Article: BARBARA STANWYCK.(Interview)

HOLLYWOOD'S BALL OF FIRE IS STILL STRIKING SPARKS

You try to resist standard-issue Hollywood language when describing Barbara Stanwyck- legendary, unique, immortal--but you can't. Stanwyck remains, 11 years after her death, more than a great star of the movies; she's a touchstone. She created many of the ideals, standards, looks and aspirations three subsequent generations of actresses followed. Stanwyck not only conquered the movies, she did it on her own terms: She couldn't succeed via the favored beauty ideals of her day, so she made dispensing them the key to her success. Her class wasn't based on her accent or ancestors, but on her talent. She drew on her ...

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