
Birthday:
07-16-1907
Deathday:
01-20-1990 (82 years)
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress. A film and television star, she was known during her 60-year career as a consummate and versatile professional with a strong screen presence and was a favorite of directors including Cecil B. DeMille, Fritz Lang and Frank Capra. After a short stint as a stage actress, she made 85 films in 38 years in Hollywood, before turning to television. Stanwyck was nominated for the Academy Award four times, and won three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She was the recipient of honorary lifetime awards from the Motion Picture Academy, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Golden Globes, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and the Screen Actors Guild, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is ranked as the eleventh greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute.
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Double Indemnity
Act like Phyllis Dietrichson
event1944 star_border 8.1
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A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy.
Roustabout
Act like Maggie Morgan
event1964 star_border 5.9
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After 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.
The Lady Eve
Act like Jean Harrington
event1941 star_border 7.2
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It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
Crime of Passion
Act like Kathy Ferguson
event1956 star_border 6.2
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Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
Sorry, Wrong Number
Act like Leona Cotterell Stevenson
event1948 star_border 6.7
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Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
Clash by Night
Act like Mae Doyle D'Amato
event1952 star_border 6.6
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An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Act like (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
event1982 star_border 6.6
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Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
Meet John Doe
Act like Ann Mitchell
event1941 star_border 7.3
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As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Act like Martha Ivers
event1946 star_border 7.1
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Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Act like Megan Davis
event1932 star_border 6.1
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An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Act like Sally Morton Carroll
event1947 star_border 6.6
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Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.
Baby Face
Act like Lily Powers
event1933 star_border 7.3
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A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
Christmas in Connecticut
Act like Elizabeth Lane
event1945 star_border 7
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While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
The Furies
Act like Vance Jeffords
event1950 star_border 7.1
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A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
No Man of Her Own
Act like Helen Ferguson
event1950 star_border 6.9
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A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
The File on Thelma Jordon
Act like Thelma Jordon
event1949 star_border 6.5
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Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
Remember the Night
Act like Lee Leander
event1940 star_border 7.3
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Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
Jeopardy
Act like Helen Stilwin
event1953 star_border 6.6
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A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.
The Night Walker
Act like Irene Trent
event1964 star_border 6.6
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A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.
The Lady Gambles
Act like Joan Phillips Boothe
event1949 star_border 6
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When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
Ball of Fire
Act like Sugarpuss O’Shea
event1941 star_border 7.4
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A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
Forty Guns
Act like Jessica Drummond
event1957 star_border 6.5
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An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Executive Suite
Act like Julia O. Tredway
event1954 star_border 7
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When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
The Violent Men
Act like Martha Wilkison
event1955 star_border 6.4
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A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
Walk on the Wild Side
Act like Jo Courtney
event1962 star_border 6.5
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At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.
There's Always Tomorrow
Act like Norma Miller Vale
event1956 star_border 7.1
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When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
Witness to Murder
Act like Cheryl Draper
event1954 star_border 6.2
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A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Golden Boy
Act like Lorna Moon
event1939 star_border 6.4
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Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to buy a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
Ladies They Talk About
Act like Nan
event1933 star_border 6.1
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A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Union Pacific
Act like Mollie Monahan
event1939 star_border 6.5
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One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
The Mad Miss Manton
Act like Melsa Manton
event1938 star_border 6.4
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When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
The Miracle Woman
Act like Florence Fallon
event1931 star_border 6.6
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After 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?
Stella Dallas
Act like Stella Dallas
event1937 star_border 6.9
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After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
Cry Wolf
Act like Sandra Marshall
event1947 star_border 5.9
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A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
Annie Oakley
Act like Annie Oakley
event1935 star_border 6.4
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Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
All I Desire
Act like Naomi Murdoch
event1953 star_border 7
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In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
Broadway Nights
event1927 star_border 6
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Fannie joins Johnny to perform a music-hall act which becomes a success, until two Broadway producers catch the act and offer Fannie a job on their latest show; however, they have no place for Johnny, so Fannie turns down the offer. (Film considered lost.)
Titanic
Act like Julia Sturges
event1953 star_border 6.6
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Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.
Hollywood Canteen
Act like Self
event1944 star_border 7.3
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Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
These Wilder Years
Act like Ann Dempster
event1956 star_border 6.3
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A man tries to find a son he gave up for adoption years ago.
This Is Elvis
event1981 star_border 7
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Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare footage of Elvis and dramatically recreated scenes from Elvis' life.
