One of Hollywood’s absolute best actresses. Her versatility knew no bounds, equally adept in comedy as well as drama. Her performances hold today in a way that one cannot always say is true of many her contemporaries.
I loved Stanwyck and completely agree with these rankings! My mother one Sunday afternoon when I was I was in high school asked me to watch Stella Dallas with her! I never knew what to expect but throughout the film was completely mesmerized. Then the ending blew me away. My mother cried and I did too. The entire cast was superb but Barbara i can never forget even now as an old man!❤
@@akrenwinkle Stella herself. As she got older she exhibited bipolar traits. Mood swings, inferiority complex, uncharacteristic dressing. In and of themselves independently one can attribute such characteristics to style or personality, but it was her combination of these traits, when compared with her earlier behavior of being more socially adaptive and conservatively dressed in relation to the style of the times, that she is portrayed as manic depressive ( bipolar as of 1980). It's a trying film to watch because I have been bipolar since age 15. Ironically in 1980. I'm a musician, not a mental health professional so don't take my word for anything.
I was alive when she was filming Big Valley, which introduced me to her work. I was floored by her performance in the Thorn Birds, which I watched on TV. Double indemnity, Stella Dallas and Christmas In Connecticut were my favorite films featuring her. RIP screen diva. You're one of the best!
When I think of Miss Barbara Stanwick, what comes to mind is a rare combination of a woman with the common touch as well as great personal class. She made a great contribution to film.
As a fan of Barbara for 78 years I am probably one of the few here who actually met her. You can see me talking to Harvey Brownstone about meeting her, and my lifelong love of her in here. One film that is never mentioned is The Other Love, which is my second favorite of all her films, after The Lady Eve.
I couldn't agree more! Stanwyck was a living masterpiece in the acting world and, (in my opinion), had the widest range as an actress when compared to any of her peers who always seemed to play it safe on screen and stay close to formula. This lady was CLASS !!!
I haven’t seen a film that or television series that Barbara was in that wasn’t first rate and exceptional. She was a very gifted and talented actress. Thank you for this amazing documentary.
Love, love, love all these. She is so versatile, she could play anything. Have to watch even more of her movies, but for the past 15 years Christmas in Connecticut has been THE movie to start our Christmas holidays.
I agree with everything you say about Missy! In fact, you nailed it! My personal faves are "Ball of Fire" & "The Lady Eve" & "Christmas in Connecticut" ~ because as you know, "Dying is EASY ~~~ but Comedy is HARD!" (I was also thrilled to see my father or grandfather's cousin, Tallulah Bankhead, yet another artist who could do BOTH Drama & Comedy equally well! I wish she had done more on Film, but I'm grateful for the "Lucy & Desi Hour" guest~starring role ~ HILARIOUS!)
Oh Thank You So Much for Watching!! I love her so much! VERY Accurate on Comedy haha. And Yes!! Tallulah Bankhead on Lucy is flippin' hysterical! "Would you like some potatoes, Ms. Bankhead?" "No, thank you, my dear, I don't overeat when I'm rehearsing a play, thank you - BUT Life is Short!" 🤣
Enjoyed your list of your favorite performances by Miss Barbara Stanwyck. I would have liked to have seen NO MAN OF HER OWN among them - at least as an Honorable Mention selection. She (and a very good supporting cast) took a soap opera story and polished it into really GOOD soap opera. Then, there's GOLDEN BOY - if for no other reason than the response she gives when asked, "Who's little girl are you?" To which Barbara Stanwyck answers, as only Barbara Stanwyck could: "I'm my mother's girl." But has you stated at the start, this Top Ten lists could have EASILY turned into a TOP TWENTY.
Thank you so much for this video! She is my favorite actress, and it warms my heart that other people are also appreciating her range and talent. I also agree with 95% of this list!
Great treatment, as usual! I wish you had included at least honorable mention of NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950), a TERRIBLE title, based on I MARRIED A DEAD MAN, by Cornell Woolrich (too bad they didn't use that title!). A dark Film Noir with great work by Stanwyck and Lyle Bettger as one of the nastiest villains ever.
