All I Desire 1953  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long, Billy Gray, Dayton Lummis, Guy Williams
Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) deserted her family, and now–years later–she returns and attempts to reconcile with her husband and children.
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Always Goodbye 1938  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Binnie Barnes, Mary Forbes, Albert Conti, Franklin Pangborn, Ben Welden
In this remake of "Gallant Lady," Barbara Stanwyck plays the sacrificing mother who gives up her child for adoption.
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Annie Oakley 1935 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen, Pert Kelton, Andy Clyde, Chief Thunderbird, Percy Kilbride, Willie Best, Delmar Watson, Iron Eyes Cody, Si Jenks
Buffalo Bill's (Moroni Olsen) Wild West Show stars Annie Oakley (Barbara Stanwyck), an ace rifle shot, as one of its main draws. This is her story as she competes with "The World's Greatest Marksman" Toby Foster (Preston Foster) who, in real life, she marries–but not in this film. For the romantic story, watch "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950) starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel.
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B.F.'s Daughter 1948  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Richard Hart, Keenan Wynn, Margaret Lindsay, Spring Byington, Marshall Thompson, Barbara Laage, Fred Nurney
Wealthy Polly Fulton (Barbara Stanwyck) marries an economics professor (Van Heflin) and finances his career in Washington D.C. through the power of her fortune.
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Baby Face 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Margaret Lindsay, Douglass Dumbrille, John Wayne, Arthur Hohl, Robert Barrat, Nat Pendleton
Lily (Barbara Stanwyck), a.k.a. "Baby Face", is a beautiful woman who uses sex in exchange for financial gain and uses her unique charms to attain security.
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Ball of Fire 1941   N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews, Richard Haydn, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Tully Marshall, Elisha Cook Jr., Leonid Kinskey, Dan Duryea, Aubrey Mather, Ralph Peters, Mary Field
Burlesque dancer Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) moves into the home of seven professors, led by Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), who are writing the "Encyclopedia of Slang." Comedy abounds when the professors learn slang first hand from their new resident and her gangster cohorts. Barbara Stanwyck received an Oscar nomination. 1 User Review
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| | One of my favorite comedies | 1fatts 03/26/2007 | This comedy, famously modelled on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs places the great Barbara Stanwyck doing the "heart of gold tramp" in the middle of seven ivory tower professors living a monastic life, dedicating themselves to the writing of a new encyclopedia. (You remember written encycolopedias; you used to be able to find them in libraries near the microfiche.)
The professors are a splendid gathering of the best of the character actors of the time: "Cuddles" Sakall, Henry Travers, Hichard Haydn and on and on. Their leader and chief egghead is Gary Cooper playing wonderfully against type. (He did this in a great comic western once: See "Along Came Jones" when it comes along.) The result is funny and charming; and, yes, we really are touched by the innocence of long ago and far away.
For those who don't know the work of the young Barbara Stanwyck, this is a good one to serve as introduction. She really is a ball of fire. |
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Banjo on My Knee 1936  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen Westley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Brennan, Walter Catlett, Tony Martin, Katherine DeMille, Minna Gombell, Spencer Charters, Victor Kilian, George Humbert, Hilda Vaughn, Cecil Weston, Louis Mason
Life on a riverboat during the 19th century is the theme in this fine musical.
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Breakfast for Two 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Glenda Farrell, Eric Blore, Frank M. Thomas, Donald Meek
A Texas heiress, Valentine Ransom (Barbara Stanwyck), and a playboy, Jonathan Blair (Herbert Marshall), enjoy an on-again off-again romance because of their differences in life styles, but by the end of the story they live happily ever after.
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The Bride Wore Boots 1946 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles, Peggy Wood, Robert Benchley, Willie Best, Natalie Wood
Horsewoman Sally (Barbara Stanwyck) has major problems trying to convince her husband, Jeff (Robert Cummings), to enter her world of love and respect for horses.
