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motion pictures
motion pictures movie-making as an art and an industry, including its production techniques, its creative artists, and the distribution and exhibition of its products (see also motion picture photography ; Motion Picture Cameras under camera ). Origins Experiments in photographing mov... Read more
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara , city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. A beautiful residential and resort city with many recreational facilities, it also has electronics and aerospace research and development firms, and an orchid industry. Oil fields are in th... Read more
Barbara Pym
Barbara Pym (Barbara Mary Crampton Pym), 1913-80, English writer. Her books are quiet comedies, often dealing with older, usually frustrated, and isolated characters. After success with such novels as Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958), her works went out of print. In 1977, ... Read more
Dame Barbara Hepworth
Dame Barbara Hepworth 1903-75, English sculptor. Hepworth's smooth, usually nonfigurative sculptures recall those of Jean Arp. Working in Cornwall, she consistently sought perfection of form and surface texture. She worked primarily in stone, in bronze. Her sculpture is represented in the Tate Gall... Read more
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock 1902-92, American geneticist. She discovered that certain genetic material, "transposable elements" or "jumping genes" (now called transposons), shifted its location in the chromosomes from generation to generation. At first ignored, her research was later recognized as a... Read more
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1912-89, American historian, b. New York City. She won the Pulitzer Prize for history twice, for The Guns of August (1962), about the onset of World War I, and for Stilwell and the American Experience in China (1971). Her other works include The Zimmermann Telegram (1... Read more
Sir Peter Lely
Sir Peter Lely , 1618-80, Dutch portrait painter in England. His original name was Pieter van der Faes. He studied in Haarlem but worked in England from c.1643. After the death of Van Dyck he became court painter in 1661. Lely painted in turn the great figures of the court of Charles I, the Protecto... Read more
Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson 1894-1982, English painter; son of Sir William Nicholson. Nicholson's geometric abstractions of landscapes and still lifes are discreetly colored and lyrically expressed. In works such as Relief (1939; Mus. of Modern Art, New York City) Nicholson developed the purism of de Stijl w... Read more
Santa Catalina
Santa Catalina or Catalina Island, S Calif., one of the Santa Barbara Islands, off Huntington Beach, Calif. It is a resort island, 22 mi (35 km) long and 1 to 8 mi (1.6-12.9 km) wide, with a picturesque, irregular coastline dotted with coves and beaches. It was explored in 1542 by Juan Rodr&iac... Read more
Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes , 1893-1958, American designer, b. Adrian, Mich. as Norman Melancton Geddes. He began his career in 1918 as scene designer for the Metropolitan Opera. He became known for imaginative designs both for the New York stage and for numerous industrial products. Geddes also designed seve... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to " Barbara Stanwyck"

Burlesque
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Burlesque (1927), a play by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins . [ Plymouth Theatre , 372 perf.] Bonnie ( Barbara Stanwyck) and Skid Johnson ( Hal Skelly ) are not only husband and wife but work together in a second‐string burlesque... Read more
Edith Head
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...guaranteed when she began to outfit Barbara Stanwyck (a reportedly difficult-to-fit...to Head by Benton). Head became Stanwyck's confidante (a role she replayed...actresses over the years), and Stanwyck insisted that Head be written into... Read more
Frank Capra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...their first film together, Ladies of Leisure, starred Barbara Stanwyck and showed Capra finding his distinctive voice. Won Oscars Although both Swerling and Stanwyck became regulars in the Capra stable, Capra's breakthrough... Read more
Capra, Frank
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Their first film together, Ladies of Leisure, starred Barbara Stanwyck (1907 – 1990) and showed Capra developing his...Although Capra worked regularly with both Swerling and Stanwyck, his breakthrough project came from another writer... Read more
Barnett, Etta Moten
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...to make her mark in Hollywood. Barnett began her Hollywood career dubbing vocals for such established actresses as Barbara Stanwyck and Ginger Rogers. Then, she made a splash with her groundbreaking appearance in Gold Diggers of 1933. Barnett was... Read more
Lehman, Ernest
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...harsh look at Wall Street. A major production with an all-star cast (it featured William Holden, Frederic March, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson, Shelley Winters and Walter Pidgeon), the film received good notices. Lehman would later collaborate... Read more
Billy Wilder
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Indemnity (1942) and The Lost Weekend (1945). In Double Indemnity, a classic of the film genre called film noir, Barbara Stanwyck and insurance agent Fred MacMurray murder her husband to get the proceeds of an insurance policy. Brackett so much... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Barbara Stanwyck"