Barbara, inspired me to be a stronger single mom in Stella Dallas. Rebuffed and alone, a social outcast, she sought to be the most sacrificial mother denying her own wants to stay closely connected with her daughter. They in my opinion don’t make movies like that much and mother daughter roles usually have predictability. Thank you, Barbara.
That was a good list. Stanwyck was one of the best, she's a favorite. I think i'd only change 2 performances and position other differently but it's a great list.
She definitely delivered a great performance in everything she was in. Just recently watched the movie, Jeopardy. Her scenes with Ralph Meeker sizzled. Meeker, often underrated, is also a personal favorite of mine.
I’m SOBBING!!!😥 I LOVED Her, Barbara Stanwyck..💗 You Tell Her Story So Beautifully, So Passionately With The Kind Of Emotions She Would Exhibit In Her Movies! Thank You. As For Her STELLA DALLAS Character, I’m Still Heartbroken For Her! I Keep Hoping Her Daughter Eventually, Somehow, Knew The Heroic Woman Her Mother Was! How Much She Sacrificed For The Daughter!😢😢 Stanwyck…The Iconic Lady!💞x
Whatever the circumstances, (and I believe that their were possibly faults on both sides), she still left her adopted son a fortune when she died. What did he do for her I wonder?
First she was human. Second, what did she know about motherhood? You’ve read about her son so you must know about her childhood. It was a mistake on her side and on Frank’s. I’m sure it bothered her enormously in her private life, yet she had no idea how to bridge it. No funeral, no burial. She left her estate to him as the only thing she could do. There was some deep unhappiness there.
@@deborahwalton-blanchard5817 You are aware in the custody trial with Fay, she admitted being at the race track on Christmas Day rather being with her son? She should have given the boy back if she had no time for him, but she didn't to save face.
Barbara Stanwyck was without a doubt unparalleled- I’ve never seen any film she was in where she didn’t “steal the show”- I just can’t take my eyes off of her! Once again, you’ve introduced me to a few films I’ve not seen but am now inspired to watch! I love your insights, thoroughness, passion, and interspersed bits of humor! Thanks for another great video!
Fave Stanwyck performance?Well, this is a bit of a cop-out, but it’s a tie for me: Phyllis in ‘Double Indemnity’ and her dual role-sort of-in ‘The Lady Eve’. She was a convincing dame from Main Street, and still could play Park Avenue when she had to. Another entertaining presentation, CFL--thank you!
Great list! Love her. She always seems to be the most down to earth and relatable of the gals. I LOATHE the Hayes Code!! UGH it was so bad. Pre code is priceless, and she’s priceless in it. Baby Face and Stella…YES! And hey, Lady of Burlesque and Ball of Fire!💜💜💜(the other huge code pusher was The Story of Temple Drake. You should do Miriam Hopkins vid!)
But working around the Hayes code prompted so much originality in the motion picture industry. Often it is the obstacles that account for ultimate success -- and greatness.
BD was great in so many ways, and to me her stand out performance was as Baby Jane Hudson in "Whatever Happened to..." Talk about a 'killer' performance.@@thebolter24
She was from a different time, a time when you gave all of yourself , a time when you were committed to what you were doing, a time when professionalism and work ethic knew no boundaries. As far as what else I would throw in here, I always felt "Jeopardy" for the short , cheap Budget film that it was, because of her, reached a higher level. No Man of Her Own and All I Desire, when she goes back to her hometown. I always thought both were brilliant. There's Always Tomorrow, with her outfits that we're simply stunning! I really don't care for anything that has to do with Hollywood anymore, but I can always throw on a Stanwyck film and enjoy all the magic of brilliant acting. I also can't look at her anymore and not think about how she remained independent and was never a studio creation. I think that says so much about her.
My #1, and I fell for her in- Ladies of Leisure (1930), but really it was many years before in The Mad Miss Manton (1938) when I kept mixing up the actresses, but knew by the end she was the one I was in love with. I would have never guessed she was the matriarch on The Big Valley, which was on reruns in the day before I even entered Kindergarten in 1971. My other favorites are Night Nurse, Miracle Woman, Purchase Price, Stella Dallas, Remember The Night, The Man with a Cloak, TSLOMI, her own show... Some night I'd like to watch The Nightwalker, Night Nurse, and Remember the Night, and Clash By Night all back to back.
