TCM’s star of the day is Barbara Stanwyck, and my film pick for the actress is The Lady Eve, which airs today at 12:00 P.M. (EST). Sailing back home to the United States on an ocean liner after a year-long expedition in South America, the wealthy but unsophisticated Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) meets the bewitching…
Barbara Stanwyck is one of the most versatile actresses to come out of the Old Hollywood era, excelling in both dramas and comedies. Her film career spanned nearly four decades and she appeared in over 80 films, where she had a leading role in all but three films. Though she left us 26 years ago, Stanwyck is still remembered…
For the second and final part of my 2012 film odyssey, I’ll just be noting filmographies of actors (all from the classic Hollywood era) and directors I delved into in the past year. Films are listed in the order in which I watched them, and titles in italics are personal favorites.