Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | The Hollywood Collection
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- Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Zeigfield Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play - and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
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Barbara’s first marriage was to vaudeville headliner, Frank Fay. When Hollywood beckoned, it was Fay who convinced Frank Capra to give Barbara her first real break. But as Stanwyck’s career took off, Fay’s sank. Fay’s jealousy and drinking led to divorce. Barbara’s greatest love was actor Robert Taylor, her second husband. But even that didn’t last and she spent the greater part of her life alone.
However, there was always the one love she could rely on: her work - in over 80 feature films and a rich career in television. Included are clips from: Ladies of Leisure , Annie Oakley, Golden Boy, The Lady Eve, Meet John Doe, Double Indemnity, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers , Sorry, Wrong Number , Clash By Night and The Thorn Birds. Interviewed are: actors Robert Wagner, Robert Stack, Roddy McDowall, Ricardo Montalban and Charlton Heston, producer Aaron Spelling, director Edward Dymtryk, dress designer Nolan Miller, biographers Ella Smith and Bob Thomas. - Zábava
My Mother met Barbara Stanwyck at the glove counter at I Magnin's in San Francisco back in the seventies. They both had a pleasant conversation about how hard it is to find elbow length gloves. Miss Stanwyck left the store first. The shop assistant then informed my Mother the gloves she had been admiring were a gift from Miss Stanwyck.
Unbelievable. Missy was known for paying it forward in so many ways. A genuine star like they don't make them any more. What a precious memory!
Wow cool
What a wonderful story and thank you for sharing it!💕💕💕
Man, I would have framed those things 🥰
@@PuffKitty 😊
I've heard that in spite of her often "tough" personna, she was one of the nicest people in Hollywood. Apparently, it didn't matter if you were her leading man, or a janitor
I really don't see why being tough and being nice should be mutually exclusive. A lot of the "tough" women were just described as bitchy for asking for the same stuff me got to take for granted. I doubt all men were pleasures to work with but they didn't really get called "difficult" much, did they?
In my opinion. She was one of those women that looked better with age. Unlike 99% of Hollywood, she aged gracefully. And maybe her personality had a little something to do with that.
Definitely!
After my mother graduated from Boston's Children's Hospital School of Nursing in 1951 , she accepted a position at the Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. One day a small woman wearing dark glasses came to her supervisor station loaded with toys, games, books and puzzles for the little kids on the wards, and asked for help getting the rest out of her car. It was Barbara Stanwyck with no press, no posse, and driving herself. She spent the entire afternoon playing and reading with the children, before leaving just as unobtrusively as she had come. My mother only stayed there about six months before she returned to New England, but in that time she said Miss Stanwyck did the same thing several times. After that as far as she was concerned, Barbara Stanwyck could do no wrong and became her favorite actress.
In an odd coincidence, when my mother was in high school, her father accepted a position in Phoenix Arizona. World War II was on , and my mother's after school job was working at a Dairy Bar at Sky Harbor Airfield, where a lot of young Pilots were trained. After she finished her shift and was walking across the tarmac, she said a handsome lieutenant came up to her and asked for directions. As she was going that way, and as she later told me, he was drop dead gorgeous oh, she offered to show him the way. She said he was very polite and they had a lovely conversation, but it wasn't until he said goodbye and they parted company , that she realized she had been walking with Lieutenant Robert Taylor.
Thank you for sharing that! How beautiful
Awwww, what a lovely memory! ❤❤❤
Loved Barbara. Everything she did was pure class. The consummate professional. Very generous in her craft. And so beautiful even as she aged.
Dude. Check Stanwyck out as an old lady. She could still dominate a scene with so much intensity. She was a great actress. Period.
A true LEGEND
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I was a child when I saw her in ‘The Thornbirds’ and I was amazed at how she could play an elderly woman in love with a young man and carry the lead so perfectly. I think I watched that at least ten times! Then TCM came along and watched all her movies.
@@melianna999 What a horrible face you have to look forward to then!