In her youthful acting prime I think she is the gal that every guy deep down is mesmerized by. And that is what every guy wants whether they admit it or not.
More tests for your devoted viewers! Love it, love your passionate and informed commentary! 1. In the movie "My Reputation", Barbara would be a widow, not a widower (unless she went trans) :) 2. In the Lady Eve, Barbara had a major hair style change to help her transformation. Lady of Burlesque just goes to show how talented many actors were, and how seldom many of those talents were called upon. Hollywood really missed the train by not awarding her an Oscar. Perhaps she was just too strong and independent for the voters....
Che attrice e donna stupenda, una vera forza della natura per quanto era intensa, abile e talentuosa, probabilmente la più affascinante di sempre del cinema americano.
Barbara Stanwyck has always been my favorite actress since first watching her movies with my mother who also loved her. I agree with all of your choices and would add "To Please a Lady" and "Union Pacific" to the Honorable Mentions.
As another commenter stated, thankfully the Emmys treated Missy better than the Academy. While it was good that the Academy tried to correct past transgressions with an Honorary Oscar towards the end of her life, I still think three of the worst Oscar crimes were never awarding an acting Oscar to Barbara Stanwyck, Montgomery Clift or Gena Rowlands! All three should have won at least one competitive Academy award for their outstanding performances in motion pictures.
Hey! What a honey you are! You can perhaps tell by my moniker, I'm a fan of the honored dame, I mean lady, I mean dame, I mean...well, you know what I mean. And as big a fan you've never met. There's virtually nothing she can do wrong. Well, maybe not nothing. She did her fair share of clinkers, like anyone human. You pretty well chose what would' been many of my choices as well. The "honorable" mentions also were perfectly selected. (Lady of Burlesque I can watch over and over. And with Iris Adrian to boot!!) Nobody else like her. In addition, she's fantastic looking. My second and third favorites are Ingrid Bergman and Jean Arthur. Actually, they all shift places, depending upon which one I've seen most recently. Glad you mentioned Eve Arden with such an accolade. She can just be there, and my heart feels warm. So, THANKS for this humorous, endearing, and well-spoken recognition of this classic/classy actress. If you're ever in New York City, why don't you come up and see me some time!
Thank you for the wonderful video. I had just watched The Strange Love of Martha 😢Ivers so I was hoping that would come in a little higher on the list but I can only imagine who difficult it would be to put all of Stanwick’s work in some kind of order.
A true gift! She elevated every movie she was in. I agree w/ your choices, not a bad one in the bunch! However I would have liked to have seen “Titanic” in the ranking or, at least, honorable mention. Another steely performance! However, respectfully, you had to draw the line somewhere……😉
I love your analysis with all your beautiful colorful breathtaking descriptives! Wonderful Job!! Wow! And would you happen to know any movies where Stanwyck's and or Joan Crawford's girl crushes are on the sets with them or rather in scenes with them ? I know they have been known to be bisexual and or Lesbian.
For me its "Remember the Night", "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", "Baby Face", "The Lady Eve",'Christmas in Connecticut ", "Double Indemnity ", The Mad Miss Manton","the Furies","Jeopardy" and "The Violent Men".
There're so many solid hits, just too many to name them all. My mother was like Stella Dallas and I left her to survive. There are a few not mentioned but also good. The wig in Double Indemnity to just terrible.
I just recently watched "The Mad Miss Manton " and i love it that she is solving a murder wearing jewels and fancy clothes and making wisecracks to the chief of police.
As a Stanwyck mega fan, this always bugs me: NOBODY seems to give any attention to No Man Of Her Own, which isn't as great as Double Indemnity of course, but I contend it's an even finer individual performance by Stanwyck. Her character goes through an unbelievable story arc; and her ability to continue to ride that roller-coaster is just incredible.
