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My favorite Barbara Stanwyck Films
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Qualifying task of my favorite Barbara Stanwyck films
Qualifying task of my favorite Barbara Stanwyck films
1. The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film. It is about a mismatched couple who meet on a luxury liner, written by Preston Sturges based on a story by Monckton Hoffe, and directed by Sturges, his third directorial effort, after The Great McGinty and Christmas in July. The film stars Henry... read more...
The Lady Eve is a 1941 American screwball comedy film. It is about a mismatched couple who meet on a luxury liner, written by Preston Sturges based on a story by Monckton Hoffe, and directed by Sturges, his third directorial effort, after The Great McGinty and Christmas in July. The film stars Henry... read more...
2. Baby Face
Baby Face is a sexually-charged, pre-Code Drama film, first released in 1933. The picture is about an attractive young woman played by Barbara Stanwyck who uses sex to advance her social and financial status. The film was based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck (under the pseudonym Mark Canfield), writ... read more...
Baby Face is a sexually-charged, pre-Code Drama film, first released in 1933. The picture is about an attractive young woman played by Barbara Stanwyck who uses sex to advance her social and financial status. The film was based on a story by Darryl F. Zanuck (under the pseudonym Mark Canfield), writ... read more...
3. Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 comedy film about a group of professors laboring for years to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. The film stars Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, with... read more...
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 comedy film about a group of professors laboring for years to write an encyclopedia and their encounter with a nightclub performer who provides her own unique knowledge. The film stars Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, with... read more...
4. My Reputation
My Reputation is a 1946 wartime love story, directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Barbara Stanwyck portrayed Jessica Drummond, an upper-class widow from Chicago who innocently falls in love with an army officer (George Brent), much to the consternation of her gossipy friends and domineering mother (Lucile W... read more...
My Reputation is a 1946 wartime love story, directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Barbara Stanwyck portrayed Jessica Drummond, an upper-class widow from Chicago who innocently falls in love with an army officer (George Brent), much to the consternation of her gossipy friends and domineering mother (Lucile W... read more...
5. The Miracle Woman
The Miracle Woman (1931) is a film released by Columbia Pictures about a woman preacher (Barbara Stanwyck, in a role inspired by Aimee Semple McPherson) and the blind man who loves her (David Manners). Directed by Frank Capra, it was the second of his five film collaborations with Stanwyck. It was b... read more...
The Miracle Woman (1931) is a film released by Columbia Pictures about a woman preacher (Barbara Stanwyck, in a role inspired by Aimee Semple McPherson) and the blind man who loves her (David Manners). Directed by Frank Capra, it was the second of his five film collaborations with Stanwyck. It was b... read more...
6. Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas is a 1937 film based on the Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley. Stanwyck was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Shirley for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.Stella Martin (... read more...
Stella Dallas is a 1937 film based on the Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley. Stanwyck was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Shirley for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.Stella Martin (... read more...
7. Christmas in Connecticut
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) is a Christmas movie, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, and Sydney Greenstreet. Released through Warner Bros., it was directed by Peter Godfrey.The film begins in World War II as a German U-Boat fires a torpedo, sinking an American vessel. Two survivors, Jeffe... read more...
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) is a Christmas movie, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, and Sydney Greenstreet. Released through Warner Bros., it was directed by Peter Godfrey.The film begins in World War II as a German U-Boat fires a torpedo, sinking an American vessel. Two survivors, Jeffe... read more...
8. Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe is a 1941 comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film, about a "grassroots" political campaign, created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman, became a box office hit and was nominate... read more...
Meet John Doe is a 1941 comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film, about a "grassroots" political campaign, created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman, became a box office hit and was nominate... read more...
9. Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity is a 1944 American 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 1935 novella of the same title which originally appeared as an eight-part serial in Liberty ma... read more...
Double Indemnity is a 1944 American 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 1935 novella of the same title which originally appeared as an eight-part serial in Liberty ma... read more...
10. Night Nurse
Night Nurse is a 1931 Pre-Code, Prohibition-era, Warner Bros. crime drama and mystery film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell and Clark Gable. The film was considered risqué at the time of its release, particularly the scene where Stanwyck is seen ... read more...
Night Nurse is a 1931 Pre-Code, Prohibition-era, Warner Bros. crime drama and mystery film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell and Clark Gable. The film was considered risqué at the time of its release, particularly the scene where Stanwyck is seen ... read more...
11. Remember the Night
Remember the Night (1940) is a romantic comedy/drama Christmas film written by Preston Sturges and directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray and features Beulah Bondi and Sterling Holloway. The film was Sturges' last as a writer before he became a writer-director with... read more...