@@melianna999 she was a great actress and Miss Stanwyck made many wonderful films. Apparently you haven’t seen any.
I grew up loving strong women with heart and Stanwyck has always been number one on my list.
Agreed! Even as I child, I felt a connection with the strong characters she portrayed and as I grew up, I admired her even more as an actress and as a person.
She had big heart for women.
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From pre-code Hollywood to the very end and everything in between, Barbara Stanwyck left us with a treasure trove of work that will last and be admired for generations yet unborn.
I Absolutely LOVE Barbara Stanwyck - she was and is a Mega-watt movie Star!!!
Her performance in the Thorn Birds - that last scene at her birthday party with Richard Chamberlain - remains the most incredible bit of acting I've ever seen. Bar none. Very few people can make the viewer feel the emotions they are portraying on screen. She had that rare quality of an actor who can do deep emotion and hilarious comedy to equal effect. To this day "Christmas in Connecticut" is one of the funniest movies and a staple around the holidays. RIP Barbara! You are incomparable!
,V.M.- I have my own copy of Christmas In Connecticut .which it every holiday. Love her....HOLLYWOOD should hang their heads in shame ... No Oscar for Miss Stanwyck.Shame on you...ALL...
I commented a few months ago that hers was the single greatest performance in film history.
Another fine actress from the 20th century, who made it against all odds. There will never be another Barbara Stanwyck.
I very much loved her
you are right..we are so lucky to have her movies to remember her by.
Yes, Your Right There Will Never Be Another Barbara Stanwyck. 😇
In my opinion she is the finest actress of them all.
(: I can agree!!!!! ... 😚
I don't see anybody with a good argument against this
My favorite of all time. No one ever had a bad word to say about Barbara. They say on the set she was kind to everyone.
Sooo nice to hear.
she had two "lavender" marriages
@@melianna999 There is always one who has to spoil a lovely story with a scummy remark like that, Why don't you crawl back under the tone where you belong!
@@melianna999 What nonsense, she loved both her husbands and they loved her.
God, she was gorgeous - Inside and out. Insanely talented.
By all means my favorite vintage actress, she excelled in every genre, was always convincing and made even bad movies watchable!
@@anapaulapontes7945
(: Not fair to say ... She had it all ... She was beautiful ... !!!!! ... ☺
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(: Yes ... She sure did!!!!! ... ☺
She was a great actress. From Double Indemnity to Big Valley, I could never take my eyes off her. She had from the minute she walked on the screen. Simply loved the woman, a true great.
A unique voice. A rich personality. Intense eyes.
One of the most diverse actresses that ever performed. She was outstanding. I never saw her in a role or film in my 68 years that I didn't like. She is the only actress or actor I can say that about.
She was one of my favorite people. We both were named Barbara and my mother loved her acting.
Barbara Stanwyck was simply classy.
Barbara is a legend. She was better than Davis, Crawford, Hepburn and other legends. Unlike of them, she never gave a bad perfomance or made a bad movie..
Bla bla bla...don't say nonsense things!...she was not better!...she was AS GREAT AS....when you love cinéma,you don't chose between talent,you praise it...
She guided her own ship; never selling her soul to the studios of her time. The studios came to her!
I fell in love with Miss Stanwyck watching Christmas In Connecticut... Never been the same since...
Barbara is my all time favorite actress and in my view, the greatest actress of her era. Her acting style was so natural and so authentic, her movies have aged better than many other movie stars of that time.
I'm glad this documentary included that tremendous scene from the "Thornbirds". She not only stopped everyone on the set, but also she stopped the series for the viewer. Wow! It was " children, this is how you do it". A roar from Hollywood's golden age in the ' 70's
She could do it all!! And she was a Beauty. Wow! What a great actress, lady , and human being!! I have such respect for that lovely woman.