I just finished watching The Lady Eve and her depiction of the contradictory emotions of someone who is a hustler with a women who sincerely falls in love with Henry Fonda are masterful.
Nice presentation (well thought out and well delivered). I LOVE Ms. Stanwyck, but of her many roles do not consider "Stella Dallas" to be her finest. Despite obvious objections that will follow my opinion, I just did not like the character Stella. However, I cannot rightly say which of her many fantastic performances I would choose to be her best -- too many considerations to be made; too much richness of performances to choose from. Like a kid in a candy shop, making such a decision would be mind boggling and spoil my appetite period.
Ingrid Bergman was a darling..How could I forget her in Gaslight.,Jekyll and Hyde, Spellbound..and of course..CASaBlanca..She was also great in Bells of St.Mary/Joan of Arc..She was rather miscast in For Whom the Bells Toll.Didn't care much for that film, though wonderfully photograph in Technicolor..I thought, that Gary Cooper was also miscast. He best performance was given by aAkim tamiroff, as well as Katina Pakinoff?
IMO she was better than Bette Davis. Davis could never play comedy and she chewed the scenery over the top in most of her films. I prefer Bette when she wasn’t overacting. Missy was always natural. No phoniness about her, no eye popping, hand twisting mannerisms or clipped speech like Davis. Thank God Emmy was more generous to her than Oscar.
Now Voyager was great acting and toned down but I still feel Bette Davis in Baby Jane albeit one might say over the top was genius on her part and should have won Oscar. Toward the end when Jane descends into total madness, Bette shines!!!
Barbara Stanwyck has been one of my favorite actresses forever - but Stella Dallas her best performance? Just no. It's such histrionic, sentimental schlock!
Dissenting opinion here re: Stella Dallas. Cloying sentiment, swelling violins, an overeager Anne Shirley -- even the great Stanwyck can't lift this turgid melodrama into good cinema. And where's Golden Boy?
"Double Indemnity" remains my favorite Barbara Stanwyck film - and overall best film EVER!
I can never get over her range - so brilliant in absolutely everything she did. She didn't seem capable of giving a bad performance.
And she really never did give a bad performance. I rank her right there with Davis
I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER
IN "BIG VALLEY" 💖
I was 8 years old then 🤪
hooo ... WHAT A DAME 😍
@@BonnieBelmondo-lc6jn What a dame? Frank Sinatra, is that you reincarnated? Yeah, my favorite broad!
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One of Hollywood’s absolute best actresses. Her versatility knew no bounds, equally adept in comedy as well as drama. Her performances hold today in a way that one cannot always say is true of many her contemporaries.
I loved Stanwyck and completely agree with these rankings! My mother one Sunday afternoon when I was I was in high school asked me to watch Stella Dallas with her! I never knew what to expect but throughout the film was completely mesmerized. Then the ending blew me away. My mother cried and I did too. The entire cast was superb but Barbara i can never forget even now as an old man!❤
Although it was indirect, Stella Dallas might have been the first movie to address mental illness in society.
@@paulj0557tonehead Who, may I ask, had a mental illness in "Stella Dallas?"
@@akrenwinkle Stella herself. As she got older she exhibited bipolar traits. Mood swings, inferiority complex, uncharacteristic dressing. In and of themselves independently one can attribute such characteristics to style or personality, but it was her combination of these traits, when compared with her earlier behavior of being more socially adaptive and conservatively dressed in relation to the style of the times, that she is portrayed as manic depressive ( bipolar as of 1980). It's a trying film to watch because I have been bipolar since age 15. Ironically in 1980. I'm a musician, not a mental health professional so don't take my word for anything.
@@paulj0557tonehead Kiddo, you're some piece of work! Don't worry, I'm not taking your word for anything.
I was alive when she was filming Big Valley, which introduced me to her work. I was floored by her performance in the Thorn Birds, which I watched on TV. Double indemnity, Stella Dallas and Christmas In Connecticut were my favorite films featuring her. RIP screen diva. You're one of the best!
When I think of Miss Barbara Stanwick, what comes to mind is a rare combination of a woman with the common touch as well as great personal class. She made a great contribution to film.