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 California 1946 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Fitzgerald, George Coulouris, Albert Dekker, Anthony Quinn, Frank Faylen, Julia Faye, Gavin Muir, Eduardo Ciannelli
An army deserter (Ray Milland) and a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) become embroiled in political disputes over the fight for California's statehood.
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Cattle Queen of Montana 1954 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans, Lance Fuller, Anthony Caruso, Jack Elam, Yvette Dugay, Morris Ankrum, Chubby Johnson, Myron Healey
Indians are stirred into attacking ranchers in the area, but Sierra Nevada Jones (Barbara Stanwyck) fights to keep the ranch she worked so hard for.
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Christmas in Connecticut 1945 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Shayne, Una O'Connor, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton, John Dehner, Dick Elliott, Marie Blake, Walter Baldwin, Emmet Smith, Jack Mower
Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) writes for a homemaker magazine, but, in reality, she does no housework herself. When she is coerced into entertaining a young World War II veteran (Dennis Morgan), Elizabeth must find a phony husband, baby, and house to ensure that her boss (Sydney Greenstreet) does not catch on to her deceptive business practices.
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Clash by Night 1952 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, Marilyn Monroe, J. Carrol Naish, Keith Andes, Silvio Minciotti, Julius Tannen, Mario Siletti
Mae (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her hometown after an absence of 10 years and marries a fisherman, Jerry (Paul Douglas). She raises a family but cannot seem to stay away from a rough-around-the-edges projectionist (Robert Ryan) who seems to understand her restless unhappiness.
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Crime of Passion 1957 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Quarry, Stuart Whitman, Geraldine Wall, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler
L.A. police detective Lt. Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden) and San Francisco columnist Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) meet, fall in love, and marry. Now, Kathy quits her job and moves to Los Angeles to be a homemaker. She develops a fixation on Bill's career and will stop at nothing to assure his professional success. When problems develop with Bill's boss Inspector Pope (Raymond Burr), Kathy gets a gun and kills Pope. Will Bill be the one who puts the clues together and solves the murder?
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Cry Wolf 1947 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Basehart, Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely, Patricia Barry, Jack Mower, Paul Stanton, Rory Mallinson, Helen Thimig, Barry Bernard, John Elliott, Creighton Hale, Lisa Golm
Sandra Marshall (Barbara Stanwyck) returns to her late husband James' family mansion for his funeral and announces to James' research scientist uncle, Mark (Errol Flynn), the news of her secret marriage to James. Mark distrusts Sandra but allows her to stay at the mansion where she makes friends with James' sister Julie (Geraldine Brooks) who then dies under mysterious circumstances. Sandra believes that Mark has committed the murder of Julie, but are her suspicions correct?
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 Double Indemnity 1944 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Gig Young, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, Edmund Cobb, Byron Barr, John Philliber, Clarence Muse, Bess Flowers, Sam McDaniel
Insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) is persuaded to kill his lover Phyllis' (Barbara Stanwyck) husband (Tom Powers) in order to cash in his insurance policy. The catch is that if the husband is killed by a moving vehicle, the policy will pay double. But, they have not counted on tenacious insurance investigator Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) who is assigned to the case. Great performances by all. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards–including Best Picture, Actress (Stanwyck), and Director.
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East Side, West Side 1949 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Davis, Gale Sondergaard, William Conrad, William Frawley, Raymond Greenleaf
An upper-class Manhattan couple, Jessie and Brandon Bourne (Barbara Stanwyck and James Mason), have marital problems because of Brandon's roaming eye.
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Escape to Burma 1955  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Lisa Montell, Reginald Denny, Peter Coe, Alex Montoya
An innocent man, Jim Brecan (Robert Ryan), evades the police who suspect him of murder. He finds refuge on Gwen Moore's (Barbara Stanwyck) teak plantation. Her protection turns to love as she awaits proof of his innocence and subsequent freedom.
