Goddess of Love (film)

For the 1957 film, see The Goddess of Love.

Goddess of Love is a 1988 American made-for-television fantasy film directed by Jim Drake and written by Don Segall and Phil Margo. The film premiered on November 20, 1988 on NBC. It stars Vanna White.^[1] It is a loose remake of the feature film One Touch of Venus (film) (1948).

Goddess of Love
Genre	Comedy Fantasy
Written by	Don Segall Phil Margo
Directed by	Jim Drake
Starring	Vanna White David Naughton David Leisure
Music by	Dennis Dreith Mitch Margo Phil Margo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Phil Margo
Producer	Don Segall
Cinematography	Gil Hubbs
Editor	Michael Economou
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	New World Television Phil Margo Entertainment Phoenix Entertainment Group
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 20, 1988 (1988-11-20)

Plot

Ted is soon to be married to Cathy. But he carelessly puts her heirloom ring on a statue of Venus. She is brought back to life, and sets out to win his love, as it is her way back to the immortal world at Mt Olympus. He must also contend with thieves who are after the statue, and cops who believe that he stole it.

Cast

• Vanna White as Venus
• David Naughton as Ted Beckman
• David Leisure as Jimmy
• Amanda Bearse as Cathy
• Philip Baker Hall as Detective Charles
• Betsy Palmer as Hera
• John Rhys-Davies as Zeus
• Little Richard as Alphonso
• Ray O'Connor as Joe
• Michael Goldfinger as Mack
• Jennifer Bassey as Mrs. Wilson
• Marty Davis as Guard
• David Donham as Fire Marshal
• James Edgcomb as Uniformed Policeman
• Lindsey Fields as Tour Guide
• Jennifer Bassey as Mrs Wilson
• Phil Reeves as wedding officiant
• Shari Shattuck as Debbie
• Sid Haig as Hephaestus
• Kay E. Kuter as Neptune

Reception

Of the underlying Greek mythology, a satirical critical reviewer speculated that "the scriptwriter cracked open his World Book Encyclopedia 'M' volume... Not that he understood much of what he read, but at least he...took a couple of notes."^[2] Coincidentally, one scene in the movie has Jim doing precisely this.

The NBC network promo was repeatedly satirized on Late Night With David Letterman^[3]