I always loved Barbara. Even later in life, she was still gorgeous and talented. On The Big Valley you could tell that she and Richard Long were the movie stars where the rest were TV actors. Watch the reruns and watch how she sweeps in to the scenes and carries herself. Not to mention that she hurt herself more than once doing her own stunts. Even when she made one of her last public appearances on an awards show and two people had to hold her up, she was beautiful, and full of grace and class! Babs, you are missed! Love you pretty lady! You never had anything to prove to anybody!
At the AFI Awards, she had just emerged from the hospital after fracturing three vertebra while exercising. She had to be in unbelievable pain, yet she soldiered on. A metaphor for her life and career.
I will watch a movie just because she's in it. You always want to see what she'll do with it.
Even a bad movie is good if Miss Stanwyck is in it.
+MerleOberon You said it! She could turn "Witness to Murder" and "Crime of Passion" into high art.
Tell me about it, one of my serious faves.
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Barbara Stanwyck dazzled me when I was a kid and saw "Ball of Fire" on my black and white television. Had never heard of the film and honestly didn't even recognize her at first, but her entrance into the professors' home and toying with them was truly brilliant acting.
I was so fortunately Too have live With my Great Aunt. God rest her soul. When I watch my favorite Actress black-and-white movies I see my great Aunt in them.. I remember some of her beautiful clothes Fox tails hats with big Rose's on them her suits. She was a beautiful classic woman. I don't understand why Hollywood keep all these beautiful classic in legend movies locked up and just getting dust on Them..
What are they saved them For.
These are classic movies that should be free to watch..📺📽 🎞 📻
I’m surprised there is mention of Babyface from 1933. One of the best all time pre-code movies. She was awesome in that film.
I love pre code!
Even today, it's capital A for Adult.
Barbara Stanwyck, always will be in my heart. Her talent, beauty and class.
I loved her on The Big Valley.
@@davidwilson9569
(: Me too ....and the "Six Million Dollar Man" too ... ☺
(: In mine too!!!!! ... 😚
That one scene w/ Richard Chamberlain showed that she still had such power & command as an actress. The woman could've given a Master Class in the craft of acting. Brava "Missy!" BRAVA!
I still recall it! Heartbreaking
@@teenaapperson5880 If you mean the scene from Thornbirds, that stuck with me also.
Lin Ross I know that scene, indeed it’s a lesson, and it is still shockingly modern today
46:56-47:49..What a woman,what a scene..She was a piece of gold in Hollywood.What a strenght of acting..RIP
The best actress ever. "The man up stairs was pushing me," she says about her life. Just another thing to thank God for.
Olive: and... weren't we the ' lucky ones'...
Barbara Stanwyck is really the greatest actress in motion picture history! She could play any part. Her versatility and her love for what she did are evident in everything she ever did. She is the most amazing woman, who rose above all the odds and lived her life, doing what she loved and wanted to do and giving her best all the way!
Claudette Colbert is the best and she had great comedic timing as well.
Wow, the quality of the actors speaking about her says everything about her class. She was always so professional. Such an amazing actress. So respected.
one of the greatest actresses ever i adored her on the big valley.
(: Me too!!!!! ... 😚
(: I used to watch that every single day!!!!! ... ☺ No one better than her ... than any of the main characters on that series!!!!! ... ❤
@@marialoureiro455 Best TV show EVER
Loved her as Mrs. Barkley
Barbara gives a wonderful performance in "Double Indemnity", the look she gives whilst Walter Neff is doing the dasterdly deed is quite amazing,the whole scene is totally dependant on that expressive close-up. Long may her body of work be shown for film fans to fully appreciate her great talent.
Have you seen "Sorry, Wrong Number"? My favorite Stanwyck performance.
+Jeff Eastwood. Barbara's performance in this film is so good as it is completely reliant upon her to build the tension throughout. The ending is quite disturbing and she shows once again what an accomplished actress she was. Regards.
orchard: Oh I so agree. The first time I saw it I was horrified because that's the way dangerous psychotics look; emotionless, eyes staring at nothing.
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Yes!
