{"product_id":"barbara-stanwyck","title":"Barbara Stanwyck","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbara 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Callahan considers both Stanwyck''s life and her art, exploring her seminal collaborations with Capra in such great films as \u003ci\u003eLadies of Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Miracle Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Bitter Tea of General Yen\u003c\/i\u003e; her Pre-Code movies \u003ci\u003eNight Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBaby Face\u003c\/i\u003e; and her classic roles in \u003ci\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRemember the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e. After making more than eighty films in Hollywood, she revived her career by turning to television, where her role in the 1960s series \u003ci\u003eThe Big Valley\u003c\/i\u003e renewed her immense popularity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCallahan 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, \u003ci\u003eAll I Desire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThere''s Always Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and two outrageous westerns, \u003ci\u003eThe Furies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForty Guns\u003c\/i\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504854409589,"sku":"9781617031830","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781617031830.jpg?v=1786953771","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/barbara-stanwyck","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}