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"Barbara Stanwyck is splendid in the role of Annie Oakley; this is indeed her most striking performance in a long time"  Andre Sennwald, a New York Times reporter, stated the above shortly after seeing the premiere of Annie Oakley in December 1935 and there is no denying just how right he i read more

Today marks the birthday of the iconic Barbara Stanwyck. She often played strong women in her films but she had the ability to play comedic as well as dramatic roles very effectively in such diverse films as The Lady Eve (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944). Later in her career she would go on to star read more

This is my contribution to the Barbara Stanwyck blogathon hosted by Aubyn at The Girl With the White Parasol. Click here to see the many tributes laid at the feet of the great Missy. I don't "do" diapers! Barbara Stanwyck was the greatest movie actress. Period. Maybe not the greatest film actres read more

Today marks what would have been the 106th birthday of the legendarily versatile actress Barbara Stanwyck, who left her indelible mark on nearly every genre known to film. With a career spanning nearly 60 years, Stanwyck was equally at home on the small screen, starring in such series as The Big V read more

Today marks the birthday of the iconic Barbara Stanwyck. She often played strong women in her films but she had the ability to play comedic as well as dramatic roles very effectively in such diverse films as The Lady Eve (1941) and Double Indemnity (1944). Later in her career she would go on to star read more

Two huge and beloved stars of the Golden Age would have celebrated birthdays today and I dedicate this one post to both – a mash-up, if you will – of old-time radio.   ______________________________________________________________     read more

Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon: Sparkle & Shine Sometimes a girl just needs a little sparkle in her life. Enter Barbara Stanwyck in Ball Of Fire (1941), wearing one of the most memorable costumes in Hollywood history (yes, that's right, you've guessed it) - Barbara Stanwyck as Sugarpuss O'Shea read more

Dynamic Duos in Classic Film Blogathon: Cooper & Stanwyck "We're sexy and we know it." Although Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper made only two films together - Ball of Fire and Meet John Doe (both released in 1941) - they're one of my all-time favourite screen teams. I could sit here and w read more

Forty Guns (1957). A western film written and directed by Samuel Fuller. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Gene Barry. Reformed gunslinger and now a lawman Griff Bonnell and his brothers Wes and Chico arrive in an Arizona town. They are looking to arrest Howard Swain for mail robbe read more

Crime Of Passion (1957). Crime/noir directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Jo Eisinger. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr and Fay Wray. Video: Movie in full. Please click here to view past movie review. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947). Film noir directed by Peter Go read more

Double Indemnity(1944). Is a film noir, directed by Billy Wilder, co-written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, and produced by Buddy DeSylva and Joseph Sistrom. The script was based on James M. Cain's 1943 novella. The film stars Fred Mac Murray as an insurance salesman, Barbara Stanwyck as a sex read more

To Please A Lady (1950). A drama film produced and directed by Clarence Brown and starring Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck. The climactic race scene was shot at the Indianapolis Speedway, Indiana, USA. Columnist Regina Forbes tries to interview race car driver Brannan, but he refuses. Regina t read more

Banjo On My Knee (1936). A comedy film directed by John Cromwell. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording (Edmund H. Hansen). Ernie Holley runs away on his wedding night because he thinks he has killed a wedding guest. His father Newt and bride Pearl find him read more

This month, Turner Classic Movies will be showing a number of films starring Barbara Stanwyck. I thought that now would be as good a time as any to write a blog about one of my favorite actresses. I honestly think that Barbara Stanwyck was the greatest film actress of all time. She could play just read more

So Big (1932). A drama film directed by William A. Wellman. The screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord is based on the 1924 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title by Edna Ferber. The film is the second screen adaptation of the Ferber novel, following a 1924 silent version dire read more

Ladies of Leisure (1930). A romantic drama film directed by Frank Capra. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck and Ralph Graves. The screenplay by Jo Swerling is based on the 1924 play Ladies of the Evening by Milton Herbert Gropper. Artist Jerry Strong, sneaking out of his own party to take a nice drive read more

Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) After, a short career as a stage actress, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television. By 1944, Stanwyck was the highest paid woman in the United States. She was nominated for the Academy Award four times, a read more

Barbara Stanwyck’s first credited role in a film was a Columbia picture, The Locked Door. In the early 1930’s she worked mostly for Columbia, before jumping to Warner Brothers for most of the decade. In 1939 she made her first Paramount Picture, Union Pacific, with Joel McCrea. While she continued read more

 One of classic Hollywood's great dames, Barbara Stanwyck enjoyed an acting career that lasted well over fifty years and stretched from the early days of talking pictures to the golden age of television. Like many classic stars, Stanwyck could do it all; she appeared in comedies, melodramas, We read more

 One of classic Hollywood's great dames, Barbara Stanwyck enjoyed an acting career that lasted well over fifty years and stretched from the early days of talking pictures to the golden age of television. Like many classic stars, Stanwyck could do it all; she appeared in comedies, melodramas, We read more