Well said my friend. 100% Agree !!!
@@williamclarke5658 Thank-you.
As a fan of Barbara for 78 years I am probably one of the few here who actually met her. You can see me talking to Harvey Brownstone about meeting her, and my lifelong love of her in here. One film that is never mentioned is The Other Love, which is my second favorite of all her films, after The Lady Eve.
I couldn't agree more! Stanwyck was a living masterpiece in the acting world and, (in my opinion), had the widest range as an actress when compared to any of her peers who always seemed to play it safe on screen and stay close to formula. This lady was CLASS !!!
Exactly as I would have put it myself.
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I haven’t seen a film that or television series that Barbara was in that wasn’t first rate and exceptional. She was a very gifted and talented actress. Thank you for this amazing documentary.
Love, love, love all these. She is so versatile, she could play anything. Have to watch even more of her movies, but for the past 15 years Christmas in Connecticut has been THE movie to start our Christmas holidays.
Best ever coverage of the incomparable Barbara Stanwyk's work in movies. Thank you so much!
I agree with everything you say about Missy! In fact, you nailed it! My personal faves are "Ball of Fire" & "The Lady Eve" & "Christmas in Connecticut" ~ because as you know, "Dying is EASY ~~~ but Comedy is HARD!" (I was also thrilled to see my father or grandfather's cousin, Tallulah Bankhead, yet another artist who could do BOTH Drama & Comedy equally well! I wish she had done more on Film, but I'm grateful for the "Lucy & Desi Hour" guest~starring role ~ HILARIOUS!)
Oh Thank You So Much for Watching!! I love her so much! VERY Accurate on Comedy haha.
And Yes!! Tallulah Bankhead on Lucy is flippin' hysterical! "Would you like some potatoes, Ms. Bankhead?"
"No, thank you, my dear, I don't overeat when I'm rehearsing a play, thank you - BUT Life is Short!"
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Enjoyed your list of your favorite performances by Miss Barbara Stanwyck. I would have liked to have seen NO MAN OF HER OWN among them - at least as an Honorable Mention selection. She (and a very good supporting cast) took a soap opera story and polished it into really GOOD soap opera. Then, there's GOLDEN BOY - if for no other reason than the response she gives when asked, "Who's little girl are you?" To which Barbara Stanwyck answers, as only Barbara Stanwyck could: "I'm my mother's girl." But has you stated at the start, this Top Ten lists could have EASILY turned into a TOP TWENTY.
You're Absolutely Right! Thank you so much for watching!! :)
I love "Remember the Night." She's absolutely radiant in it.
I love her as Phyllis Dietrichson from Double Indemnity.
So So Chillingly Good!
Ball of fire is my favorite what a great picture
Thank you so much for this video! She is my favorite actress, and it warms my heart that other people are also appreciating her range and talent. I also agree with 95% of this list!
Great treatment, as usual! I wish you had included at least honorable mention of NO MAN OF HER OWN (1950), a TERRIBLE title, based on I MARRIED A DEAD MAN, by Cornell Woolrich (too bad they didn't use that title!). A dark Film Noir with great work by Stanwyck and Lyle Bettger as one of the nastiest villains ever.
I'm so pleased you gave a yell out to Mary Carson......I still think of her broken heart and loathing for her old body! .......Barbara was brilliant!!
Barbara, inspired me to be a stronger single mom in Stella Dallas. Rebuffed and alone, a social outcast, she sought to be the most sacrificial mother denying her own wants to stay closely connected with her daughter. They in my opinion don’t make movies like that much and mother daughter roles usually have predictability.
Thank you, Barbara.
I thought 'Crime of Passion' might get at least an honorary mention, if not making the top 10 - one of my faves of Barbara as a schemer.
She was very good in there's always tomorrow too! All I Desire... And her westerns are great! Especially the violent man and forty guns
Oh yes, I love all of those. "All I Desire," is really gorgeous, almost made the list! Same as "Forty Guns"!
That was a good list. Stanwyck was one of the best, she's a favorite. I think i'd only change 2 performances and position other differently but it's a great list.
