Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman

by Dan Callahan

Book Overview

Barbara 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617031836
• ISBN13: 9781617031830
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"