Movies: Barbara Stanwyck

Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on M...

Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II....

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage s...

Overview of director King Vidor's filmography....

The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother....

A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba....

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed ...

A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife....

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935....

Movie stars are interviewed on a boat in 1947 in Hampshire, United Kingdom....

This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a...

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."...

A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made....

Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown in Malibu Beach....

Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered ...

A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love....

These tapes consist on two interviews and three phone conversations (recorded without the knowledge of the two actresses) between newspaper columnist Shirley Eder and actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford....