She was a terrific actress and a true professional. One of her best films was "Clash by Night" (1952), co-starring Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas and Marilyn Monroe. The role was tailor-made for Stanwyck, and shows off her ability to be both tough and vulnerable, which was one of her greatest acting strengths. It's downright scandalous that she never won an Academy Award, as she was easily the equal of Bette Davis or Joan Crawford, two other Hollywood divas who both captured Oscars. Her lifetime achievement award from the Academy was belated and much deserved. She was equally good in melodramas, comedies, suspense, and westerns. She did just about everything but musicals and science fiction.
Hurray! Someone who shares my view of Barbara Stanwyck. She was definitely equal to Bette Davis and others. She was also nice and in Hollywood that’s something.
Her portrayal in Stella Dallas was simply sublime. The scene were she asks her ex-husband’s new wife to raise her daughter, and the other when her daughter (played by Anne Shirley) gets married brought me to tears.
I watched her once in The Lady Eve and my eyes never left her Barbara. My first time seeing her. She cast a spell on me it seemed. She is my favourite actor now. She was distinctive beauty.
I only need to put in one comment to describe Barbara Stanwyck, an incredibly strong and capable woman. Thanks from your video on Barbara great look at her life and career. Brenton.
Barbara had a tremendous screen pesence, and no matter who else was in the scene, you would find your eyes drawn to her. Add to that a very sensual aura and that voice, and you had a very powerful and memorable lady of film.
I like the fact that she was benevolent with young late Marylin starting in the industry calling her "just a baby". Very few were patient like that with her. Larry Olivier wasn't and that's understandable when you are waited for several hours on the set. The 20th century fox won't either firing her in her last unfinished movie. Dean Martin was part also of one of the few who were comforting to her.
One of my favorite actresses. She could do anything sing, dance, comedy, and drama. She could play good girls, bad girls, and everything in between. She did become a fashionista due to Edith Head and is one of my fashion icons.
I still find 1953's 'Titanic' to be superior to the one everyone knows. Stanwyck plays her character so naturally and yet, so passionately - particularly her scenes with Clifton Webb - that I still cry when I watch the film again. I've long been a fan of hers, and am delighted to see this. Thanks!
She was independent, “did it the hard way,” did it on her own, and didn’t complain about it. She wasn’t officially affiliated with any studio, and as such didn’t get the promotions and billing the studio system stars did, which is why the academy overlooked her. The studios and the academy went hand in hand. She was the best actress Hollywood ever had, in my opinion
@@davidpar2 " The studios and the academy went hand in hand"... this is how much this industry is corrupted to the bone ! It's always has been about money more than talent. Those last years, the best acting was in tv show and independant films.
What?! She never won an Oscar? That's insane!! Not even for Golden Boy? Illicit? Double Indemnity??? I have also seen her early stuff like Ladies of Leisure and Shopworn, and I can honestly say she was a brilliant actor from the start. She's got this way, with every role she plays where she shows raw emotion, something that can't be taught. When she cries in a scene, you quickly forget she's acting. She's so real. If you didn't shed a tear by the end of Stella Dallas, you have a heart of ice. The final scene where she watches her daughter get married from afar, her facial expressions say a million things more than if she had talked. We watch Stanwyck's face shift to sad/unworthy, then surprise, then happy, then finally pride and joy in that wordless closing scene. She didn't get anything for Stella Dallas. A truly ridiculous ceremony indeed.
She tried to kill herself after Robert Taylor's cheating. He cheated with Gardner and she had also affairs. I think there was so much affairs in this industry cause it was a generation where it was inacceptable to not be married whatsoever. Divorcing was inacceptable for society. If you weren't happy in your marriage, you just had affairs, you didn't separate. Stuff has changed since... in an exterior point of view.We got married on a whim and we're divorcing as fast. Affairs are banal now. We take, we throw. Marriage, Divorce, Marriage, Divorce, Marriage, Divorce... this is what I call " Kleenex Love". We consume, we throw and NEXT. They had good fixers at that time to not let all the scandals coming out.
Barbara Stanwyck was THE greatest female actor of the Golden Era and beyond. IMO, she was much better than Bette Davis. The fact that she never won an Oscar is a travesty.
I live very close to NYC and it's cool to hear about the stars who were born and grew up here. And how Radio City Music Hall. Sometimes I recognize the name of a street and I'll imagine when it was like then compared to now. Seems like they start then go on to Hollywood.
I loved when she got angry. Just like Susan Hayward and Ann Bancroft, when she played an angry scene where she raised her voice, her Brooklyn accent came back.
