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Barbara Stanwyck - what members say


  • The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers
  • The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers review by from Northern Ireland
    Rated - 5 stars Underrated Film Noir 1 August 2005
    ...rk Douglas (in a minor role be warned) is very good as the alcoholic husband of Barbara Stanwyck (Martha Ivers), who have known each other from childhood. Her real childhood...  
  • Meet John Doe
  • Meet John Doe review by A customer from Rye, East Sussex
    Rated - 3 stars Mr Capra Goes to town..... 10 November 2005
    ...omance, despair and finally redemption enscapulated in the two wonderful leads: Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper (Capra's pre-Jimmy Stewart muse). They rarely make them like th...  
  • The Lady Eve
  • The Lady Eve review by Tarr from Oxford
    Rated - 5 stars Stanwyck In Excelsis 5 July 2005
    ... level businness that usually clutters up Sturges' films, The Lady Eve provides Barbara Stanwyck's finest moment. Her routine of a card sharp masquerading as an English duchess...  

Barbara Stanwyck - filmography


  • The Big Valley - Palms Of Glory And 11 ... (3 discs) on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Lee Majors,  Barbara Stanwyck,  Linda Evans
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This collection includes 12 episodes of the first series of THE BIG VALLEY, the classic vintage Western program from the mid-1960's starring Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria Barkley, the widowed matriarch of a clan of wealthy California ranchers. The series is set in the tumultuous 1870s, and the ..read more »
    Rate this: 0.5 stars out of 5 10% from 1 member
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  • Roustabout on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Elvis Presley,  Barbara Stanwyck,  Joan Freeman
    Director: John Rich
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In ROUSTABOUT, Elvis plays Charlie Rogers, a carefree, leather-clad biker who joins the carnival of Maggie Morgan (Barbara Stanwyck). There he finds hard work, romance, and a job as a tent crooner. Inevitably, he attracts the attention of a sleazy rival. Raquel Welch makes her screen debut in a bit ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 412 members
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  • Double Indemnity on DVD (1944)
    Starring: Fred MacMurray,  Barbara Stanwyck,  Edward G. Robinson
    Director: Billy Wilder
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Director Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler (Creator of the ultimate private investigator, Philp Marlowe - 'The Big Sleep', 'Farewell My Lovely'), adapted James M. Cain's hard-boiled novel into this dark film noir. Insurance investigator Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) plans the perfect murder with the ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 5,006 members
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  • Meet John Doe on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Gary Cooper,  Barbara Stanwyck,  Edward Arnold
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this Frank Capra film, Gary Cooper plays Long John Willoughby, an unemployed man who is duped into becoming an American symbol by D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold), an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. When Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired by Norton, she sends a fake suicide note to the publisher ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 392 members
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  • Stella Dallas (1937)
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck
    Director: King Vidor
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Stella Martin marries ambitious Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. But Stella's vulgar ways and resistance to improving herself lead to divorce. Stephen later marries respectable widow Helen Morrison and Laurel becomes the focus of Stella's life and love. Nothing is too good ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 18 members
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  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen on DVD (1933)
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck,  Nils Asther,  Toshia Mori
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in China during the "Warlord Period" of the late 20s and early 30s, the film concerns the strange abduction of a New England missionary and a cruel but highly cultured Chinese general. As the general tries to woo the missionary, her conflicted feelings for him come to the forefront, all the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 177 members
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  • The Miracle Woman on DVD (1931)
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck,  David Manners,  Sam Hardy
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    After Florence Fallon's father is fired from the church where he preached for many years, she becomes embittered and loses faith. She teams up with Horsby, a con man, and performs fake miracles for profit. But the love and trust of a blind man restores her faith in God and her fellow man.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 72 members
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  • The Big Valley (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck,  Lee Majors
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in California's San Joaquin Valley in the 1870s, The Big Valley is the story of one family and their fight to survive and prosper on the frontier. Widow Victoria Barkley (Barbara Stanwyck) is the powerful head of the Barkley clan, which includes illegitimate son Heath (Lee Majors) and daughter ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 26 members
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Barbara Stanwyck - watch online


  • Lady Of Burlesque to Watch Now (1943)
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck,  Michael O'Shea,  J. Edward Bromberg
    Director: William A Wellman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 91 minutes
    The behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a burlesque show set the stage for this mixture of comedy, music, sex appeal, and murder. While sardonic comedian Biff Brannigan constantly hits on lead stripper Dixie Daisy she continually rejects his lascivious advances. She, after all, is too busy thinking ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 8 members
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Barbara Stanwyck facts

5 most recent films

The Big Valley - Palms Of Glory And 11 Eleven Other Episodes - 0.5 stars
Roustabout - 3.0 stars
Forty Guns - 3.0 stars
Executive Suite - 2.5 stars
Titanic - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Double Indemnity - 4.0 stars
The Lady Eve - 3.5 stars
The Bitter Tea of General Yen - 3.5 stars
Meet John Doe - 3.5 stars
Roustabout - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Big Valley - Palms Of Glory And 11 Eleven Other Episodes - 0.5 stars
Executive Suite - 2.5 stars
Golden Boy - 2.5 stars
Sorry, Wrong Number - 3.0 stars
The Big Valley - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lee Majors - 5 times - show films
Linda Evans - 4 times - show films
Richard Long - 4 times - show films
J. Edward Bromberg - 2 times - show films
Michael O'Shea - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 5 times - show films
Frank Capra - 3 times - show films
William A Wellman - 2 times - show films
Roy Selfe - 1 times - show films
Preston Sturges - 1 times - show films