{"product_id":"barbara-stanwyck-the-miracle-woman-hardback-9781617031830","title":"Barbara Stanwyck; The Miracle Woman (Hardback) 9781617031830","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBarbara Stanwyck\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Miracle Woman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDan Callahan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781617031830\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.566 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBarbara Stanwyck (1907-1990) 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 Academy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDan Callahan considers both Stanwyck's life and her art, exploring her seminal collaborations with Capra in such great films as \u003cem\u003eLadies of Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Miracle Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Bitter Tea of General Yen\u003c\/em\u003e; her Pre-Code movies \u003cem\u003eNight Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBaby Face\u003c\/em\u003e; and her classic roles in \u003cem\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRemember the Night\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Lady Eve\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/em\u003e. After making more than eighty films in Hollywood, she revived her career by turning to television, where her role in the 1960s series \u003cem\u003eThe Big Valley\u003c\/em\u003e renewed her immense popularity.Callahan examines Stanwyck's career in relation to the directors she worked with and the genres she worked in, leading up to her late-career triumphs in two films directed by Douglas Sirk, \u003cem\u003eAll I Desire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThere's Always Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, and two outrageous westerns, \u003cem\u003eThe Furies\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eForty Guns\u003c\/em\u003e. The book positions Stanwyck where she belongs-at the very top of her profession-and offers a close, sympathetic reading of her performances in all their range and complexity.\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685663437080,"sku":"9781617031830","price":28.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/barbara-stanwyck-the-miracle-woman-hardback-9781617031830","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}