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Ever in My Heart 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Frank Albertson, Laura Hope Crews, George Cooper, Nella Walker, Donald Meek, Clara Blandick
Unable to reconcile differences over anti-German prejudices, Hugo (Otto Kruger) leaves his wife Mary (Barbara Stanwyck). During World War I, she heads for Europe to help the war effort and learns that Hugo is now a spy for the enemy. 1 User Review
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| | Ever In My Heart | Konchog 02/18/2007 | | Would the holocaust Jews permit this movie to be released today? |
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Executive Suite 1954 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: William Holden, Tim Considine, William Phipps, June Allyson, Fredric March, Barbara Stanwyck, Shelley Winters, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Paul Douglas
Big business, with all of its perks and flaws, is exposed in this film. Loren Shaw (Fredric March) and his forces work against McDonald Walling (William Holden) and his supporters in the struggle for the position of president of Treadway Corporation.
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The File on Thelma Jordan 1949 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Thelma Jordan
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Laura Elliot, Basil Ruysdael
Attorney Cleve Marshall (Wendell Corey) leaves his wife Pamela (Joan Tetzel) and falls in love with Thelma Jordan (Barbara Stanwyck). The ill-fated romance leads to murder and atonement.
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Flesh and Fantasy 1943 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley
This film consists of three intriguing stories–each connected through a supernatural theme.
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 Forty Guns 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, Eve Brent, Ziva Rodann, Chuck Hayward
The new sheriff of Tombstone (Barry Sullivan) almost meets his match in Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck), the wealthy owner of a cattle empire.
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The Furies 1950 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez, Beulah Bondi, Albert Dekker, Wallace Ford, Blanche Yurka, John Bromfield, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Ferguson, Charles Evans
Cattle baron T.C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) and his daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), become estranged and fight over his New Mexico Territory ranch, "The Furies." Vance joins forces with her lover Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey) in a powerful psychological struggle between two strong personalities that leads to tragic results.
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Gambling Lady 1934 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Pat O'Brien, Claire Dodd, Joel McCrea, C. Aubrey Smith, Arthur Treacher, Philip Reed, Robert Barrat, Arthur Vinton, Ferdinand Gottschalk
Barbara plays the cardsharp daughter of a gambler who proves her honesty when her wealthy husband (Joel McCrea) gets into trouble.
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The Gay Sisters 1942 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Gig Young, Nancy Coleman, Gene Lockhart, Donald Woods, Anne Revere
Conniving for land ownership, Fiona Gaylord (Barbara Stanwyck) and Charles Barclay (George Brent) marry while her sisters are left out of the deal.
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Golden Boy 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden, Joseph Calleia, Lee J. Cobb, Sam Levene, Edward Brophy, Don Beddoe, Frank Jenks, Charles Halton
In William Holden's first starring role, he delivers a fine performance as Joe Napoleon, who dreams of being a violinist but turns to boxing as a more viable means of earning money.
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The Great Man's Lady 1942  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Thurston Hall, K.T. Stevens, Lucien Littlefield, Lloyd Corrigan, Etta McDaniel, Mary Treen, Frank M. Thomas
Pioneer Hanna Sempler (Barbara Stanwyck) reflects on her long life and the love and support she gave her husband, Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea). 1 User Review
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| | Hattie 06/27/2009 | | I watched this show many years ago...enjoyed it greatly...have not seen it since...would not mind it being a re-run...if I could see it again. |
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His Brother's Wife 1936 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Jean Hersholt, Joseph Calleia, John Eldredge, Samuel S. Hinds, Phyllis Clare, Leonard Mudie, Jed Prouty, Pedro de Cordoba
When Rita (Barbara Stanwyck) is left by her lover, Chris (Robert Taylor), who heads for the jungle on a scientific expedition, she marries his brother out of spite.