Like Roselyn Russell, Anne Baxter and Susan Hayward, Barbara was under appreciated by audiences and studio execs throughout her career. Films like Stella Dallas and Sorry, Wrong Number showcased her talents and skill. Like the other actresses mentioned here, Barbara got roles in mostly small, intimate films. While Roselyn was able to star in higher profile films (Auntie Mame, Sister Kenny and The Trouble with Angels) that saw her nominated for various awards, she was always passed over. These women's nominations came when bigger (more financially successful) films were out, and so the stars of those films won the awards. Barbara was so talented that even in the mini-series Thornbirds, from the 1980s, when she was playing an older landholder in Australia, people actually believed her portrayal of a woman desperately in love with a much younger man, who was also a priest. That was talent.
Totally loved Barbara stanwyck followed her career for many years but what blue my mind was that Barbara was a lesbian in disgusted for the times and l totally understand still love you Barbara
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You didn't mention her very popular TV role in Big Valley. I've noticed you tend to focus a lot on an actor's scandalous behavior and miss important parts of their career.
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Gi just love Barbara ßhe is such a good actress. I just wish they had someone else narrating this!!!!
You left out her relationship with William Holden.
She was a terrific actress and a true professional. One of her best films was "Clash by Night" (1952), co-starring Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas and Marilyn Monroe. The role was tailor-made for Stanwyck, and shows off her ability to be both tough and vulnerable, which was one of her greatest acting strengths. It's downright scandalous that she never won an Academy Award, as she was easily the equal of Bette Davis or Joan Crawford, two other Hollywood divas who both captured Oscars. Her lifetime achievement award from the Academy was belated and much deserved. She was equally good in melodramas, comedies, suspense, and westerns. She did just about everything but musicals and science fiction.
Hurray! Someone who shares my view of Barbara Stanwyck. She was definitely equal to Bette Davis and others. She was also nice and in Hollywood that’s something.
A brilliant actress. She's the one who took bill holden into her wing. A life long friendship and an actor's actor as you said❣😉
Everyone forgets what a great comedic actress she was as well. Her timing and delivery, impeccable.
Her portrayal in Stella Dallas was simply sublime. The scene were she asks her ex-husband’s new wife to raise her daughter, and the other when her daughter (played by Anne Shirley) gets married brought me to tears.
I watched her once in The Lady Eve and my eyes never left her Barbara. My first time seeing her. She cast a spell on me it seemed. She is my favourite actor now. She was distinctive beauty.
Sorry Wrong Number and Double Indemnity are two of my favorite movies!
I only need to put in one comment to describe Barbara Stanwyck, an incredibly strong and capable woman. Thanks from your video on Barbara great look at her life and career. Brenton.
Thank you Brenton! 🙂
Barbara had a tremendous screen pesence, and no matter who else was in the scene, you would find your eyes drawn to her. Add to that a very sensual aura and that voice, and you had a very powerful and memorable lady of film.
I like the fact that she was benevolent with young late Marylin starting in the industry calling her "just a baby". Very few were patient like that with her. Larry Olivier wasn't and that's understandable when you are waited for several hours on the set. The 20th century fox won't either firing her in her last unfinished movie. Dean Martin was part also of one of the few who were comforting to her.
THE BIG VALLEY! it was her crowning glory & she DID win an Emmy for it.
One of my favorite actresses. She could do anything sing, dance, comedy, and drama. She could play good girls, bad girls, and everything in between. She did become a fashionista due to Edith Head and is one of my fashion icons.
I liked many of her Pre Code movies, and her acting in The Colbys and Thorn Birds. I saw The Big Valley a few times in syndication.
Best in Thorn Birds
She was such a beauty
Yeah simple but magnetic.
She looked better than Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.
She's one of my favorite actresses Thanks AOV😁
No surprise! 🙂 Thank you Lana! 🙂
I still find 1953's 'Titanic' to be superior to the one everyone knows. Stanwyck plays her character so naturally and yet, so passionately - particularly her scenes with Clifton Webb - that I still cry when I watch the film again. I've long been a fan of hers, and am delighted to see this. Thanks!
The fact that talents like her never got an oscar make me NOT take this ceremony seriously.
She was independent, “did it the hard way,” did it on her own, and didn’t complain about it. She wasn’t officially affiliated with any studio, and as such didn’t get the promotions and billing the studio system stars did, which is why the academy overlooked her. The studios and the academy went hand in hand. She was the best actress Hollywood ever had, in my opinion
@@davidpar2 " The studios and the academy went hand in hand"... this is how much this industry is corrupted to the bone ! It's always has been about money more than talent. Those last years, the best acting was in tv show and independant films.