One of the few actresses at the time to not be apart of the studio system and be a free agent. It takes guts, talent, and confidence in one self to take a bold stance like that!
Wonderful Miss Barbara Stanwyck, a giant among her peers.
When she looked into her leading man's eyes and told him how great he was and how much she adored him...well, I so wanted to be "that guy".
she prefer ladies eyes
What an actress and a what a life story. And that amazingly thin body frame of hers never altered, even in her later years. I continue to collect her work on DVD because her real life speaks through so many of her characters. As was the case for so many of those Golden Era actors.
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TheRetroWoman80 you are awesome
What an excellent comment!
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They didn’t mention one of my favorite Movies she starred in and that was Christmas in Connecticut! I watch that movie all the time!
(: She also did an old "Titanic" ... I have the video ... I only bought it because of her!!!!! ... 😚
I also just loved Christmas in Connecticut. Funny Movie ! Vickie
8 years
omg, my ultimate favorite!
Along with Cary Grant!
I always enjoyed her movies but after seeing this documentary have a greater respect for the woman and the actress. Brava, Barbara Stanwyck! Brava!
The thorn birds was outstanding. I remember seeing it as a child and recently rewatched it. Barbara just elevated that miniseries.
(: I saw that too!!!!! ... 😚
(: There is nothing like that today!!!!! ... :(
She was outstanding in Sorry Wrong Number along with Burt Lancaster.
mickeyh1961 .
I love that movie. Especially the ending!
I need to watch this movie. I love both of them.
Barbara is a ledgend, that's scene with the priest is heart wrenching and you feel her pain coming from the tv screen onto you. Now that's rare.
I have really been getting into movies from the 40s and 50s lately and man she is just amazing. She deserved the Oscar for Double Indemnity.
She’s so beautiful. The first husband was delusional thinking she would go back to a man that beat her up !!
Barbara Stanwyck was an incredibly wonderful actress. Thank you for posting.
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Barbara stanwick DEFINITELY 1 TOUGH COOKIE!! I ENCOURAGE ALL WHO LOVE
BARBARA INCREDIBLE TALENT, PLEASE,PLEASE
WATCH/ ENJOY................
BABY FACE!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Barbara Stanwyck! A strong woman, very talented. I always watch her on Big valley reruns!
Barbara Stanwyck, was undoubtedly, one the greatest actresses of all time. Love the movie classics. What a lady! 🌹🌹
Greatest star and actress ever. She knew how to act, how to be great in every scene. Great,great lady.
She may not have the legend of a Davis or Crawford, but she was more versatile and natural than either of them and unlike them, she excelled at comedy.
I think she was better than Crawford. Remember Big Valley? Crawford was never big on TV.
I've often thought Joan should have been in Sorry, Wrong Number and Barbara in Mildred Pierce.
Jeff Eastwood I can't imagine anyone but Barbara in Sorry Wrong Number. She owned that part.
Oh she was absolutely amazing in it and deserved her Oscar nomination for it, I just think Joan also would have been amazing in that role.
I always knew it as Davis, Crawford, and Stanwyck when thinking of the 30's famous actresses. Funny, even after the hype these 3 were the best.
I adore Barbara Stanwyck. Amazing at her craft!
At 71, I have been captivated by Barbara for many years. Never disappointed, she was the character with style, grace, charm and, of course, beauty. I still search the net hoping to find yet, one more of her movies.
The strange loves of Martha Ivers is one .
I loved her before.... after seeing this great biography, I love her even more. So many brilliant performances.
A lady and a true actor. Thank you so much.
She also did a movie with Elvis Presley called “Roustabout” Elvis was ecstatic to be working with her.
A great actress. And she was a really adorable child.What a rough childhood she had-not surprised that she also worked so well with Marilyn Monroe on Clash by Night. Both had experienced difficult childhoods.
Miss Stanwyck was a great favorite of mine. Her acting range was huge and she was never typecast. It wasn't one of her best known roles but I loved her in "Ball of Fire"(1941) with Gary Cooper.
Double Indemnity - one the truly great thrillers.
Double Indemnity- the daddy of them all, greatest film noir of all time.
@@ThePlataf I'd have to add "Sorry, Wrong Number"
@@robyngranberry9044 Yes, that was brilliant.
Maybe the all-time best film-noir.
In my view, Barbara Stanwyck was miscast in that role. She wasn't believable in the cheap blonde wig.
Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson carried the movie.
Every time I saw her name she was ALWAYS Miss Barbara Stanwyck. She always garnered that type of respect! Very admirable!!!
Saw it on the Late Show when I was 8 years old, and my poor little heart broke : Stella Dallas, in the rain, being told by the cop to move it along as she's watching her daughter ... love her over all the others, even more than Ginger Rogers.
That scene in Stella Dallas was amazing. She didn't say a word. Yet she said everything. Now to convey her feelings without saying a word is acting at it's best.
Everytime I see Stella Dallas, I cry at the end. She was fabulous in Double Indemnity. Loved her in Ball of Fire! A real talent, a great star, but if her real last name was "Stevens," I'm Elvis reincarnated.
I love this woman.... I still watch a lot of old movies starring Ms. Stanwyck. Movies aren't made with true compassion and real story lines like in the good ole days. Westerns aren't westerns and drama is corny. I will always be a fan.
Does anyone remember Barbara stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in a movie about his being a district attorney and she is a petty thief. The story revolves around the fact that she has to be in carcerated during Christmas season. McMurray eventually takes her home for Christmas with him. The rest of the movie is her coming to realization that she is missing out on life due to her current self-made circumstances. She sees the goodness in those around her without being under conditional love. She let's herself be taken up in this small part of life that is real, pure and forgiving. She finds herself wanting that for her life. You can see in her acting that she has actually repented about her past behaviour and does her best to prove and live up to her new "set of standards " she has promised herself . Like the prodigal daughter if you will. At the end she finds love and accepts responsibility for her previous unlawful actions and vows to correct them. Knowing she could very well be losing the treasure she has recently found in the most unlikely place. This movie would have been a bust without her talent and dedication to the character she created. An amazing lady.
An incredible actress and an astonishingly beatiful woman.
When I was a young teen, I read in a hairstyle magazine that she refused to dye her hair and wanted to wear her silver hair proudly. I decided that I was going to do the same thing and I am!
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(: Nothing wrong with that!!!!! ... ☺
(: She was ... yet people say "She was not beautiful" ... :(
But she really was!!!!! ... ☺
Real beauty is the charm, truth, empathy, wit and intelligence that exudes from her.
She was and is a Star. Knowing of her real experiences validates her true talents and I identify with many of her traits.
Barbara Stanwyck was one of the best and greatest movie stars and actors that came out of early Hollywood. Yes she was just as good as Katharine, Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. Maybe Barbra was better than those gals because she was so natural and real.
Robert Anderson I realized that Barbara Stanwick was great actress and so elegant classy when I was a child, I love Barbara.
A Robert Anderson. She acted the pants off of Crawford. Crawford in my opinion wasnt a great actress, maybe a good one but definitely not in the caliber of Stanwyck.
Barbara should have signed with MGM, or Paramount ! maybe she would have gotten an oscar sooner, she signed with others, I saw the locked door, it was good ! Mexicalli rose I didn't see anything wrong with that movie either ,
@@haroldmachroli3368 Crawford is known for her discipline and professional and hard-working manners, not versatility
Robert Anderson a former
Great tribute because it clearly depicted Miss Stanwyck for her unique qualities.
Her immersion into character is undeniable.
One complaint is that her light-hearted roles were not much discussed. Miss Stanwyck approached comedy with the same intensity of portraying a human being. Her flair gives us humor because it is real--we are insecure and do ridiculous things hoping life will turn out for the best.
I've always been a huge fan of Barbara Stanwyck, so that I had no idea that she wasn't up there with all the other icons of Hollywood. She will always be one of my all time favorites.