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Hollywood Canteen 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Peter Lorre, Theodore von Eltz, Eddie Marr, Many Guest Stars
Cpl. Ed "Slim" Green (Robert Hutton), a soldier on sick leave during World War II, visits the famous U.S.O. Hollywood Canteen founded by Bette Davis (Herself) and John Garfield (Himself). Slim gets a kiss from Joan Leslie (Herself) who is the woman of his dreams. He returns to the Canteen and, this time, wins a date with Joan when he is named the Canteen's millionth visitor. Does romance lie ahead?
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Internes Can't Take Money 1937 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: You Can't Take Money
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges, Lee Bowman, Irving Bacon, Steve Pendleton, Pierre Watkin, Charles(2) Lane, Fay Holden
In this, the first in a series of Dr. Kildare stories, a young intern (Joel McCrea) helps a woman (Barbara Stanwyck) find and retrieve her missing daughter.
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Jeopardy 1953  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker, Bud Wolfe, Saul Gorss, Paul Fierro, Alex Montoya
Doug Stilwin (Barry Sullivan) is trapped under a pier where drowning is certain when the tide rises. His wife, Helen (Barbara Stanwyck), tries to get help but is kidnapped in the process by a psychotic killer. Will Doug and/or Helen survive?
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Ladies They Talk About 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Dorothy Burgess, Maude Eburne, Harold Huber, Ruth Donnelly, Robert Warwick, Lillian Roth, Helen Ware
In prison for bank robbery, Nan (Barbara Stanwyck) finds salvation and love through the Reverend David Slade (Preston Foster).
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The Lady Eve 1941 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Luis Alberni, Robert Greig, Janet Beecher, Dora Clement, Al Bridge, Eddie Hall, Bess Flowers
This not-to-be-missed comedy pits Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) and Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) as the romantic couple who meets aboard ship. Very rich Charles rejects Jean who in turn plots to get him back by posing as Lady Eve Sidwich. A fun ride.
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The Lady Gambles 1949 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett, Leif Erickson, Don Beddoe, Tony Curtis, John Hoyt, Philip Van Zandt, Elliott Sullivan
Joan Booth's (Barbara Stanwyck) marriage falls apart as a direct result of her gambling addiction. This film gives a good psychological profile of a compulsive personality.
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Lady of Burlesque 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Striptease Lady
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson, Marion Martin, Pinky Lee, Frank Conroy, Charles Dingle, Frank Fenton
Based on Gypsy Rose Lee's novel, "The G-String Murders," this is a witty drama about striptease artist Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) who becomes involved in murders at her burlesque theater.
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The Letters 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gene Nelson
Cast: John Forsythe, Pamela Franklin, Ida Lupino, Dina Merrill, Ben Murphy, Leslie Nielsen, Jane Powell, Barbara Stanwyck, Lesley Ann Warren, Henry Jones
This three-part drama revolves around three letters, each lost for one year in the mail, that unexpectedly reach their destinations –a little late! There is a sequel: "Letters from Three Lovers."
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The Mad Miss Manton 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Frances Mercer, Stanley Ridges, Vickie Lester, Whitney Bourne, Hattie McDaniel, Penny Singleton, Grady Sutton
This comedy/mystery is about a high-living socialite (Barbara Stanwyck) and her friends who get involved in a murder mystery and are determined to solve the case.
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The Man with a Cloak 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe De Santis, Jim Backus, Margaret Wycherly, Richard Hale, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts
Set in New York during 1848, this mystery is about a plot to get money to support the cause of the new French republic.
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The Maverick Queen 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy, Wallace Ford, Howard Petrie, Jim Davis, Emile Meyer, Walter Sande, John Doucette
A hotel owner, Kit Banion (Barbara Stanwyck), deals with outlaws but changes her ways when she is influenced by Jeff (Barry Sullivan), a Pinkerton agent who is on an undercover investigation.
