God Is the Bigger Elvis

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When you think of Dolores Hart, you might think back to her starring roles with Elvis Presley, Robert Ryan and Marlon Brando. I certainly didn't realise that at the height of her fame when she was looking at a contract that could have made her a millionairess, and was engaged to Don Robinson she took holy orders. Having visited a nunnery in Connecticut on the advice of a friend for some rest from her hectic schedule, she found herself falling in love with the place and it's peaceful serenity. Now some fifty years later, we spend some time with the now mother prioress of the abbey as she reminisces about her Hollywood days whilst remaining firmly convinced that she made the correct decision in 1963. Throughout this short feature, we also hear from a Robinson who was somewhat shocked by his then fiancée's decision to change tack, but who has remained unmarried and a regular visitor to this lady who is clearly still affectionately close to him. The production itself isn't really anything to write home about, but by including a few brief clips from her heyday and contrasting those with her modest - but by no means frugal - lifestyle now, this illustrates quite delicately some differences between the riches for the body and those for the soul - and that they are not neccessarily the same at all stages of a life.