Stanwyck: A BiographyOpen Road Media, 2015 M03 17 - 487 pages A compelling portrait of one of Hollywood’s most invincible women, the late Barbara Stanwyck. A most unusual movie star, Stanwyck was an actress of considerable and neglected talent who elevated every role she had, a woman whose personal life matched the rocky road of her career. Whispered to be among Hollywood’s scandalous “sewing circle,” a group of internationally famous actresses who hid their potentially career-ending lesbianism and bisexuality, Stanwyck kept her liaisons a secret. Despite her steely resolve and her image as a take-control kind of woman, Stanwyck suffered from turbulent marriages and relationships, including her sensational marriage to, and divorce from, the abusive Robert Taylor. Madsen provides a fresh look at this fascinating, complex screen goddess, offering provocative and shocking details from one of Hollywood’s most interesting lives. |
Contents
Faysie | |
Hollywood | |
Capra | |
LowBudget Life | |
Double Indemnity | |
Rand and Warner | |
Uneasy Peace | |
Bearing Witness | |
Prejudice | |
Primal Women | |
False Fronts | |
Herself | |
What Price Hollywood? | |
Depression Blues | |
Single | |
Arly | |
Private Lives | |
Stella | |
Offscreen | |
Screwballs Mr C B and Golden | |
Marriage | |
Passions | |
The Lady | |
The Sweater Girl | |
Patriot Games | |
B | |
Sharp Reminders | |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | |
The Last Picture Show | |
Matriarch | |
Golden Girl | |
Closing Number | |
It WorkedDidnt It? | |
Notes on Sources | |
Bibliography | |
Filmography | |
Index | |
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