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 Meet John Doe 1941  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Spring Byington, Gene Lockhart, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Rod La Rocque, Harry Holman, Pierre Watkin, Andrew Tombes
Journalist Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) has been fired from her newspaper job, and she thinks she has found the perfect way to get that job back by printing a fake letter from "John Doe" announcing that he is going to jump off City Hall on New Year's Eve. The stunt works, the newspaper's readership rises, John Doe gains incredible support, and Ann is rehired. Now, Ann must find someone to play "John Doe"–and she does in the form of a soft-spoken hobo, Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper). His popularity rises, newspaper publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) puts John Doe on the radio to deliver inspirational speeches, and soon he is deeply involved in politics. But, the politics support those of fascist Norton who has a secret plan to become a dictator of the United States. Will Willoughby catch on in time to save the day? 1 User Review
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| | The darkest of the Frank Capra Films | 1fatts 07/22/2007 | It is the depression, and a failed baseball pitcher with a bum arm trying to get by in tough times, finds himself being trained by reporter Barbara Stanwyck to pretend to be John Doe, a symbol of the down-and-out who has promised to jump from the tallest building in town on New Year's Eve. Cooper as "Long John Willoughby" does "the decency of the simple man" quite wonderfully here. It's not as funny as "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", but more poignant for sure.
The movie is solid Capra, with a Robert Riskin screenplay. But there is a darkness here which other Capra films just hint at. Yes, John Doe doesn't commit suicide. (Love conquers all. Sorry.) But the mildly upbeat ending is artificial. The bad guys win, in effect. The little guys, whom John Doe comes to represent, really are outmatched, outsmarted and defeated by the power of crooked money and crooked politics.
When Capra did Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he invited all the members of the Senate to a preivew. Hearing that the Senate was presented in something less than pure halo and glory, they stayed away in droves. But it is John Doe that is the real critique, hidden in a comic script and a romantic ending.
Real hollywood film buffs need to be conversant with Capra. This is the one that needs to be the center of the discussion of "The Optimistic Vision of Frank Capra". |
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A Message to Garcia 1936 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Wallace Beery, John Boles, Barbara Stanwyck, Alan Hale, Mona Barrie, Herbert Mundin, Martin Garralaga, Warren Hymer, Frederick Vogeding, John Carradine
During the Spanish-American War, Lieutenant Rowan (John Boles) defeats all odds to faithfully carry a message from President McKinley to Cuban leader Garcia that announces the declaration of war by the United States.
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The Miracle Woman 1931 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Manners, Sam Hardy, Beryl Mercer, Russell Hopton, Charles Middleton, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Doran, Eddie Boland, Thelma Hill
A young Barbara Stanwyck stars in this film that is loosely based on the life of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson.
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The Moonlighter 1953 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John Dierkes, Morris Ankrum, Jack Elam, Charles Halton, Norman Leavitt, Sam Flint
Fred MacMurray plays cattle rustler Wes Anderson, and Barbara Stanwyck is his love interest in this run-of-the-mill Western.
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My Reputation 1946 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lucile Watson, Warner Anderson, Eve Arden, John Ridgely, Scotty Beckett, Jerome Cowan, Esther Dale, Ann E. Todd
Young widow Jessica (Barbara Stanwyck) has two sons, and she falls in love with Major Scott Landis (George Brent), endures the ensuing gossip, and survives trials and tribulations to gain newly found strength.
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Night Nurse 1931 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon, Charles Winninger, Clark Gable, Edward J. Nugent, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail, Ralf Harolde, Vera Lewis, Charlotte Merriam, Marcia Mae Jones, Jed Prouty, Allan Lane, Betty Jane Graham
Student nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) learns of a plot to starve her young patients Nanny (Marcia Mae Jones) and Desney (Betty Jane Graham) who are heirs to a large inheritance. The family chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable) plans to marry the children's mother (Charlotte Merriam), and he wants to take control of the inheritance. Now it is up to Lora's nurse friend B. Maloney (Joan Blondell) and bootlegging boyfriend Mortie (Ben Lyon) to come to Laura's aid and save the children.