I think Barbara Stanwyck looks better in The Big Valley and she did when she was a younger actress what year did she die and how old is she I love the clothes she wears on The Big Valley the way she wears her hair she's a very elegant woman
Barbara Stanwyck was my favorite as well. My parents watched a lot of classic films when I was growing up and no other actress held my attention the way she did. I mimicked the way she walked and stood when I was figuring out who I was because I thought it just exuded strength.
She was my favourite actress of her era. So much talent, so much courage. She's sadly missed
This is absolutely amazing. I have loved her for many decades. There are no words in the English language that can truly do her justice. Simply, I love you Miss Barbara Stanwyck.
The first Stanwyck movie I ever saw was "Annie Oakley." I loved it. The second one was "Stella Dallas." I was a teenager then, and was happy that I had watched it alone because I cried like a baby at the last scene. Boys don't like to cry, but I do every time I see it. RIP.
Stella Dallas was one of my favorites and you are right the last scene with her daughter getting married was a tear jerker.
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I can't even remember a time when I cried so much. Well, maybe when I was a kid and watched Walt Disney's "Old Yeller," when the boy had to put down his beloved dog. I didn't think I could feel so bad watching a movie.
I love this woman ... she can do no wrong in my eyes. Even a lousy film is great because she's in it, always doing her best.
I agree.
A fabulous human being, as well as actress! This quote was said about another actress :- “Marilyn played the best game with the worst hand of anybody I know.” ~Edward Wagenknecht, author....I feel this can definitely be said of Barbara Stanwyck as well. No wonder she was kind & thoughtful towards Marilyn, when they were in a movie together...Barbara sensed the similarities between them. A fine life, well lived :)
she was a fabulous and beautiful movie star
In my opinion she was a great actress, not beautiful. ...
@@anapaulasilva5660
(: She really was beautiful ... ☺
In her time, an actress had to be beautiful!!!!! Hollywood is not always fair!!!!! ... :( It is not a dream world!!!!!
You must not have seen enough of her movies!!!!! She was a true woman!!!!! ... ☺
(: Exceptional I should say!!!!! ... ☺
My favorite actress by far! She was just so real in her portrayals and versatile! There truly has never been or will ever be another actress like her!!!
the more i watch her movies the more i become fascinated with her and its hard to pin down whether its her unique voice, sparkling eyes, or ability to play a cold hearted killer, seductive sassy girl, or a loving mother
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Many have said she was always professional...never late and treated the stage hands with as much respect as her co-stars..great lady.
She was amazing. Loved her old movies and The Big Valley.
She was a brilliant actress!! Always admired her.
She made it look SO easy. The consummate professional working actress. She sat the bar very high. She may not have had the ego of Crawford or Davis but she possessed the talent.
Christina McKenna I think she was more talented than they were really. She was more genuine. They were flashier and so they got more attention.
I raced home every day from school just to watch reruns of the big valley! And then I discovered Stella Dallas and have been hooked on Barbara Stanwyck ever since!!
She was a great actress whose achievement has somehow underrated in her era.
My favorite actress, although I didn’t appreciate her since I’ve gotten older and have watched more of her movies! She had a depth inside that came out, not like the beautiful actresses that used vanity , she was real and it came out in a way I haven’t seen in any other actress. Such a sad life, but she was a survivor.
Wow such class and beauty! Barbara Stanwick was stunning as a young lady and had bright eyes and was strong willed. No wonder she became a great actress after all she went through as a kid. She lost her mother at 3 and was sent into foster homes and she developed a strong character which made her an independant woman with a fierce appetite for life. I'm still discovering her movies and appreciate a lot of them but she was an incredible Mary Carson in the thorn Birds.She scared the hell out of me when i first watched this series as a teenager but she was fabulous in this role of a bitter woman and touching "Inside this stupid body of mine i 'm still young,i still feel,i still want and i still LOVE YOU"my god!She made me shed tears.
