Ba-ba-ba Ba-Barbara Stanwyck!
Barbara Stanwyck is another one of my favorites! I know I'm supposed to pick Double Indemnity as her best (and it probably is) but my favorite is ... Night Nurse! However some of her early films (and some of her later ones, sad to say!) are kind of hard to tell apart when you haven't seen them for a while. So I made this list of all the Barbara Stanwyck movies I've seen to help me keep track.
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- DirectorGeorge FitzmauriceStarsRod La RocqueBarbara StanwyckWilliam 'Stage' BoydOn her first anniversary Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character from her own past, and determines to intervene.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckBen LyonJoan BlondellA nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.This movie is almost too good for words. Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Blondell are adorable! And Clark Gable is really scary! I'm not going to describe it. You just have to see it for yourself.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsBarbara StanwyckJames RennieRicardo CortezA young couple lives together out of wedlock, but they find that they're ahead of their time.It's OK. You might think you're having trouble with your eyesight because Norma Shearer should be in this.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckDavid MannersSam HardyAfter an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blind aviator restore her faith and happiness?Another one of Miss Stanwyck's amazing early films. She plays a faith healer loosely based on Aimee Semple McPherson! David Manners (Jonathan Harker in the 1931 Dracula) guest stars. According to Hollywood legend, there is no trick photography in the lion scene!
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsBarbara StanwyckNils AstherToshia MoriA Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.This is sooo good! Highly recommended for fans of Barbara Stanwyck, for fans of the best films of the early 1930s and, well, for cinema fans of any kind.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsBarbara StanwyckRegis ToomeyZasu PittsA poor woman and a man from an upper-class family fall in love, but his mother will go to any lengths to stop their marriage.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentDickie MooreAfter Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.
- DirectorHoward BrethertonWilliam KeighleyStarsBarbara StanwyckPreston FosterLyle TalbotAttractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her.I love this movie so much I can hardly stand thinking about how much I love it! It's Barbara's "women in prison" movie! And one of her cellmates is Lillian Roth! I can't objectively comment on the quality of this movie because of how much I love the premise and the people in it. Maybe it's not that great. I can't tell.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge BrentDonald CookA young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.This is probably Miss Stanwyck's most highly acclaimed film of the pre-Code era. Baby Face is one of the movies that makes 1933 my favorite year for the movies! Don't blink or you'll miss John Wayne!
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsBarbara StanwyckJoel McCreaPat O'BrienLady Lee, gambler's daughter, plies her trade while pondering the proposal of a social-register suitor.
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenPhil RosenStarsBarbara StanwyckFrank MorganRicardo CortezTwo days before Marian and Ned are to be married, he is killed by the husband of a woman he was seeing on the side. Marian becomes withdrawn and they send her to the Canadian Rockies for rest. While on a walk, she accidentally falls off a ledge and twists her ankle. She is found and rescued by Dan Forrester and his dog Sandy. He visits Marian every day even though she is still bitter. When it is time to go, he asks her to marry him and she accepts even though she will never love again. Back home in Chicago, Dan dotes on Marian and even builds a house in the country for his 'perfect wife'. Everything is going well until Marian meets a brash young transport owner named Frank. She rejects his advances, but he persists. When Dan leaves on business, Frank entertains her every day and Marian realizes that she may find love again after all.If you like short films from the early 1930s and don't mind if they're kind of pointless and silly, then you might get a kick out of A Lost Lady. It's not boring and it has some interesting scenes and a good cast. Otherwise, this is for Barbara completists only.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsBarbara StanwyckGene RaymondGenevieve TobinA polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.The Woman in Red is a little better than A Lost Lady. I was mildly amused that Barbara's name in this movie is "Shelby Barrett," and "Shelby" sounds like one of those modern, trendy girls' names like "Morgan" or "Ashley" or "Meredith."
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsBarbara StanwyckPreston FosterMelvyn DouglasA romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.Barbara Stanwyck as Annie Oakley! How awesome is that! It has to be super-awesome! I like it a lot, but it has a bit of a reputation of being a mediocre movie. Maybe I can't be objective. But then again, I don't know very many people who have seen it, so maybe its bad reputation is just based on people hearing that it's not good and passing it on.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsBarbara StanwyckJoel McCreaWalter BrennanBelieving he has killed a guest, a groom flees on his wedding night.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsBarbara StanwyckJohn BolesAnne ShirleyA working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.Stella Dallas is often cited as one of Miss Stanwyck's best movies. Yeah, it's often great, and she's really good in it. (She was nominated for Best Actress for the Oscars but she lost to Luise Rainer playing a Chinese woman.) And co-stars Alan Hale and Anne Shirley are great too! But the movie itself is kind of dumb when all is said and done. It's a great movie and everybody who's interested in the films of the 1930s should see it. But I'm just being honest when I say it's kind of dumb.