What?! She never won an Oscar? That's insane!! Not even for Golden Boy? Illicit? Double Indemnity??? I have also seen her early stuff like Ladies of Leisure and Shopworn, and I can honestly say she was a brilliant actor from the start. She's got this way, with every role she plays where she shows raw emotion, something that can't be taught. When she cries in a scene, you quickly forget she's acting. She's so real.
If you didn't shed a tear by the end of Stella Dallas, you have a heart of ice. The final scene where she watches her daughter get married from afar, her facial expressions say a million things more than if she had talked. We watch Stanwyck's face shift to
sad/unworthy, then surprise, then happy, then finally pride and joy in that wordless closing scene. She didn't get anything for Stella Dallas. A truly ridiculous ceremony indeed.
@@dollydagger4306 Not even a Golden Globe you mean for a great actress or an oscar. Those awards deserve her, not the other way around.
She tried to kill herself after Robert Taylor's cheating. He cheated with Gardner and she had also affairs. I think there was so much affairs in this industry cause it was a generation where it was inacceptable to not be married whatsoever. Divorcing was inacceptable for society. If you weren't happy in your marriage, you just had affairs, you didn't separate. Stuff has changed since... in an exterior point of view.We got married on a whim and we're divorcing as fast. Affairs are banal now. We take, we throw. Marriage, Divorce, Marriage, Divorce, Marriage, Divorce... this is what I call " Kleenex Love". We consume, we throw and NEXT. They had good fixers at that time to not let all the scandals coming out.
One of my favorite actresses.
Barbara Stanwyck was THE greatest female actor of the Golden Era and beyond. IMO, she was much better than Bette Davis. The fact that she never won an Oscar is a travesty.
I think she was at her most adorable in "Ball of Fire".
Babs was a beautiful emencely talented actress and a lovely person
Peter Fonda was a tough guy. You can see it in his eyes.
I live very close to NYC and it's cool to hear about the stars who were born and grew up here. And how Radio City Music Hall. Sometimes I recognize the name of a street and I'll imagine when it was like then compared to now. Seems like they start then go on to Hollywood.
She made a lot of memorable films. Sad that Oscar never recognized her 😢.
I loved when she got angry. Just like Susan Hayward and Ann Bancroft, when she played an angry scene where she raised her voice, her Brooklyn accent came back.
Like Roselyn Russell, Anne Baxter and Susan Hayward, Barbara was under appreciated by audiences and studio execs throughout her career. Films like Stella Dallas and Sorry, Wrong Number showcased her talents and skill. Like the other actresses mentioned here, Barbara got roles in mostly small, intimate films. While Roselyn was able to star in higher profile films (Auntie Mame, Sister Kenny and The Trouble with Angels) that saw her nominated for various awards, she was always passed over. These women's nominations came when bigger (more financially successful) films were out, and so the stars of those films won the awards. Barbara was so talented that even in the mini-series Thornbirds, from the 1980s, when she was playing an older landholder in Australia, people actually believed her portrayal of a woman desperately in love with a much younger man, who was also a priest. That was talent.
Totally loved Barbara stanwyck followed her career for many years but what blue my mind was that Barbara was a lesbian in disgusted for the times and l totally understand still love you Barbara
Why does the images in this video essay have no connection to the audio commentary? Too bad.
What about Ruby Dee next ?
Great Actress
Already on the list! 😉
She and Frank fay had adopted a child before they got a divorce.
Please place the photos in order by age and coincide with narrative.
It is hard to find fitting pictures for the narrative. Usually it's hard to even find enough photos for a whole video, that is why they repeat.
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In 1922 $30 a week wasn't rich, but it was certainly decent money...
AoV, what are some of your favourite films by Stanwyck? Both in the pre-code era and after. :)
How many 13 year old kids could make it successfully in today's world like Barbara did?
Didn't she abuse and discard her son?
I don’t know if she “abused” him, but their relationship was distant
I think her son was adopted. I read they had a cold relationship. Very sad.
You didn't mention her very popular TV role in Big Valley. I've noticed you tend to focus a lot on an actor's scandalous behavior and miss important parts of their career.
She was gay but try to cover it up.
@Tom Reedy
Only her hairdresser could have known for sure.
Gay who cares
I never thought she was pretty. Didn't care for her acting either.
I liked her acting. She had a cute figure and average face.
She was pert