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The Night Walker 1964 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Judi Meredith, Hayden Rorke, Rochelle Hudson, Lloyd Bochner, Marjorie Bennett, Jess Barker, Tetsu Komai
Widow Irene Trent (Barbara Stanwyck) suffers from nightmares about her dead husband, and she begins to confuse her dreams with reality.
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No Man of Her Own 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter, Lyle Bettger, Henry O'Neill, Richard Denning, Esther Dale, Carole Mathews, Harry Antrim
Helen (Barbara Stanwyck) is unmarried and pregnant. When she is involved in a train wreck, she assumes the identity of a widow she has met on the train. Dishonesty leads to problems, but happiness reigns in the end.
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The Other Love 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Maria Palmer, Joan Lorring, Richard Conte, Richard Hale, Lenore Aubert, Gilbert Roland, Edward Ashley, Natalie Schafer
Dying of consumption, Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) heads for Switzerland for treatment. Once there, she tries to enjoy one last romantic fling while her kind doctor (David Niven) is the real course to true love.
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Red Salute 1935 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Her Enlisted Man
Runaway Daughter
Her Uncle Sam
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Hardie Albright, Cliff Edwards, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Jones, Purnell Pratt, Paul Stanton, Nella Walker, Arthur Vinton
Drue Van Allen (Barbara Stanwyck) is a college student and daughter of an Army general (Purnell Pratt). She is swayed in the liberal direction by one suitor and in the conservative direction by another.
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Remember the Night 1940 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Sterling Holloway, Paul Guilfoyle, Willard Robertson, Charles Waldron, Charles Arnt, John Wray
Lee Leander (Barbara Stanwyck) is arrested for shoplifting, but, because of Christmas vacation, her trial is postponed for two weeks. Deputy district attorney John Sargent (Fred MacMurray) steps in, takes pity on her, bails her out of jail, and agrees to keep her in his custody until the trial. Lee's visit to John's home changes both of their lives for the better.
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 Roustabout 1964 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Rich
Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Sue Ane Langdon, Steve Brodie, Jack Albertson, Pat Buttram, Raquel Welch, Dabbs Greer
A roaming singer (Elvis Presley) finds a home in the carnival owned by Maggie (Barbara Stanwyck), and he pursues co-worker Cathy (Joan Freeman). But, Cathy's father Joe (Leif Erickson) objects to the relationship, and problems ensue. Look for Raquel Welch and Terri Garr in bit parts.
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The Secret Bride 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Byron, Henry O'Neill, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Aylesworth, William B. Davidson, Russell Hicks
Not until AFTER his secret wedding to the governor's daughter (Barbara Stanwyck) does the state's attorney general (Warren William) learn about evidence linking his new father-in-law, the governor (Arthur Byron), to illegal activities. Together, the couple works to help clear the governor's name.
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Shopworn 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Regis Toomey, Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Clara Blandick, Edwin Maxwell, Oscar Apfel, Joe Sawyer, Albert Conti, Wallis Clark
The romance of waitress Kitty Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) and her rich boyfriend (Regis Toomey) is broken up when his mother frames her and she is sent to jail. Years later, Kitty becomes a stage star and is eventually reunited with her lover.
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So Big! 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis, Alan Hale, Guy Kibbee, Mae Madison, Hardie Albright, Robert Warwick, Earle Foxe
This is the second rendition of Edna Ferber's novel about a schoolteacher who, after becoming a widow, turns to farming.
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Sorry, Wrong Number 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson, William Conrad, John Bromfield, Harold Vermilyea, Dorothy Neumann
This film adaptation of a radio play features Barbara Stanwyck as invalid Leona Stevenson who overhears, on her telephone, a plot for murder–and realizes that she is the intended victim. She was nominated for an Oscar.
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Stella Dallas 1937 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main, Tim Holt, Ann Shoemaker, Nella Walker, Jimmy Butler
Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in her role of Stella Dallas, the young woman from a mill town who marries a wealthy man (John Boles) but cannot find happiness because they never reconcile their differences in upbringing. Anne Shirley also received an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actress).
