thread 26184305-barbara-stanwyck. - the Data Lounge Barbara Stanwyck was one of the lucky few people who actually looked better as she got older She was rather plain-looking as a young woman, but as a mature woman with the white hair she was quite striking
Barbara Stanwyck is the Greatest American Actress in history. Barbara Stanwyck is the Greatest American Actress in history - She could've done The Little Foxes but Bette could've never done Stella Dallas - She could've done The Philadelphia Story but Katherine could've never done Double Indemnity - She could've done Mildered Pierce but Joan could've never do The Lady Eve
thread 17077134-the-sexuality-of-robert-taylor - the Data Lounge When Robert Taylor married Barbara Stanwyck, the marriage came as something of a relief to MGM, who had been distinctly worried about Taylor's seeming lack of interest in women Taylor's overbearing
thread 33671245-barbara-stanwyck - the Data Lounge Was she family?[quote] For nearly thirty years Stanwyck had an intimate relationship with her publicist Helen Ferguson During much of that time Stanwyck was married—unhappily—to actor Robert Taylor
thread 30412185-barbara-stanwyck-vs. -susan-hayward- Barbara Stanwyck vs Susan Hayward Both from Brooklyn, both were from hardscrabble backgrounds Similar screen personas Susan was the more conventionally pretty one, Barbara more confident Susan eventually got the competitive Oscar that eluded Barbara though But Stanwyck has more memorable films and performances YMMV DISCUSS
thread 35124932-tyrone-power - the Data Lounge Referring to someone as "family" or "being family" now has such a quaint old-timey sound to it, like Friend of Dorothy As much progress as we've made, there is almost a genteel quality to such oblique references to being gay
thread 36307833-favorite-james-mason-performance- Where he and Barbara Stanwyck play an upper-crust Manhattan couple? He plays a serial cheater His girlfriend is played by Ava Gardner Van Heflin is in it--Cyd Charisse has a thing for him, but he likes Barbara William Frawley (as a bartender) has a nice scene, acting with Mason Nancy Reagan is also in it She has a scene with B S
thread 32186639-how-were-actors-paid-under-the-studio-system- If Bette Davis turned down “Mildred Pierce” (which she did) it was offered to Barbara Stanwyck (who had open-ended freelance deals with Paramount and Warner Bros in the ‘40s) and if she turned it down (as she did) it went to someone else under contract (in that case Joan Crawford who had been newlysogned to the studio )