures.

Dorothy was a respected poet, performing for Bob Hope at the Hollywood Bowl and publishing the story of her romance with Bridges in the book You Caught Me Kissing.

She starred in several TV shows and films, appearing opposite her husband in Sea Hunt and with her four times Oscar-nominated son Jeff in See You In The Morning. She was also directed by three-time Emmy winner Beau in The Thanksgiving Promise.

She is survived by her two actor sons, her daughter Lucinda and 11 grandchildren. »

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East Of Eden Debuts On DVD On 3/3

26 January 2009 3:48 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

The most faithful screen adaptation of the acclaimed bestseller, John Steinbeck's East of Eden, debuts on DVD from Acorn Media on March 3, 2009. This lavish six-hour production is a timeless American classic and captures the full, epic sweep of the Nobel Prize-winner's masterpiece. The stellar cast features Jane Seymour, Lloyd Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Bruce Boxleitner, Warren Oates, Sam Bottoms, Karen Allen, and Anne Baxter. The award-winning miniseries aired on ABC in 1981 and won Golden Globes? for best miniseries and best actress for Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman). Special features include a new, exclusive interview with Ms. Seymour. Acclaimed author John Steinbeck (The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men) considered East of Eden his quintessential novel. At more than six hours, this sumptuous production brings Steinbeck's bestseller to the screen more fully and faithfully than any other adaptation. Spanning the Civil War through World War I, the story follows three »

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