Once Is Not Enough offered a multiple-choice "audience participation" review, in which the reader was given four choices (ludicrous, bad, terrible, horrendous) by which to evaluate the movie. Despite the reviews, the film was a commercial success, earning $15.7 million at the box office (equivalent to $65.2 million in 2017). Brenda Vaccaro, as Linda Riggs, received an Oscar nomination for her performance. Once Is Not Enough Once Is Not Enough is the third novel by Jacqueline Susann, following her huge best sellers "Valley of the Dolls" (1966) and "The Love Machine" (1969). With "Once Is Not Enough," Susann became the first writer in publishing
Jacqueline Susann actress. Be a people watcher." In New York, in 1937, Susann landed a small role in the Broadway company of "The Women", the caustic comedy by Clare Boothe which had opened on December 26, 1936, and would run for 657 performances. She subsequently appeared in such Broadway shows as "The Girl from Wyoming" (1938), "My Fair Ladies" (1941), "Blossom Time" (revival, 1943), "Jackpot" (1944), and "A Lady Says Yes" (1945), which starred Hollywood siren Carole Landis. Only one of her shows following "The Women" was a hit: "Banjo Eyes" (1941), starring Eddie Cantor, ran for 126 performances. Together with her