Stanwyck, Barbara
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers STANWYCK, Barbara Nationality: American. Born: Ruby Stevens...x2014; host of TV series The Barbara Stanwyck Show , and in The Big Valley series, 1965...Vincent); Ten Cents a Dance (Barrymore) (as Barbara O'Neil); Night Nurse (Wellman) (as Lora... Read more
The Lady Eve
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...editor: Stuart Gilmore. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck ( Jean ); Henry Fonda ( Charles...Smith, Ella, Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck , New York, 1974; revised edition, 1985. Vermilye, Jerry, Barbara Stanwyck , New York, 1975. Kerbel, Michael... Read more
Double Indemnity
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Cast: Fred MacMurray ( Walter Neff ); Barbara Stanwyck ( Phyllis Dietrichson ); Edward G. Robinson...York, 1970. Smith, Ella, Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck , New York, 1973. Vermilye, Jerry, Barbara Stanwyck , New York, 1975. Zolotow, Maurice... Read more
Taylor, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...School, Hollywood. Family: Married 1) the actress Barbara Stanwyck, 1939 (divorced 1951); 2) the actress Ursula Thiess...New York Times , 9 June 1969. Schickel, Richard, "Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor: Ranch Living an Read more
Mohr, Hal
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...documentary filmmaker in Hollywood. Television work from the mid-1950s includes episodes of Life with Father , The Barbara Stanwyck Show , and That's My Boy . Awards: Academy Award for A Midsummer Night's Dream , 1935; The Phantom of the Opera... Read more
Gilda
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...plot. The latter, typified by the various vehicles found for strong female stars like Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Barbara Stanwyck, deal with the romantic, social and professional struggles of independent women who usually win through, after plentiful... Read more
Westerns
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...peak production during the 1940s and 1950s, with such stars as Wayne, Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, and Barbara Stanwyck appearing in increasingly complex films. At the onset of World War II, Westerns reflected nationalistic sentiments... Read more
Schnee, Charles
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...strong stories and performances, well directed by Anthony Mann and William Wellman, respectively. In the former, Barbara Stanwyck struggles to take control of her life and her inheritance, attempting to wrestle it from her more backward looking... Read more
Stromberg, Hunt
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...United Artists as he had during his salad days under Thalberg. His United Artists debut, Lady of Burlesque , starring Barbara Stanwyck, was a smash, but that can not be said for what followed: The Young Widow , The Strange Woman , and Dishonored Lady... Read more

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BARBARA STANWYCK.(Interview)
Magazine article from: Interview; 3/1/2001; 700+ words ; ...language when describing Barbara Stanwyck- legendary, unique...women in one. Here, Stanwyck the phenomenon, the...LINDA EVANS, ACTRESS Barbara absolutely loved doing...The great thing about Barbara Stanwyck is that she was so... Read more
Stanwyck.
Magazine article from: Video Age International; 10/1/1994; ; 514 words ; ...eventually forced a divorce. Barbara, at one time the highest...ambiance of the time, and how Stanwyck/Taylor fit into it, and...their relationship, with Barbara coming out with more of...and somehow explaining the Stanwyck story in terms of her time...and Madsen's analysis of Barbara's ... Read more
The misanthrope's corner.(films based on the Titanic disaster)(Column)
Magazine article from: National Review; 12/23/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...movie starring Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck comes on TV, I drop everything...movie with Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck is a personal drama with a nautical...vivant who married poor-girl Stanwyck and made a fashionable lady... Read more
LETTERS.
Magazine article from: Interview; 6/1/2001; 647 words ; THE ORIGINAL SHARPSHOOTER Dear Interview, Your recent homage to Barbara Stanwyck [March, 2001] was very much appreciated. It's nice to see that the Grand Dame of American Cinema is valued by a new generation... Read more
(movie review) (movie reviews)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 5/26/1998; ; 577 words ; Think Anne Baxter in All About Eve, without the career agenda. Think Barbara Stanwyck in Double Indemnity; without the guile. Think Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice, without the day job. Think Bette Davis... Read more
Hot Hollywood designer recalls his days of glory.(20 Years that Changed Los Angeles: 20 Extraordinary Lives)(costume designer Nolan Miller)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 7/19/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...industry's most glamorous women - Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, Bette...day. And it would be Crawford, Stanwyck, Eleanor Parker, Lana Turner, Jane...I had to make sure that the day Stanwyck was coming, I couldn't have Lana... Read more
Changing canvases: agility has been crucial to the survival of Ed Marin's fine art business, whether changing its entire strategy, its location or simply getting something done fast. (Small Business).(Soicher-Marin Fine Art)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 6/16/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...slowing, the retail-oriented gallery that had once boasted Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and John Cassavetes as clients was forced...mass market, said Brent Smith, brand general manager for Barbara Barry Inc., the Los Angeles-based design firm currently redecorating... Read more
(book review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 5/11/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...don't-take-nothing-from-nobody kind of gal. Think Roz Russell or Barbara Stanwyck. Think Kate Hepburn and Myrna Loy. Think of all those...in Ball of Fire between showgirl Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) and the professor of linguistics (Gary Cooper) who... Read more
Letters of Ayn Rand.
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/9/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...death in 1982, her one-time proteges, Nathaniel and Barbara Branden, both published biographies portraying her as...loyalist (and sole heir under her will, according to Barbara Branden), and Michael S. Berliner, executive director...recipes for the Beef Stroganoff and the salad dressing. To Barbara ... Read more
Rants & raves.
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 11/23/2004; 235 words ; ...as quoted by The [Manchester, U.K.] Guardian, October 14 Stanwyck wasn't a lesbian.... She was maybe in love with two women...love with other women. --Victoria Wilson, biographer for Barbara Stanwyck, as quoted by Michael Musto in the October 13 issue of The... Read more