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🙋🏼♀️ Hey Frenchie séverine i was young too when i saw Barbara in Thorn Birds. Though i can’t remember verbatim, i _clearly_ understood what she was saying and how she felt. 😕 My feelings for her character immediately went from hate
to love 💕 and empathy. 😓 It was the first time that i realized that *YES, i too* was going to get older and die.
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It made me _appreciate_ my youth and relatively decent looks, 😬 something i doubt ever would have happened if i hadn’t seen that movie.🍿As i’ve aged (i’m 53) i often recall her character because of feeling *EXACTLY* 😞 like she explained in that scene! 😤 Soo HEARTBREAKING!! 💔 LOL it actually makes me kinda sad 🥺 just writing about it even though i’m now _long past_ feeling sorry for myself as it occurs to me that my youth and “okay” looks are looong gone.⏳i can’t imagine anyone else doing such a TERRIFIC job and i believe she HONESTLY FELT what she was saying at the time. What a WONDERFUL
actress! 🎭 i’m so glad i got to watch this when i was young and kinda received a *”HEADS UP”* about
the future. 🔮 This way my aging didn’t come as a complete *SHOCK* 😳 and i _know_ i handled it better than some of my unfortunate peers.😏Hmmn 🤔 maybe the
movie 🎥 should be made “required watching” for teenagers! 😁 Anyhoo, *TY SOO MUCH* for your comment! 🤗 It gave me a beautiful opportunity to reminisce and also to remember what a truly *EPIC* performer that Barbara was!! 🤩🥳💋
Classy, glamorous, & distinguished.
one of the greatest actresses of all time. Totally awesome!
she had a great voice
So glad I watched this. I had never been a huge fan of hers, but after watching this and what a generous, kind hard working woman she was I have a new appreciation for her!
I certainly can't put her above Garbo and Davis, but she was an extraordinary talent.
This is an excellent documentary!....
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She was really in a lot of great films.
She was so genuine
Last night, I stayed up late to watch "California." Something made me look her up, this Sunday morning...OMG, What a lady, what a human being...
She is my new hero!!
I discovered Barbra on the Big Valley in 1965 She rode horses shot guns and would do anything to protect her family My kind of Woman!
After having seen 'Baby Face' a few years ago for the first time, I became a fan.
Thank you! I enjoyed her character in Big Valley. And I love the oldie they just mentioned where she was like s hobo and she watched her daughter get married as she stood outside in the cold. Double Indemnity, yes!
"Stella Dallas". An amazing performance. She should have won an Oscar® for it.
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She was and is the greatest American actress that ever lived. Never does she ever play "Barbara Stanwyck". No one was so versatile and could be so inhabited and transformed in character. RIP Queen Missy.
Nope, the best is Davis by a mile.
@@chucksellers8422 Everyone has their own opinion and "best" is subjective but I don't remember Davis having the range that Stanwyck did. Davis was a talented serious actress but that does not make for the best. Barbara is the ONLY actress who could bring me to tears EVERY time she cries and had great comedic timing that many of the "best" from the golden era of Hollywood never really had.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 for me it's who makes me feel the most. I feel Bette Davis in everything I see her in even TV movies. If you haven't seen her TV work when she was older, do see it. It is truly awesome. I would be lying to say Stanwyck was not a great star, but, in life and in her movies, she was standoffish. That doesn't sit well with me.
@@chucksellers8422 I have seen Davis in her later years and did prefer that work over her earlier work (her interaction on Death on the Nile with Maggie Smith was fantastic). I get what you're saying and what's interesting is what you see in Davis I see in Stanwyck and vice versa. I always saw an aloofness in Davis that I didn't in Stanwyck. I guess it's about who you connect with.
@@mortimerbrewster3671 My favorite 2 of BD films are (1) Now, Voyager, and (2) Of Human Bondage. She didn't win an Oscar for either. I understand that some will not agree about her career highlights, and that's cool.
This is the best documentary of an actress. Thanks.