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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

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Edith Head
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...guaranteed when she began to outfit Barbara Stanwyck (a reportedly difficult-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...
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...Although Capra worked regularly with both Swerling and Stanwyck, his breakthrough project came from another writer...
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...
Lehman, Ernest
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...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...
Barnett, Etta Moten
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...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...
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...
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...

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Stanwyck, Barbara
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers STANWYCK, Barbara Nationality: American. Born: Ruby...61—host of TV series The Barbara Stanwyck Show, and in The Big Valley series...Ten Cents a Dance (Barrymore) (as Barbara O'Neil); Night Nurse (Wellman...
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...
Double Indemnity
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...MacMurray (Walter Neff ); Barbara Stanwyck (Phyllis Dietrichson ); Edward...Smith, Ella, Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck, New York, 1973. Vermilye, Jerry, Barbara Stanwyck, New York, 1975. Zolotow...
Taylor, Robert
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Family: Married 1) the actress Barbara Stanwyck, 1939 (divorced 1951); 2...York, 1989. Madsen, Axel, Stanwyck, New York, 1994. On TAYLOR...1969. Schickel, Richard, "Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor: Ranch Living...
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...
Stromberg, Hunt
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...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...
Gilda
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...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...
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...
Westerns
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...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...

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BARBARA STANWYCK // Film Center series salutes the dame who was almost too tough to die
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/25/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...privileged to be paid for what I love doing." Barbara Stanwyck Watching the films of Barbara Stanwyck is like going back to the future. Although...will be difficult for viewers of "Starring Barbara Stanwyck," the 12-film tribute playing in March...
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire. (television program)
Magazine article from: Multichannel News; 7/1/1991; ; 700+ words ; More often than not, Barbara Stanwyck portrayed the quintessential...transfixed. Cheers then to Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire, a one...which will tie-in with a Barbara Stanwyck film festival, was produced...
Award-Winning Actress Barbara Stanwyck Dies
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/22/1990; ; 700+ words ; Barbara Stanwyck, 82, an actress whose more than...guest star in several Westerns. "The Barbara Stanwyck Show" ran from September 1960 to...She won Emmys in 1961 for "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," in 1966 for "The Big Valley...
Timeless beauty; Barbara Stanwyck festival recalls a feisty, sexy star of yesteryear
Newspaper article from: Pacific Sun; 8/11/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...The Rafael Film Center opens a Barbara Stanwyck festival, titled "Timeless...25); and the most famous Stanwyck-MacMurray pairing, the incendiary...Inc. Photograph (Goldigger Barbara Stanwyck tries to seduce the hapless heir...
BARBARA STANWYCK: A DAME, AND SHE KNEW IT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/23/1990; ; 700+ words ; ...a dame and didn't know it," Barbara Stanwyck huskily sighed in "The File on...her strength. Brooklyn-born Stanwyck, who died Saturday at the age...It was a shrewd observation. Stanwyck was likable because heart came...
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 tough...
ACTRESS BARBARA STANWYCK, 82; CAREER SPANNED VAUDEVILLE TO TV
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/22/1990; ; 611 words ; LOS ANGELES - Barbara Stanwyck, who began show business as a Ziegfeld Follies...Stanwyck, she said, "was Hollywood." Miss Stanwyck was nominated for an Oscar for her performances...01/23,10:41 STANWY22 Caption: PHOTO BARBARA STANWYCK
Barbara Stanwyck, famed actress, dies
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/21/1990; 700+ words ; ...MONICA, Calif. Veteran actress Barbara Stanwyck, 82, the sultry villainess of...Valley," died Saturday. Miss Stanwyck, whose career spanned the chorus...The Two Mrs. Carrolls." Miss Stanwyck kissed Ronald Reagan passionately...
Wagner's Titanic love affair with Stanwyck; (1) The older woman: Barbara Stanwyck in 1952, the year before the affair (2) Robert Wagner in 1955.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/24/2008; 497 words ; ...he had an affair with Barbara Stanwyck after meeting her on...was very involved with Barbara. 'Terry was also a much younger woman, and Barbara was - how to put this...not pleased.' Miss Stanwyck, who died in 1990...
Barbara Stanwyck centenary feted in Music Box series.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 3/16/2007; 700+ words ; ...dangerous film noir femme fatales, Barbara Stanwyck, will be celebrated in style with...greatest noirs of them all, with Stanwyck's most unforgettable performance...hubby and then killing him -- Stanwyck, in an evil-looking blond wig...