Abstract

Theatre and Film, 1957, March, 23

The play "Good As Gold" is not meant to be a play in any serious definition of that term, it was constructed by a knowing trio, John Patrick, Cheryl Crawford and Albert Marre, as a bridge across an idle evening. There is a rumor about that "Good As Gold" contains elements of political satire. It concerns a young botanist who has discovered that he can change gold into a super dirt that will grow vegetables of enormous size. It seemed reasonable to expect that "The Spirit of St. Louis," a picture running well over two hours and devoted entirely to Charles A. Lindbergh, would offer some insight into the mind and character of that complex and somewhat forbidding man. The account is entirely bland and the character evoked fits James Stewart so perfectly that one could believe Lindbergh was invented to accommodate his familiar screen personality.