Barbara Stanwyck

[stud1al]

A friend of mine met Barbara at a party.

They had a dirty joke competition....and SHE won.

[theuofc]

name='stud1al' date='20 July 2010 - 05:51 AM' timestamp='1279597875' post='454035']

A friend of mine met Barbara at a party.

They had a dirty joke competition....and SHE won.

I love that story, stud1al. And I'll bet she did win! Here's a quote from an article by Richard Corliss, which captures some of Barbara's appeal and why she just might win a joke competition:



RC: "In her youth (the '30s) and her prime (the '40s), she [Barbara Stanwyck] helped define the modern woman: assured, in-charge, alluring and all-business. The Stanwyck woman — and though nine of her films have the word "lady" or "ladies" in the title, she was rarely a lady, always a woman — was a tough cookie, and a smart one. She often treated her men with beguiling degrees of indulgence, pity and contempt. In "Ten Cents a Dance" she snorts, "You're not a man. You're not even a good sample." In any skirmish with the opposite sex, she has the advantage of ruthlessness. Her opponents, corseted by propriety, think they're in for a set of badminton; she's ready for a street brawl."

Best,



Barbara

[Ray]

name='theuofc' date='20 July 2010 - 05:22 AM' timestamp='1279599729' post='454039']

I love that story, stud1al. And I'll bet she did win! Here's a quote from an article by Richard Corliss, which captures some of Barbara's appeal and why she just might win a joke competition:



RC: "In her youth (the '30s) and her prime (the '40s), she [Barbara Stanwyck] helped define the modern woman: assured, in-charge, alluring and all-business. The Stanwyck woman — and though nine of her films have the word "lady" or "ladies" in the title, she was rarely a lady, always a woman — was a tough cookie, and a smart one. She often treated her men with beguiling degrees of indulgence, pity and contempt. In "Ten Cents a Dance" she snorts, "You're not a man. You're not even a good sample." In any skirmish with the opposite sex, she has the advantage of ruthlessness. Her opponents, corseted by propriety, think they're in for a set of badminton; she's ready for a street brawl."

Best,



Barbara

Hi Barbara,



At her American Film Institute tribute John Forsythe told the audience how nervous he was when he had to dance with Barbara in The Colby's. He said that she took him aside, and told him two of the most outrageously disreputable jokes. They got on the dance floor, she took the lead, and he said by that time he was totally relaxed.



She could be very quick witted too. Humphrey Bogart had to pay a very large settlement to ex wife Mayo Methot who he divorced so that he could marry the very young Lauren Bacall. While on the set of The Two Mrs Carrolls, Barbara asked him, "Tell me Bogie, is the screwing you're getting worth the screwing your'e getting?"



Here is the moment when I first saw her, I don't know how the photo is so sharp because I was shaking so much.





[attachment=238:My first glimpse of Barbara as she arrives at The Lincoln Centre.jpg]

[theuofc]

name='Ray' date='20 July 2010 - 07:21 AM' timestamp='1279603305' post='454048']

Hi Barbara,



...Here is the moment when I first saw her, I don't know how the photo is so sharp because I was shaking so much.





[attachment=238:My first glimpse of Barbara as she arrives at The Lincoln Centre.jpg]

That's a wonderful photo, Ray. It's amazing you were able to get that close when she and Bill "Golden Boy" Holden came in. What a treasured memory to have.



Barbara

[Ray]

[attachment=239:On the stage of The Lincoln Centre - 13th April 1981.jpg]

name='theuofc' date='20 July 2010 - 07:01 AM' timestamp='1279605662' post='454050']

That's a wonderful photo, Ray. It's amazing you were able to get that close when she and Bill "Golden Boy" Holden came in. What a treasured memory to have.



Barbara

Hi Barbara,



I was also very fortunate when I took my seat in the stalls of The Lincoln Centre, I had a great view. Stars like Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Arlene Dahl and Glenda Jackson were sitting behind me, and others were lining the walls, it was standing room only. Yet before the event, modest Barbara told Rex Reed that it would probably turn out like the birthday party Stella Dallas gave for her daughter, and nobody turned up. How wrong could she have been!