Ooo which one would you say is your favorite?? Thanks so much for watching as always!! :)
She definitely delivered a great performance in everything she was in. Just recently watched the movie, Jeopardy. Her scenes with Ralph Meeker sizzled. Meeker, often underrated, is also a personal favorite of mine.
Totally Agree!! Meeker is soo underrated. Him in "The Naked Spur," is one of the pure greats.
I’m SOBBING!!!😥 I LOVED Her, Barbara Stanwyck..💗 You Tell Her Story So Beautifully, So Passionately With The Kind Of Emotions She Would Exhibit In Her Movies! Thank You. As For Her STELLA DALLAS Character, I’m Still Heartbroken For Her! I Keep Hoping Her Daughter Eventually, Somehow, Knew The Heroic Woman Her Mother Was! How Much She Sacrificed For The Daughter!😢😢 Stanwyck…The Iconic Lady!💞x
My favourite actress and human being of all time! Just love her, truly an inspiration! Thank you for the lovely video!❤😊
You are aware of the terrible way she treated her adopted son?
Whatever the circumstances, (and I believe that their were possibly faults on both sides), she still left her adopted son a fortune when she died. What did he do for her I wonder?
@@williamclarke5658 Faults on both sides? He was a child when she started ignoring him!
First she was human. Second, what did she know about motherhood? You’ve read about her son so you must know about her childhood. It was a mistake on her side and on Frank’s. I’m sure it bothered her enormously in her private life, yet she had no idea how to bridge it. No funeral, no burial. She left her estate to him as the only thing she could do. There was some deep unhappiness there.
@@deborahwalton-blanchard5817 You are aware in the custody trial with Fay, she admitted being at the race track on Christmas Day rather being with her son? She should have given the boy back if she had no time for him, but she didn't to save face.
Barbara Stanwyck was without a doubt unparalleled- I’ve never seen any film she was in where she didn’t “steal the show”- I just can’t take my eyes off of her! Once again, you’ve introduced me to a few films I’ve not seen but am now inspired to watch! I love your insights, thoroughness, passion, and interspersed bits of humor! Thanks for another great video!
Fave Stanwyck performance?Well, this is a bit of a cop-out, but it’s a tie for me: Phyllis in ‘Double Indemnity’ and her dual role-sort of-in ‘The Lady Eve’. She was a convincing dame from Main Street, and still could play Park Avenue when she had to.
Another entertaining presentation, CFL--thank you!
Great list! Love her. She always seems to be the most down to earth and relatable of the gals. I LOATHE the Hayes Code!! UGH it was so bad. Pre code is priceless, and she’s priceless in it. Baby Face and Stella…YES! And hey, Lady of Burlesque and Ball of Fire!💜💜💜(the other huge code pusher was The Story of Temple Drake. You should do Miriam Hopkins vid!)
Ooooo yes, Miriam Hopkins, indeed!! :)
But working around the Hayes code prompted so much originality in the motion picture industry. Often it is the obstacles that account for ultimate success -- and greatness.
@@patrickryan1515 oh yes, very good point! I definitely agree, and so think Bette Davis’ The Letter of a great example of that.
BD was great in so many ways, and to me her stand out performance was as Baby Jane Hudson in "Whatever Happened to..." Talk about a 'killer' performance.@@thebolter24
Soon as you said Stella Dallas I teared up
Great shout out for her Pre-code flicks. Night Nurse is a personal favorite from that era.
Awesome Selections!! Thankyou
She was from a different time, a time when you gave all of yourself , a time when you were committed to what you were doing, a time when professionalism and work ethic knew no boundaries.
As far as what else I would throw in here, I always felt "Jeopardy" for the short , cheap Budget film that it was, because of her, reached a higher level. No Man of Her Own and All I Desire, when she goes back to her hometown. I always thought both were brilliant. There's Always Tomorrow, with her outfits that we're simply stunning! I really don't care for anything that has to do with Hollywood anymore, but I can always throw on a Stanwyck film and enjoy all the magic of brilliant acting. I also can't look at her anymore and not think about how she remained independent and was never a studio creation. I think that says so much about her.