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Kirk Douglas, Lizabeth Scott, Judith Anderson, Roman Bohnen, Darryl Hickman, Ann Doran, Frank Orth, James Flavin
Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is a domineering wife living with her weak husband, Walter (Kirk Douglas). Both share a dark secret relating to the murder of Martha's aunt. When Sam (Van Heflin) returns to town, the secret threatens to be exposed.
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Ten Cents a Dance 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lionel Barrymore
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley, Sally Blane, Blanche Friderici, Olive Tell, Pat Harmon, Martha Sleeper, David Newell, Phyllis Crane
Barbara (Barbara Stanwyck), a dance hall hostess, marries the wrong guy and lives to regret her choice of husbands.
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There's Always Tomorrow 1956 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Pat Crowley, Jane Darwell, William Reynolds, Gigi Perreau, Myrna Hansen, Paul Smith, Ross Hunter
Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray) is a successful businessman who questions his own happiness as a family man when he becomes interested in New York businesswoman Norma Miller (Barbara Stanwyck).
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These Wilder Years 1956 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins, Edward Andrews, Basil Ruysdael, Grandon Rhodes, Will Wright, Lewis Martin
A steel industry leader (James Cagney) tracks down his 20-year-old son and becomes involved with orphanage director Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck).
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This Is My Affair 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, John Carradine, Frank Conroy, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Fowley
Lieutenant Perry (Robert Taylor) is a federal agent who becomes involved in the assassination of President McKinley. Nightclub singer Lil Duryca (Barbara Stanwyck) is his love interest.
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The Thorn Birds 1983 TV, 480 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daryl Duke
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Ken Howard, Piper Laurie, Earl Holliman, Mare Winningham, Bryan Brown, John Friedrich
Originally made for TV in 1983, the Emmy Award winning "Thornbirds" miniseries presented the saga of an Australian priest, Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain). In the first episode, Bricassart falls in love with Meggie (Rachel Ward) who he first met years before. The episodes cover almost 30 years and include politics of the Church, Meggie's unhappy marriage, and then follows up with the lives of Meggie's children.
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 Titanic 1953 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, Thelma Ritter, Brian Aherne, Richard Basehart, Allyn Joslyn, Edmund Purdom, Michael Rennie
The "unsinkable" Titanic sets sail on its maiden voyage only to hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sink to the bottom of the ocean. While this rendition of the historical drama won the Academy Award for Best Writing, a better version of this story, "A Night to Remember," was filmed five years later. Then, of course there is the 1997 version...
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 To Please a Lady 1950 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Will Geer, Roland Winters, William C. McGaw, Ted Husing, Emory Parnell, Lela Bliss, Frank Jenks
Barbara Stanwyck and Clark Gable shine as tough reporter Regina Forbes and equally tough racecar driver Mike Brannan who find action and romance amidst the exciting world of racing.
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Trooper Hook 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews, John Dehner, Susan Kohner, Royal Dano, Celia Lovsky, Sheb Wooley, Patrick O'Moore
Trooper Hook (Joel McCrea) captures Apache chief Nanchez and takes his white squaw Cora (Barbara Stanwyck) and their son, Quito (Terry Lawrence), back to Cora's white husband.
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom, Patrick O'Moore, Ann Carter, Colin(2) Campbell, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Creighton Hale
Geoffrey Carroll (Humphrey Bogart) is an insane artist who paints pictures of his wives entitled "The Angel of Death" and then poisons them.
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Union Pacific 1939 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn, Regis Toomey, Fuzzy Knight, Lon Chaney Jr.
This is a great action film about the building of America's first continental railroad; bigger than life in typical Cecil B. DeMille style.
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Variety Girl 1947 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, Paulette Goddard, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Ray Milland, William Holden
This film is an all-star revue featuring a myriad of performers praising the humanitarian Variety Club's efforts for children in need.
