ASIN: B00JGJAV2S
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 41
*Includes pictures.*Includes Stanwyck's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents. “Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing.” – Barbara StanwyckIn the 1940s, film noir was at its peak, and Hollywood was churning out dark, mysterious, exotic and erotic classics like The Big Sleep and To Have and Have Not, which helped turn some of the industry’s sultry actresses into superstars. But in 1944, the premiere femme fatale was Barbara Stanwyck, who was the highest paid woman in America that year, thanks to roles like Double Indemnity (1944), in which she uses her persuasive powers to convince a man to commit murder. That film would earn Stanwyck 1 of her 4 Academy Award nominations, and after a nearly 60 year career in acting, the American Film Institute ...