I love all her movies what a class act the best of the best ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂❤😂❤😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Barbara stanwyck was definitely a class act One of a kind❤❤❤
My #1, and I fell for her in- Ladies of Leisure (1930), but really it was many years before in The Mad Miss Manton (1938) when I kept mixing up the actresses, but knew by the end she was the one I was in love with. I would have never guessed she was the matriarch on The Big Valley, which was on reruns in the day before I even entered Kindergarten in 1971.
My other favorites are Night Nurse, Miracle Woman, Purchase Price, Stella Dallas, Remember The Night, The Man with a Cloak, TSLOMI, her own show...
Some night I'd like to watch The Nightwalker, Night Nurse, and Remember the Night, and Clash By Night all back to back.
In her youthful acting prime I think she is the gal that every guy deep down is mesmerized by. And that is what every guy wants whether they admit it or not.
She is my favorite. Sorry Wrong Number is my favorite. I can't wait to see if it is on the list.
More tests for your devoted viewers! Love it, love your passionate and informed commentary!
1. In the movie "My Reputation", Barbara would be a widow, not a widower (unless she went trans) :)
2. In the Lady Eve, Barbara had a major hair style change to help her transformation.
Lady of Burlesque just goes to show how talented many actors were, and how seldom many of those talents were called upon.
Hollywood really missed the train by not awarding her an Oscar. Perhaps she was just too strong and independent for the voters....
Che attrice e donna stupenda, una vera forza della natura per quanto era intensa, abile e talentuosa, probabilmente la più affascinante di sempre del cinema americano.
Barbara Stanwyck has always been my favorite actress since first watching her movies with my mother who also loved her.
I agree with all of your choices and would add "To Please a Lady" and "Union Pacific" to the Honorable Mentions.
Love Barbara Stanwyck
Thank God for this goddess
Baby face, as well Stella Dallas is neck to neck number one for me
❤❤❤ gotta love some Missy!:)
Always!! :D
In 1941, Stanwyck made MEET JOHN DOE, BALL OF FIRE and THE LADY EVE.
another great list of one of my favorite actresses of all time. She was beyond great.
Baby Face rates #1 in my opinion. What a performance!
As another commenter stated, thankfully the Emmys treated Missy better than the Academy. While it was good that the Academy tried to correct past transgressions with an Honorary Oscar towards the end of her life, I still think three of the worst Oscar crimes were never awarding an acting Oscar to Barbara Stanwyck, Montgomery Clift or Gena Rowlands! All three should have won at least one competitive Academy award for their outstanding performances in motion pictures.
Clift was a pretty face, a good actor at best.
Hey! What a honey you are! You can perhaps tell by my moniker, I'm a fan of the honored dame, I mean lady, I mean dame, I mean...well, you know what I mean. And as big a fan you've never met. There's virtually nothing she can do wrong. Well, maybe not nothing. She did her fair share of clinkers, like anyone human. You pretty well chose what would' been many of my choices as well. The "honorable" mentions also were perfectly selected. (Lady of Burlesque I can watch over and over. And with Iris Adrian to boot!!) Nobody else like her. In addition, she's fantastic looking. My second and third favorites are Ingrid Bergman and Jean Arthur. Actually, they all shift places, depending upon which one I've seen most recently. Glad you mentioned Eve Arden with such an accolade. She can just be there, and my heart feels warm. So, THANKS for this humorous, endearing, and well-spoken recognition of this classic/classy actress. If you're ever in New York City, why don't you come up and see me some time!
Thank you for the wonderful video. I had just watched The Strange Love of Martha 😢Ivers so I was hoping that would come in a little higher on the list but I can only imagine who difficult it would be to put all of Stanwick’s work in some kind of order.
Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Shelley Winters and Barbara Stanwyck - greatest American actresses
Ball of Fire is FANTASTIC!!!
A true gift! She elevated every movie she was in. I agree w/ your choices, not a bad one in the bunch! However I would have liked to have seen “Titanic” in the ranking or, at least, honorable mention. Another steely performance! However, respectfully, you had to draw the line somewhere……😉
I agree, Stanwyck and Bette Davis are the best.
