January 23, 2013
marthaivers: Barbara Stanwyck started out with a pretty hard life. She was a chorus girl at a time when gangsters ran the nightclubs, and that was pretty rough on the girls. Life was pretty seamy. So she can give that burst of emotion better than the other two can. She is probably the most interesting of the three. She is also the hardest to define: She’s sullen, she’s somber, she acts like she’s not listening but she hears every word. She’s the easiest to direct. She played parts that were a little tougher, yet at the same time you could sense that this girl could suffer from her toughness, and really suffer from the penance she would have to pay Frank Capra when asked to compare Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert and Barbara Stanwyck She had moxie.

marthaivers:

Barbara Stanwyck started out with a pretty hard life. She was a chorus girl at a time when gangsters ran the nightclubs, and that was pretty rough on the girls. Life was pretty seamy. So she can give that burst of emotion better than the other two can. She is probably the most interesting of the three. She is also the hardest to define: She’s sullen, she’s somber, she acts like she’s not listening but she hears every word. She’s the easiest to direct. She played parts that were a little tougher, yet at the same time you could sense that this girl could suffer from her toughness, and really suffer from the penance she would have to pay

Frank Capra when asked to compare Jean Arthur, Claudette Colbert and Barbara Stanwyck

She had moxie.

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January 7, 2013

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May 30, 2012
Barbara Stanwyck—I prefer her birth name, Ruby Stevens.  Ruby captures the moxie that dame possessed.  

Barbara Stanwyck—I prefer her birth name, Ruby Stevens.  Ruby captures the moxie that dame possessed.  

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April 8, 2012
Toshia Morie with Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933 dir. Frank Capra)

Toshia Morie with Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther in The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933 dir. Frank Capra)

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October 1, 2011
A young Barbara Stanwyck (nee Ruby Catherine Stevens).  Beauty.

A young Barbara Stanwyck (nee Ruby Catherine Stevens).  Beauty.

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June 28, 2011
Currently watching: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946 dir. Lewis Milestone)

Currently watching: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946 dir. Lewis Milestone)

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June 24, 2011
stardustmelody: Barbara Stanwyck is 45 here…

stardustmelody:

Barbara Stanwyck is 45 here…

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June 19, 2011
everythingelseincludinghairbands: Barbara Stanwyck, photographed by Hal Phyfe in 1927.

everythingelseincludinghairbands:

Barbara Stanwyck, photographed by Hal Phyfe in 1927.

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June 6, 2011
hedda-hopper: December 19, 1939: Jack Benny, George Burns, Robert Taylor, Lyle Talbot, Edward Arnold, Mary Livingstone, Gracie Allen, Barbara Stanwyck backstage at the Salvation Army benefit air show. 

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December 19, 1939: Jack Benny, George Burns, Robert Taylor, Lyle Talbot, Edward Arnold, Mary Livingstone, Gracie Allen, Barbara Stanwyck backstage at the Salvation Army benefit air show. 

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May 12, 2011
pickurselfup: Barbara Stanwyck Her gams!  Her magical gams that were actually short-ish with slightly thick ankles, but holy moly did she know how to pose them, work ‘em.  Whether it was a “tripping introduction” to Henry Fonda (The Lady Eve), asking Gary Cooper to check out how icy they were (Ball of Fire), or cautioning Fred MacMurray that he was ignoring the local “speed limit” (Double Indemnity), Miss Stanwyck wove magic with her wondrous wands.

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Barbara Stanwyck

Her gams!  Her magical gams that were actually short-ish with slightly thick ankles, but holy moly did she know how to pose them, work ‘em.  Whether it was a “tripping introduction” to Henry Fonda (The Lady Eve), asking Gary Cooper to check out how icy they were (Ball of Fire), or cautioning Fred MacMurray that he was ignoring the local “speed limit” (Double Indemnity), Miss Stanwyck wove magic with her wondrous wands.