The Locked Door
Act like Ann Carter
event1929 star_border 5.9
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On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
Act like Herself
event1932 star_border 6
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A Columbia Pictures promotional short which explains how a movie is made.
Lady of Burlesque
Act like Dixie Daisy
event1943 star_border 5.4
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After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Forbidden
Act like Lulu Smith
event1932 star_border 6.7
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On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby, but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is going on, he adopts the little girl, not telling his wife or anyone else where she came from. Lulu gets a job at a newspaper. Things get complicated when the editor gets the dirt on Grover, but also wants to marry Lulu
Showbiz Goes to War
Act like (archive footage)
event1982 star_border 10
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While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
Night Nurse
Act like Lora Hart
event1931 star_border 6.8
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Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
Breakfast for Two
Act like Valentine Ransome
event1937 star_border 5.9
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After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and sets out first to reform him, and his family's near-bankrupt shipping company, and then to marry him. In her way is Jonathan's fiancée, actress Carol Wallace.
The Stolen Jools
Act like Mrs. Frank Fay
event1931 star_border 5.6
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Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Internes Can't Take Money
Act like Janet Haley
event1937 star_border 6.4
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Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and enlists Hanlon to help her; the gangster's solution, not surprisingly, is violent.
B.F.'s Daughter
Act like Pauline 'Polly' Fulton Brett
event1948 star_border 6.3
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Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
The Man with a Cloak
Act like Lorna Bounty
event1951 star_border 6.9
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Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
The Purchase Price
Act like Joan Gordon Gilson
event1932 star_border 6.6
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Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
Blowing Wild
Act like Marina Conway
event1953 star_border 5.8
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Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward Conway, but Conway, now married to Dawson's ex-lover Marina refuses, fearing that his wife will want to renew her romance with the other man.
The Gay Sisters
Act like Fiona Gaylord
event1942 star_border 6.5
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The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
The House That Would Not Die
Act like Ruth Bennett
event1977 star_border 5.7
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A tale of witchcraft, black magic and a haunted house in the Amish country.
You Belong to Me
Act like Helen Hunt
event1941 star_border 5.8
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A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
The Great Man's Lady
Act like Hannah Sempler Hoyt
event1941 star_border 6.3
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In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
The Woman in Red
Act like Shelby Barret Wyatt
event1935 star_border 6.1
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A professional jockey struggles to fit in with her new husband's upper-crust family in this horsy-set drama.
So Big!
Act like Selina Peake De Jong
event1932 star_border 5.8
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A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Ten Cents a Dance
Act like Barbara O'Neill
event1931 star_border 6.8
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A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
Illicit
Act like Anne Vincent
event1931 star_border 5.8
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Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.
Shopworn
Act like Kitty Lane
event1932 star_border 6.7
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A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Escape to Burma
Act like Gwen Moore
event1955 star_border 5.8
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A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.
Cattle Queen of Montana
Act like Sierra Nevada Jones
event1954 star_border 5.6
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Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
East Side, West Side
Act like Jessie Bourne
event1949 star_border 7
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A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
Ladies of Leisure
Act like Kay Arnold
event1930 star_border 6
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Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.
My Reputation
Act like Jessica Drummond
event1946 star_border 7.1
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Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
The Other Love
Act like Karen Duncan
event1947 star_border 6
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Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
Trooper Hook
Act like Cora Sutliff
event1957 star_border 6.6
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When Apache chief Nanchez is captured by the cavalry, his white squaw and infant son are returned to civilization by Sergeant Hook, but Nanchez escapes custody and attempts to re-claim his son.
California
Act like Lily Bishop
event1947 star_border 6.5
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"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
The Bride Walks Out
Act like Carolyn Martin
event1936 star_border 5.3
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Carolyn Martin is a fashion model who hastily marries her boyfriend, engineer Michael Martin. But part of the marriage arrangement requires that Carolyn quit her $50-per-week modeling job to be a full-time housewife; the couple will instead live on Michael’s $35-per-week job.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Act like Various Roles (archive footage)
event2008 star_border 6.4
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A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Gambling Lady
Act like Jennifer Lady Lee
event1934 star_border 6.3
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A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's. Under pressure to allow cheating, Mike "walks out," leaving tough-minded daughter Lady Lee to earn a living the only way she knows. She soon becomes a success gambling among the rich, but, falling out with the syndicate, she considers the marriage proposal of blueblood Garry Madison. Can such a match work despite snobbery and old associations?