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The Violent Men 1955 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Richard Jaeckel, Jack Kelly, May Wynn, Warner Anderson, Basil Ruysdael
John Parrish (Glenn Ford) takes the lead among his fellow ranchers as they fight off a wealthy rancher who would take over their land.
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Walk on the Wild Side 1962 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Rust, Joanna Moore, Karl Swenson, Don "Red" Barry, Juanita Moore
The seedy side of New Orleans is shown in this film with Barbara Stanwyck playing the madam of a brothel. The story focuses on the personal lives of some of the prostitutes.
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Witness to Murder 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Sanders, Gary Merrill, Jesse White, Harry Shannon, Claire Carleton, Lewis Martin, Fred Graham, Harry Tyler, Juanita Moore
After witnessing a murder, Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck) has problems convincing police Lieutenant Lawrence Mathews (Gary Merrill) that she is not imagining the crime. Her life is in real peril because the murderer, Albert Richter (George Sanders), knows she was an eyewitness.
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You Belong to Me 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Clark, Ruth Donnelly, Melville Cooper, Maude Eburne, Ralph Peters, Renie Riano, Mary Treen
Following an accident on the ski slopes, romance blooms between Helen (Barbara Stanwyck) and Peter (Henry Fonda) in this lame comedy.
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| 1. All I Desire (1953)
2. Always Goodbye (1938)
3. Annie Oakley (1935)
4. B.F.'s Daughter (1948)
5. Baby Face (1933)
6. Ball of Fire (1941)
7. Banjo on My Knee (1936)
8. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
9. Blowing Wild (1953)
10. Breakfast for Two (1937)
11. The Bride Walks Out (1936)
12. The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
13. California (1946)
14. Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
15. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
16. Clash by Night (1952)
17. Crime of Passion (1957)
18. Cry Wolf (1947)
19. Double Indemnity (1944)
20. East Side, West Side (1949)
21. Escape to Burma (1955)
22. Ever in My Heart (1933)
23. Executive Suite (1954)
24. The File on Thelma Jordan (1949)
aka: Thelma Jordan
25. Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
26. Forbidden (1932)
27. Forty Guns (1957)
28. The Furies (1950)
29. Gambling Lady (1934)
30. The Gay Sisters (1942)
31. Golden Boy (1939)
32. The Great Man's Lady (1942)
33. His Brother's Wife (1936)
34. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
35. Illicit (1931)
36. Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
aka: You Can't Take Money
37. Jeopardy (1953)
38. Ladies of Leisure (1930)
39. Ladies They Talk About (1933)
40. The Lady Eve (1941)
41. The Lady Gambles (1949)
42. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
aka: Striptease Lady
43. The Letters (1973)
44. The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
45. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
46. The Maverick Queen (1956)
47. Meet John Doe (1941)
48. A Message to Garcia (1936)
49. The Miracle Woman (1931)
50. The Moonlighter (1953)
51. My Reputation (1946)
52. Night Nurse (1931)
53. The Night Walker (1964)
54. No Man of Her Own (1950)
55. The Other Love (1947)
56. The Plough and the Stars (1936)
57. Red Salute (1935)
aka: Her Enlisted Man
aka: Runaway Daughter
aka: Her Uncle Sam
58. Remember the Night (1940)
59. Roustabout (1964)
60. The Secret Bride (1934)
61. Shopworn (1932)
62. So Big! (1932)
63. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
64. Stella Dallas (1937)
65. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
66. Ten Cents a Dance (1931)
67. There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
68. These Wilder Years (1956)
69. This Is My Affair (1937)
70. The Thorn Birds (1983)
71. Titanic (1953)
72. To Please a Lady (1950)
73. Trooper Hook (1957)
74. The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
75. Union Pacific (1939)
76. Variety Girl (1947)
77. The Violent Men (1955)
78. Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
79. Witness to Murder (1954)
80. The Woman in Red (1935)
81. You Belong to Me (1941)
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