THE GODDESS.

Emily Ann Faulkner is born into poverty in The South, has no father, no friends, and is unloved by her indifferent mother. She marries young but leaves her first husband, a world-weary GI, for Hollywood. She becomes an actress and is transformed by Hollywood into the glamorous superstar sex goddess, Rita Shawn. Though she has attained fame and wealth, she is still a loner in the depths of despair.