Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman (Hollywood Legends Series). Callahan<|

University Press of Mississippi

Barbara StanwyckThe Miracle Woman\nAuthor(s): Dan Callahan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781617031830, 978-1617031830\nSynopsis\nBarbara Stanwyck [tel] rose from the ranks of chorus girl to become one of Hollywood's most talented leading women-and America's highest paid woman in the mid-1940s. Shuttled among foster homes as a child, she took a number of low-wage jobs while she determinedly made the connections that landed her in successful Broadway productions. Stanwyck then acted in a stream of high-quality films from the 1930s through the 1950s. Directors such as Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang, and Frank Capra treasured her particular magic. A four-time Academy Award nominee, winner of three Emmys and a Golden Globe, she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the [url] Callahan considers both Stanwyck's life and her art, exploring her seminal collaborations with Capra in such.