My Reputation (1946)
[6] Barbara Stanwyck stars as a recently widowed woman who causes a stir in her social circle when she finds new love with an army major (George Brent). She's prepared to defy her friends and mother, but when her twelve…
Union Pacific (1939)
[8] Director Cecil B. DeMille sets a love triangle against America's efforts to create the trans-continental railroad in Union Pacific. Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity) gets top billing as the Irish daughter of the engineer in charge of building the railroad.…
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
[6] Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Cummings (Saboteur, Dial M for Murder) star as a horse racer and an author who are married with two children despite the fact they have very little in common. Each lets jealousy get the better…
Remember the Night (1940)
[7] Before their classic pairing in 1944's noir classic Double Indemnity, Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray co-starred in this warm, Christmastime romance from director Mitchell Leisen (Death Takes a Holiday) and writer Preston Sturges (Sullivan's Travels). Stanwyck plays a shoplifter…
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)
[7] Barbara Stanwyck (Baby Face, Ladies of Leisure) gets top billing in Hollywood's first movie based on Max Brand's popular Dr. Kildare novels. Stanwyck plays an ex-con whose bank robber husband hid her infant daughter from her right before he…
The Great Man’s Lady (1941)
[6] Barbara Stanwyck stars as a 100-year-old woman who recalls her frontier pioneering days to a young biographer (K.T. Stevens) inquiring about her late husband, Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea), the man who founded the city they live in and for…
Stella Dallas (1937)
[4] As much as I love Barbara Stanwyck, I'm surprised to be disappointed by her first of four Oscar-nominated performances. Stanwyck plays the title character in Stella Dallas, a woman from a poor family who ingratiates herself to a wealthier…
The House That Would Not Die (1970)
[4] Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity, The Lady Eve) stars in this tepid TV movie about a woman who moves with her niece (Katherine Winn) to an ancestral home where they're haunted by ghosts from the Revolutionary War. The acting ensemble,…
Executive Suite (1954)
[7] After the head of a furniture manufacturing company dies from a stroke, six underlings vie for his position in this ensemble drama from director Robert Wise (The Haunting, West Side Story) and six-time Oscar nominated screenwriter Ernest Lehman (based…
Golden Boy (1939)
[5] William Holden's breakout performance was in this drama about a New York violinist who gets drawn into the boxing ring much to his father's dismay. His fighting takes him all the way to Madison Square Garden under the guidance…