- DirectorLeigh JasonStarsBarbara StanwyckHenry FondaSam LeveneAfter the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.Highly recommended! Barbara is a high-spirited society girl who gets involved in a murder mystery but the cops don't believe her because the body has disappeared! Henry Fonda is a newspaperman who thinks she's a spoiled brat ... but he comes around! This movie is hilarious with more than a hint of real suspense and menace when its called for. Also in this movie: Hattie McDaniel, George Chandler, John Qualen and Grady Sutton. You can't go wrong!
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsBarbara StanwyckAdolphe MenjouWilliam HoldenA poor young Italian man who is a virtuoso on the violin wishes to become a champion boxer to make a fortune for his family. But what is the road to success and happiness, and what is the price?
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsBarbara StanwyckFred MacMurrayBeulah BondiLove blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.Barbara Stanwyck's other Christmas movie! As much as I like Christmas in Connecticut, I think I prefer Remember the Night just a little. The trial scene at the end is not the dumbest trial scene you've ever seen in a movie. For example, it's not as bad as the trial at the end of Leave Her to Heaven. But it's still pretty dang dumb.
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckHenry FondaCharles CoburnA trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckEdward ArnoldA penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckOscar HomolkaA group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsBarbara StanwyckMichael O'SheaJ. Edward BrombergAfter one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.It's much better as a snapshot of backstage burlesque life than as a murder mystery. It's fun to watch though. And George Chandler has one of the best roles of his career!
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. RobinsonA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.This is probably her best movie by any objective standard. I love it and I've seen it a few times. But my heart still belongs to Night Nurse! (If it's any consolation, my favorite Marilyn Monroe movie is Don't Bother to Knock.)
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsBarbara StanwyckDennis MorganSydney GreenstreetA food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.
- DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsBarbara StanwyckVan HeflinLizabeth ScottA man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.This is the first Barbara Stanwyck movie I ever saw and I try to watch it every so often. It always holds up! She's so mean!
- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsHumphrey BogartBarbara StanwyckAlexis SmithAn artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.I don't often hear people talk bout this as an eternal Hollywood classic, but I found it entertaining and suspenseful. Bogart is especially good. No spoilers!
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsBarbara StanwyckBurt LancasterAnn RichardsWhile on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it.Another one of her best movies. I saw it fairly recently and I was shocked by the ending in a way that doesn't happen to me very often with old movies.
- DirectorMichael GordonStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert PrestonStephen McNallyA desperate husband tries to find help for his wife suffering from addictive gambling.Don't go out of your way for this one. I was looking at the IMDB listing to see what the comments were like because I was thinking of watching it. And I discovered I had left a comment only six months previously! I had completely forgotten I had seen it! Not bad, really, just very very average.
- DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBarbara StanwyckWendell CoreyPaul KellyAssistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsClark GableBarbara StanwyckAdolphe MenjouA former war hero and midget car racer meets his match in a feisty reporter who blames his reckless tactics for an accidental racing death.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert RyanPaul DouglasMae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.Barbara Stanwyck, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan. J. Carrol Naish. Everybody is so good in this! And the first 80% of the movie is really good! And then ... it fizzles. I have mixed feelings about it. Highly recommended for the fanatic Marilyn Monroe fans. She really sizzles in Clash by Night.
- DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckBarry SullivanRalph MeekerA family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsClifton WebbBarbara StanwyckRobert WagnerAn unhappily married couple struggle to deal with their problems while on board the luxurious, ill-fated RMS Titanic.I like every Titanic movie I've ever seen. My favorite is A Night to Remember (1958) with Kenneth More. But this one is good too. Very soapy.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge SandersGary MerrillA woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.This is so good! George Sanders matches wits with Barbara Stanwyck after she witnesses a murder. But he's a dirty cheater because she didn't see the killer clearly and doesn't know she's in a game of cat-and-mouse! They're both really good.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam HoldenBarbara StanwyckJune AllysonWhen the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert RyanDavid FarrarA fugitive in British Burma hides on a teak plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsBarbara StanwyckBarry SullivanDean JaggerShowdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S.Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory.
- DirectorJohn RichStarsElvis PresleyBarbara StanwyckJoan FreemanAfter a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.Barbara Stanwyck's Elvis movie!
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsRobert TaylorBarbara StanwyckJudi MeredithA woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.Miss Stanwyck's last theatrical film was directed by William Castle! It has its moments.