Remember the Night (1940) is a romantic comedy/drama Christmas film written by Preston Sturges and directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray and features Beulah Bondi and Sterling Holloway. The film was Sturges' last as a writer before he became a writer-director with... read more...
12. The Purchase Price
The Purchase Price is a 1932 Pre-Code American film directed by William Wellman and adapted from Arthur Stringer's 1932 novel, The Mud Lark. Barbara Stanwyck plays Joan Gordon, a torch singer who runs away from her gangster boyfriend (Lyle Talbot) to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North D... read more...
The Purchase Price is a 1932 Pre-Code American film directed by William Wellman and adapted from Arthur Stringer's 1932 novel, The Mud Lark. Barbara Stanwyck plays Joan Gordon, a torch singer who runs away from her gangster boyfriend (Lyle Talbot) to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North D... read more...
13. Annie Oakley
Annie Oakley is a 1935 biographical film about the life of Annie Oakley. It stars Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster.In late 1800s Ohio, a backwoods gal, Annie Oakley delivers six dozen quail she has shot to the owner of the general store. He sends them to the MacIvor hotel in Cincinnati, where the... read more...
Annie Oakley is a 1935 biographical film about the life of Annie Oakley. It stars Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster.In late 1800s Ohio, a backwoods gal, Annie Oakley delivers six dozen quail she has shot to the owner of the general store. He sends them to the MacIvor hotel in Cincinnati, where the... read more...
14. Union Pacific
Union Pacific is a 1939 film about the building of the railroad across the American West. The story is based upon the novel Trouble Shooter, written by the prolific Western fiction author, Ernest Haycox.The 1862 Pacific Railroad Act signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Ra... read more...
Union Pacific is a 1939 film about the building of the railroad across the American West. The story is based upon the novel Trouble Shooter, written by the prolific Western fiction author, Ernest Haycox.The 1862 Pacific Railroad Act signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Ra... read more...
15. The Mad Miss Manton
The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy and mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton (Stanwyck) and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behavi... read more...
The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 screwball comedy and mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton (Stanwyck) and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames. Melsa and her debutante friends hunt for a murderer while eating bonbons, flirting with Ames, and otherwise behavi... read more...
16. You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me (1941), released in the United Kingdom as Good Morning, Doctor, is a romantic comedy film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.Doctor Helen Hunt (Barbara Stanwyck) meets millionaire playboy Peter Kirk (Henry Fonda) in an unusual way: he crashes practically at her feet at a ski ... read more...
You Belong to Me (1941), released in the United Kingdom as Good Morning, Doctor, is a romantic comedy film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.Doctor Helen Hunt (Barbara Stanwyck) meets millionaire playboy Peter Kirk (Henry Fonda) in an unusual way: he crashes practically at her feet at a ski ... read more...
17. Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea, based on the novel The G-String Murders written by famous strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee (with ghost-writing assistance from mystery ... read more...
Lady of Burlesque (also known as The G-String Murders and in the UK, Striptease Lady) is a 1943 American mystery film starring Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O'Shea, based on the novel The G-String Murders written by famous strip tease artist Gypsy Rose Lee (with ghost-writing assistance from mystery ... read more...
18. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a black-and-white film noir released in the United States in 1946, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott and Kirk Douglas in his film debut. The movie is based on the short story "Love Lies Bleeding" by playwright John Patrick, using the pseudonym ... read more...
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a black-and-white film noir released in the United States in 1946, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott and Kirk Douglas in his film debut. The movie is based on the short story "Love Lies Bleeding" by playwright John Patrick, using the pseudonym ... read more...
19. Executive Suite
Executive Suite is a 1954 MGM drama film depicting the transfer of power in a corporation in trouble. The film stars William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, and Walter Pidgeon. It was directed by Robert Wise and produced by John Houseman from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the novel... read more...
Executive Suite is a 1954 MGM drama film depicting the transfer of power in a corporation in trouble. The film stars William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, and Walter Pidgeon. It was directed by Robert Wise and produced by John Houseman from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the novel... read more...
20. Forbidden
Forbidden is a 1932 American melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck as a librarian who falls in love with a married man played by Adolphe Menjou, with tragic consequences.The Strong Man • For the Love of Mike • Long Pants • The Power of the Press... read more...
Forbidden is a 1932 American melodrama film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck as a librarian who falls in love with a married man played by Adolphe Menjou, with tragic consequences.The Strong Man • For the Love of Mike • Long Pants • The Power of the Press... read more...