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March 7, 2011
wehadfacesthen: Barbara Stanwyck, in a gown by Edith Head. Publicity shot for Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941) Two reactions: yay and WTF.  Yay for a prime example of Edith working her costumer’s magic, how she refigured Miss Stanwyck’s figure.  Look behind Stanwyck’s arms and you’ll see the ruched waist.  Note the diagonal panels that drape away from her stomach, which create the illusion of a long lower torso.  Head knew exactly how to transform actors through costume and wardrobe. Actually I don’t remember this dress in the movie.  Correct me if my Momzheimer’s is to blame. Obvious WTF to the flower planter.  I can’t understand this one at all. Maybe that explains Stanwyck’s sour expression.

wehadfacesthen:

Barbara Stanwyck, in a gown by Edith Head. Publicity shot for Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941)

Two reactions: yay and WTF.  Yay for a prime example of Edith working her costumer’s magic, how she refigured Miss Stanwyck’s figure.  Look behind Stanwyck’s arms and you’ll see the ruched waist.  Note the diagonal panels that drape away from her stomach, which create the illusion of a long lower torso.  Head knew exactly how to transform actors through costume and wardrobe. Actually I don’t remember this dress in the movie.  Correct me if my Momzheimer’s is to blame.

Obvious WTF to the flower planter.  I can’t understand this one at all. Maybe that explains Stanwyck’s sour expression.

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February 28, 2011
oldhollywood: Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray on the set of Double Indemnity (1944, dir. Billy Wilder) Wartime food shortages meant that security guards were posted to protect the real cans of food in the grocery store from sticky-fingered cast & crew members. Despite this, the aggrieved store owner reported to the LA Times that some scoundrel had managed to pinch a can of peaches & four bars of laundry soap.  (via)

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Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray on the set of Double Indemnity (1944, dir. Billy Wilder)

Wartime food shortages meant that security guards were posted to protect the real cans of food in the grocery store from sticky-fingered cast & crew members. Despite this, the aggrieved store owner reported to the LA Times that some scoundrel had managed to pinch a can of peaches & four bars of laundry soap. 

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January 20, 2011
Barbara Stanwyck | July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990

Barbara Stanwyck | July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990

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December 23, 2010
Barbara Stanwyck, 1930’s.   Reblogged because Barbara’s hair looks wonderful here.  I don’t know why Hollywood coiffeurs had such a tough time styling her hair, finding a flattering cut.  So yay for this photo.  And look she’s showing those legs.  Barbara knew how to pose them.  Nobody on screen has worked an anklet better than Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity).

Barbara Stanwyck, 1930’s.  

Reblogged because Barbara’s hair looks wonderful here.  I don’t know why Hollywood coiffeurs had such a tough time styling her hair, finding a flattering cut.  So yay for this photo.  And look she’s showing those legs.  Barbara knew how to pose them.  Nobody on screen has worked an anklet better than Phyllis Dietrichson (Double Indemnity).

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December 20, 2010
mattybing1025: I`m a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I`m ninety and they won`t need to paste my face with make-up. —Barbara Stanwyck She did look stunning in her later years.  With frosty silver curls her face remained and unlined, her figure trim and toned during her stint as Matron Victoria Barkley in “The Big Valley”.  ”TBV” reruns were my intro to the fabulous Miss Barbara Stanwyck (as she was billed).   Today I am finishing one of her early films, a pre-code The Locked Door (1929 dir. George Fitzmaurice).  It’s a terrific if conventional story of a young bride who takes the murder rap to save her husband.  The film starts out gangbusters with a party on a “rum boat” and young Ann Carter (Stanwyck) is lured there by a lecherous Frank Devereau (Rod LaRocque), the son of the company owner.  It’s stunning because the film was shot during Prohibition so this illegal cabaret scene with its dancing, hollering flappers is a hoot.  Just found out this was Stanwyck’s Hollywood film debut and she shines as a novice, totally natural, not stagey or overly theatrical unlike many of her costars in this film.  These qualities are what Frank Capra spotted and why he used her in his early films.

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I`m a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I`m ninety and they won`t need to paste my face with make-up.

—Barbara Stanwyck

She did look stunning in her later years.  With frosty silver curls her face remained and unlined, her figure trim and toned during her stint as Matron Victoria Barkley in “The Big Valley”.  ”TBV” reruns were my intro to the fabulous Miss Barbara Stanwyck (as she was billed).  

Today I am finishing one of her early films, a pre-code The Locked Door (1929 dir. George Fitzmaurice).  It’s a terrific if conventional story of a young bride who takes the murder rap to save her husband.  The film starts out gangbusters with a party on a “rum boat” and young Ann Carter (Stanwyck) is lured there by a lecherous Frank Devereau (Rod LaRocque), the son of the company owner.  It’s stunning because the film was shot during Prohibition so this illegal cabaret scene with its dancing, hollering flappers is a hoot.  Just found out this was Stanwyck’s Hollywood film debut and she shines as a novice, totally natural, not stagey or overly theatrical unlike many of her costars in this film.  These qualities are what Frank Capra spotted and why he used her in his early films.

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