I love your analysis with all your beautiful colorful breathtaking descriptives! Wonderful Job!! Wow! And would you happen to know any movies where Stanwyck's and or Joan Crawford's girl crushes are on the sets with them or rather in scenes with them ? I know they have been known to be bisexual and or Lesbian.
For me its "Remember the Night", "The Strange Love of Martha Ivers", "Baby Face", "The Lady Eve",'Christmas in Connecticut ", "Double Indemnity ", The Mad Miss Manton","the Furies","Jeopardy" and "The Violent Men".
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One of those rare actresses that was beautiful as an older woman.
There're so many solid hits, just too many to name them all. My mother was like Stella Dallas and I left her to survive. There are a few not mentioned but also good. The wig in Double Indemnity to just terrible.
I just recently watched "The Mad Miss Manton " and i love it that she is solving a murder wearing jewels and fancy clothes and making wisecracks to the chief of police.
As a Stanwyck mega fan, this always bugs me: NOBODY seems to give any attention to No Man Of Her Own, which isn't as great as Double Indemnity of course, but I contend it's an even finer individual performance by Stanwyck. Her character goes through an unbelievable story arc; and her ability to continue to ride that roller-coaster is just incredible.
I just finished watching The Lady Eve and her depiction of the contradictory emotions of someone who is a hustler with a women who sincerely falls in love with Henry Fonda are masterful.
Barbara Stanwyck and Ingrid Bergman were real easily in a class on their own - miles away from davis
@adamo deo There's nowt wrong with Bette Davis - get a grip.
No one is miles away from Davis IMO only few are her peers Stanwyck and Bergman two of them
Barbara Stanwyck: Hollywood’s greatest actress
Jimmy Stewart: Hollywood’s greatest actor
From india. I love her. Maureen o hara is damn good too.
You missed Golden Boy one of my favorites RIP Missy
I caught your reference to catching her "On The Ameche "😊
Lol, Finally! Thank Youuuuu!!
@@theclassicfilmloversguide1871 I'm wondering who else knows what that means.
11:30: eh I love Olivia de Havilland hahahaa
Nice presentation (well thought out and well delivered). I LOVE Ms. Stanwyck, but of her many roles do not consider "Stella Dallas" to be her finest. Despite obvious objections that will follow my opinion, I just did not like the character Stella. However, I cannot rightly say which of her many fantastic performances I would choose to be her best -- too many considerations to be made; too much richness of performances to choose from. Like a kid in a candy shop, making such a decision would be mind boggling and spoil my appetite period.
Ingrid Bergman was a darling..How could I forget her in Gaslight.,Jekyll and Hyde, Spellbound..and of course..CASaBlanca..She was also great in Bells of St.Mary/Joan of Arc..She was rather miscast in For Whom the Bells Toll.Didn't care much for that film, though wonderfully photograph in Technicolor..I thought, that Gary Cooper was also miscast. He best performance was given by aAkim tamiroff, as well as Katina Pakinoff?
IMO she was better than Bette Davis. Davis could never play comedy and she chewed the scenery over the top in most of her films. I prefer Bette when she wasn’t overacting. Missy was always natural. No phoniness about her, no eye popping, hand twisting mannerisms or clipped speech like Davis. Thank God Emmy was more generous to her than Oscar.
Now Voyager was great acting and toned down but I still feel Bette Davis in Baby Jane albeit one might say over the top was genius on her part and should have won Oscar. Toward the end when Jane descends into total madness, Bette shines!!!
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Barbara Stanwyck has been one of my favorite actresses forever - but Stella Dallas her best performance? Just no. It's such histrionic, sentimental schlock!
Double Indemnity and Lady Eve her top 2.
bette davis has always been number one for me, but barbara was a close second. rip to both legends.
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Dissenting opinion here re: Stella Dallas. Cloying sentiment, swelling violins, an overeager Anne Shirley -- even the great Stanwyck can't lift this turgid melodrama into good cinema. And where's Golden Boy?
She is my favourite Hollywood star, but I'm not sure I like her as a person. Her treatment of her adopted son was cold and heartless.