His Brother's Wife
Act like Rita Wilson Claybourne
event1936 star_border 5.6
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Epidemiologist Cliff Claybourne falls in love with Rita Wilson in a gambling house. They want to marry but Cliff's brother is convinced Rita is no good and forces Cliff to fulfill his agreement to do research in Africa in exchange for paying gambling debt. Rita, Cliff and brother are furious with each other, but Rita and Cliff are still in love.
The Moonlighter
Act like Rela
event1953 star_border 5.7
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Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged, but, since Wes always worked at night, they don't know what he looks like. Still, they break into the prison and lynch a hobo they think is Wes, while the actual culprit sneaks off to see his old flame, Rela (Barbara Stanwyck), who has recently taken up with his straitlaced brother, Tom (William Ching). But Tom is envious of his outlaw brother, and he decides to join Wes in a life of crime.
Variety Girl
Act like Barbara Stanwyck
event1947 star_border 6.1
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Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.
Flesh and Fantasy
Act like Joan Stanley (segment 3)
event1943 star_border 6.7
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Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.
A Message to Garcia
Act like Raphaelita Maderos
event1936 star_border 5
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A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
This Is My Affair
Act like Lil Duryea
event1937 star_border 7.3
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President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Ever in My Heart
Act like Mary Archer Wilbrandt
event1933 star_border 5.3
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World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
The Maverick Queen
Act like Kit Banion
event1956 star_border 5.3
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Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and prospered; acquiring a fortune and a hotel, which, like the owner bears the name of "The Maverick Queen."---a title picked up by Kit in her earlier days in Wyoming when she took every unbranded steer and put her own brand on it. Love and trouble enter her life in the person of a Pinkerton detective posing as Jeff Younger, nephew of the infamous Younger brothers. He is dedicated to catching Butch Cassidy and the members of The Wild Bunch
The Secret Bride
Act like Ruth Vincent
event1934 star_border 6.3
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Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
Banjo on My Knee
Act like Pearl Elliott Holley
event1936 star_border 5.8
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A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
Always Goodbye
Act like Margot Weston
event1938 star_border 6.8
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Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim Howard helps the desperate Margot. When her son is born, Jim helps her find a home for the baby with Phil Marshall and his wife. Margot insists that neither the Marshalls nor the child can ever know that she is his mother.
To Please a Lady
Act like Regina Forbes
event1950 star_border 6.3
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Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah in the sport thanks to her articles. When she finds him earning money as a barnstorming daredevil driver hoping for a comeback, they begin to become mutually attracted.
A Taste of Evil
Act like Miriam Jennings
event1971 star_border 6.2
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On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.
Mexicali Rose
Act like Mexicali Rose
event1929 star_border 5.2
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The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town. She gets revenge by marrying his younger brother.
The Shirley Eder Tapes
Act like Self
event2012
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These tapes consist on two interviews and three phone conversations (recorded without the knowledge of the two actresses) between newspaper columnist Shirley Eder and actresses Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford.
Performers arrive in Hampshire
Act like Self
event1947
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Movie stars are interviewed on a boat in 1947 in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
Red Salute
Act like Drue Van Allen
event1935 star_border 5.8
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The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.
The Plough and the Stars
Act like Nora Clitheroe
event1936 star_border 5.6
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A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter rebellion.
The Bride Wore Boots
Act like Sally Warren
event1946 star_border 5.9
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A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
Act like Self (from Clash by Night [1952]) (archive footage)
event1986 star_border 7.5
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Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddess. But even though she scaled heights few could even dream of, she was one of the loneliest of stars.
A Lost Lady
Act like Marian Ormsby Forrester
event1934 star_border 6.1
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A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Act like Jessica Drummond (archive footage)
event2002 star_border 5.8
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Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
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event1989
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A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman and Lee Strasberg, who were strongly influenced by the naturalistic acting of Konstantin Stanislavski’s Moscow Art Theatre.
The Letters
Act like Geraldine Parkington
event1973 star_border 6.7
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Story of people whose lives were changed because of a year-long delay in the delivery of some letters.
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
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event1973 star_border 6
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Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
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event1931 star_border 6
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Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown in Malibu Beach.
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
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event1991 star_border 5.7
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Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907-90), a Hollywood legend.
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Act like Barbara Stanwyck
event1945 star_border 5.2
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A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.
Hollywood Goes to Town
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event1938 star_border 7
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This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Things You Never See on the Screen
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event1935 star_border 5
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Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.
