num_pages: 484
description: 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 television’s 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 today—but her complete story has never been told.
language: English
title: Stanwyck
titlecomplete: Stanwyck
characters: Barbara Stanwyck
genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, Film, Biography
ratings_count: 194
publisher: Iuniverse Inc