Barbara Stanwyck

James M. Cain's original 1935 novella "Double Indemnity" (the 1944 movie starred Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray) spun a tale of intrigue, adultery and murder. He was a master of edgy, noir and suspenseful plots like "The Postman Always ...  

Now there's no question about it: Preston Sturges is definitely and distinctly the most refreshing new force to hit the American motion pictures in the past five years. The fact was thoroughly apparent—but almost too good to believe—when his rowdy comedy.  

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Classic film, “Christmas in Connecticut” screened Dec. 18NEagleThis 1945 comedy, directed byHoward Hawks and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet, centers on Elizabeth Lane (Stanwyck), a food writer who has liedin print about her idyllic rural family life and abilities as a gourmet cook. ...  

Movie AmyWilkes Barre Times-Leader“REMEMBER THE NIGHT” (1940, Paramount, unrated, $20): The great Preston Sturges scripted this saga of a district attorney who can't bear to put a shoplifter (Barbara Stanwyck) in the slammer on Christmas Eve. He posts bail, takes her home for the ...  

The NationalThe Instant Expert: test your Humphrey Bogart knowledgeThe NationalTHE TWO MRS CARROLLS (1947) The film critic Dennis Schwartz called this Bogie film noir with Barbara Stanwyck and Alexis Smith an "inert and overwrought crime/melodrama that never gets over being stagy". Answers: 1 b; 2 c; 3 d; 4 b; 5 e; 6 a; 7 c; 8 b; ...  

Medill Reports: ChicagoPreservationists and archivists extend the lives of film for thousands of yearsMedill Reports: Chicago“A film called 'Baby Face' starring Barbara Stanwyck incurred the wrath of the censors, and several major scenes were cut,” he said. One of Weissman's favorite projects was working on the Frank Capra's 1939 film “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” starring ...