{"product_id":"barbara-stanwyck-1","title":"Barbara Stanwyck","description":"Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that landed her in successful Broadway productions. Stanwyck then acted in a stream of high-quality films from the 1930s through the 1950s. Directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra treasured her particular magic. A four-time Academy Award nominee, winner of three Emmys and a Golden Globe, she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Academy.Dan Callahan considers both Stanwyck's life and her art, exploring her seminal collaborations with Capra in such great films as \u003cem\u003eLadies of Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Miracle Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Bitter Tea of General Yen\u003c\/em\u003e; her Pre-Code movies \u003cem\u003eNight Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBaby Face\u003c\/em\u003e; and her classic roles in \u003cem\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRemember the Night\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Lady Eve\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/em\u003e. After making more than eighty films in Hollywood, she revived her career by turning to television, where her role in the 1960s series \u003cem\u003eThe Big Valley\u003c\/em\u003e renewed her immense popularity.Callahan examines Stanwyck's career in relation to the directors she worked with and the genres she worked in, leading up to her late-career triumphs in two films directed by Douglas Sirk, \u003cem\u003eAll I Desire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThere's Always Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, and two outrageous westerns, \u003cem\u003eThe Furies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eForty Guns\u003c\/em\u003e. The book positions Stanwyck where she belongs-at the very top of her profession-and offers a close, sympathetic reading of her performances in all their range and complexity.","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56493318013272,"sku":"9781617031830","price":40.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781617031830.jpg?v=1778908570","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/barbara-stanwyck-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}