[theuofc]

The magic in the eyes ...

[flynn]

Thanks for the Great photos of a great lady i always liked her films.

but i especially liked her in The Big Valley

[Ray]

name='flynn' date='20 July 2010 - 03:59 PM' timestamp='1279637966' post='454238']

Thanks for the Great photos of a great lady i always liked her films.

but i especially liked her in The Big Valley

It is good to know that she still has so many fans, and like all the really great stars she was always very gracious and considerate. Here is just one of several personally signed photo's that she sent me over 25 years.[attachment=242:Personally signed from Barbara 1966.jpg]

[flynn]

name='Ray' date='20 July 2010 - 07:09 PM' timestamp='1279649387' post='454338']

It is good to know that she still has so many fans, and like all the really great stars she was always very gracious and considerate. Here is just one of several personally signed photo's that she sent me over 25 years.[attachment=242:Personally signed from Barbara 1966.jpg]

a Beautiful photo of Barbara there.Ray

[Ray]

name='flynn' date='20 July 2010 - 08:05 PM' timestamp='1279652708' post='454369']

a Beautiful photo of Barbara there.Ray

Yes, it certainly is, and when she started in The Big Valley she sent me a load of stills from the show plus this letter, hope that you can read it.





[attachment=244:Letter from Barbara - September 7th 1965.jpg]

[Ray]

Duplicate post.

[flynn]

name='Ray' date='20 July 2010 - 08:14 PM' timestamp='1279653288' post='454374']

Yes, it certainly is, and when she started in The Big Valley she sent me a load of stills from the show plus this letter, hope that you can read it.





[attachment=244:Letter from Barbara - September 7th 1965.jpg]

Thank You for that Ray.i could just make most of it out.

it must be wondefull to have items like that.always something to treasures

[Ray]

name='flynn' date='20 July 2010 - 08:45 PM' timestamp='1279655101' post='454390']

Thank You for that Ray.i could just make most of it out.

it must be wondefull to have items like that.always something to treasures

I started collecting on Barbara as an eleven year old in 1948, and I do have some very rare items on her All of her films and TV shows, over 50 radio broadcasts and interviews, and even a tape of her private phone conversations with her press agent.



Incidentally, she doesn't take up all of my time.

I still find time to go to the gym or the swimming pool every day. I completed a half marathon on Sunday in just over 3 hours, and am in training for next years London Marathon.

[flynn]

you have lots of great items there Ray.i keep meaning to get her Biography..

and the rest of The Big Valley Episodes.i only have the first 30.



i can tell you keep in shape by your photo.i will stick to watching the London Marathon

on the Telly.

[Ray]

name='flynn' date='20 July 2010 - 09:27 PM' timestamp='1279657667' post='454418']

you have lots of great items there Ray.i keep meaning to get her Biography..

and the rest of The Big Valley Episodes.i only have the first 30.



i can tell you keep in shape by your photo.i will stick to watching the London Marathon

on the Telly.

Don't waste your money on the so caled biography by Jane Ellen Wayne, she gives writers a bad name. The definitive biography on Barbara has still to be written. There is a great Book on her career by Ella Smith, it is out of print but you might pick up a copy in a second hand book shop.





[attachment=245:Starring Miss Barbara Stanwyck - reprint 1985.jpg]

[Ray]

This is also excellent, and covers her Broadway career in the 1920's as well.[attachment=246:The Films of Barbara Stanwyck by Homer Dickens -1984.jpg]

[theuofc]

name='flynn' date='20 July 2010 - 04:59 PM' timestamp='1279637966' post='454238']

Thanks for the Great photos of a great lady...

Hi, Flynn,



Barbara was such a beautiful woman, wasn't she? Her early photos are especially awesome. Here's another one:



Enjoy,



Barbara

[will.15]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AufN...eature=related

[John Llewellyn Moxey]

Thanks for the clip will.15



John

[theuofc]

name='will.15' date='21 July 2010 - 03:35 AM' timestamp='1279676131' post='454501']

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Great find, Will.



Barbara