StanwyckiUniverse, 2001 - 434 pages Barbara Stanwyck thrilled millions in scene after scene, picture after picture, over a six-decade career that took her from an impoverished childhood in the streets of Brooklyn to the pinnacle of Golden Age Hollywood. At one tough and vulnerable, straight-talking but emotionally elusive, she electrified every production in which she appeared, from Hollywood B-Flicks to such classics as Stella Dallas, Double Indemnity, and televisions The Thorn Birds. She was an early role model for women dissatisfied with the standard Hollywood heroine, and a tantalizing challenge to men who wanted more. Her honesty and authenticity resonate even more powerfully todaybut her complete story has never been told. |
Contents
I HOPE SHE LIVES | 1 |
BROOKLYN | 8 |
STARK NAKED I SWEAR | 15 |
REX | 23 |
FAYSIE | 34 |
HOLLYWOOD | 41 |
CAPRA | 52 |
LOWBUDget Life | 60 |
DOUBLE INDEMNITY | 214 |
RAND AND WARNER | 225 |
UNEASY PEACE | 231 |
BEARING WITNESS | 240 |
PREJUDICE | 251 |
PRIMAL WOMEN | 264 |
FALSE FRONTS | 273 |
HERSELF | 280 |
WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? | 74 |
DEPRESSION BLUES | 89 |
SINGLE | 102 |
ARLY | 110 |
PRIVATE Lives | 120 |
STELLA | 135 |
OFFSCREEN 147 | 147 |
SCREWBALLS MR C B AND GOLDEN BOY | 157 |
MARRIAGE | 167 |
PASSIONS | 176 |
THE LADY EVE | 186 |
THE SWEATER GIRL | 194 |
PATRIOT GAMES | 205 |
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