God Is the Bigger Elvis

This 35-minute documentary tells the remarkable story of Dolores Hart, a rising Hollywood starlet who appeared in ten films starting in 1957, acting with the likes of Elvis Presley, Montgomery Clift, Warren Beatty and Anthony Quinn, but abandoned her blossoming career – and cut off her engagement to a young architect – to become a Benedictine nun in 1963. Now Mother Prioress of the cloistered Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, CT, Dolores reveals details about her life, past and present, while providing viewers with never-before-seen looks at the day-to-day activities inside the enclosed Benedictine monastery. In addition to footage and interviews shot in the buildings and grounds of the Abbey, the documentary includes archival footage and photos from Dolores Hart’s movies, as well as intriguing backstories of some of the other nuns who joined her in taking their vows at Regina Laudis.Show more