Breakdowns of 1944
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event1944 star_border 6.5
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Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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event1975 star_border 5.7
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Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Calhoun
Act like Abby Rayner
event1964 star_border 6
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Unaired pilot for a drama/adventure series about a county agent.
Round About Hollywood
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event1931 star_border 6
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This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.
Complicated Women
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event2003 star_border 6.7
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Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
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event1996 star_border 10
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A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.
Warner at War
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event2008 star_border 7
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Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
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event2007 star_border 4.9
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Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
And the Oscar Goes To...
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event2014 star_border 7
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The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Hollywood Uncensored
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event1987 star_border 5.5
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
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event1997 star_border 7
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Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Breakdowns of 1942
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event1942 star_border 6
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Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
Shadows of Suspense
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event2006
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A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Act like Nan Taylor (archive footage)
event2005 star_border 0.5
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A camp, affectionate look at women in prison films - the girls you love to hate and hate to love.
The Dick Powell Show
Act like Irene Phillips (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5
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The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company. It was hosted by longtime film star Dick Powell until his death from lymphatic cancer on January 2, 1963, then by a series of guest hosts until the series ended. The first of these was Gregory Peck, who began the January 8 program with a tribute to Powell, recognizing him as "a great and good friend to our industry." Peck was followed by fellow actors such as Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Glenn Ford, Charles Boyer, Jackie Cooper, Rock Hudson, Milton Berle, Jack Lemmon, Dean Martin, Robert Taylor, Steve McQueen, David Niven, Danny Thomas, Robert Wagner and John Wayne.
The Colbys
Act like Constance Colby (24 ep.)
event1985 star_border 5.8
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The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985 to March 26, 1987. Produced by Aaron Spelling, it was a spin-off of Dynasty, which had been the highest rated series for the 1984–1985 U.S. television season. The Colbys revolved around another wealthy, upper-class family, who were distant relatives of the Carringtons of Dynasty and who owned a large multi-national corporation. Intended to surpass its predecessor in opulence, the series' producers were handed an immensely high budget for the era and cast a handful of well-known movie stars among its leads, including Charlton Heston, Barbara Stanwyck, Katharine Ross and Ricardo Montalban. However, The Colbys was ultimately a ratings disappointment, and was canceled after two seasons.
Rawhide
Act like Nora Holloway (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7.2
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The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
The Big Valley
Act like Victoria Barkley (112 ep.)
event1965 star_border 6.1
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The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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event1973 star_border 6.3
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In 1973 the American Film Institute initiated its Life Achievement Award, to be presented to a yearly recipient whose talent has fundamentally advanced the film art; whose accomplishments have been acknowledged by scholars, critics, professional peers and the general public; and whose work has stood the test of time.
The Oscars
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event1953 star_border 7
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An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
Letter to Loretta
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event1953 star_border 6.2
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Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes.
Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Act like Belle Garrison (1 ep.)
event1956 star_border 5.5
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
General Electric Theater
Act like Lili Parrish (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6
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General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Act like Stella King (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 6.2
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The Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from September 1960 to September 1961. Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four she did not star in were actually pilot episodes of potential series programs which never materialized. Stanwyck won the Emmy Award in 1961 for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Series.
Three of the shows in which Stanwyck starred were an attempt at spinning off a dramatic series of her own, in which she appeared as "Josephine Little", an American woman running an import-export shop in Hong Kong.
The series, produced at Desilu Studios, was directed by Stuart Rosenberg. The Barbara Stanwyck Show lasted one season. It aired at 10 p.m. Eastern on Mondays opposite Jackie Cooper's military sitcom Hennesey on CBS and the second half of Gardner McKay's Adventures in Paradise on ABC.
The Thorn Birds
Act like Mary Carson (4 ep.)
event1983 star_border 7.2
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The story based on a novel by Colleen McCullough focuses on three generations of the Cleary family living on a sheep station in the Australian outback.
Charlie's Angels
Act like Toni Blake (1 ep.)
event1976 star_border 6.7
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Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could dream of... and way more than they could ever handle! Receiving their orders via speaker phone from their never seen boss, Charlie, the Angels employ their incomparable sleuthing and combat skills, as well as their lethal feminine charm, to crack even the most seemingly insurmountable of cases.
Dynasty
Act like Constance Colby (5 ep.)
event1981 star_border 6.5
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The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled; Steven, openly gay; and Amanda, hidden from him by his ex-wife, the conniving Alexis. Most of the show features the conflict between 2 large corporations, Blake's Denver Carrington and Alexis' ColbyCo.
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