Paulette Goddard has never reached super stardom. She is particularly remembered as the adorable Gamine in Chaplin's "Modern Times", as well as the beautiful and brave Hannah in "The Great Dictator". She was also Charlie Chaplin's third wife, and the girl who almost got THAT part in "Gone with the Wind" (Scarlett O'Hara, which went to the indisputably great Vivien Leigh). Cinephiles may also remember her as Miriam Aarons in The Women, one of the most impressive all-women cast on screen. For my very first post, I would like to pay tribute to this lovely, whimsical, and talented actress. I have certain shots from "Modern Times" and "The Great Dictator" in my mind: close-ups on her face, her heartbreaking smile, her wonderfully expressive eyes filled with tears... Maybe she never got the kind of roles that would have turned her into something better than "Mrs Charlie Chaplin", but certain actresses have this je-ne-sais-quoi, this little something that just makes them unforgettable for a handful of movie lovers. Paulette Goddard undoubtedly had it.
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