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Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. Born Ruby Katherine Stevens in New York City to Byron Stevens (the son of English immigrants) and Catherine McGee (whose parents were Irish). Her mother died when she was four, not long before her father abandoned the family. She was raised by an elder sister but began working at age 1 ...

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Barbara Stanwyck - Filmography

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - 1897

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). 1897 - Events. January 1 - Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 - A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 - Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania state capitol, is destroyed by fire. ...

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1897 - Events

1897 - Births

1897 - April-June

1897 - July-September

1897 - October-December

1897 - Deaths

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Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - 1907

1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). 1907 - Events. January 6 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. January 23 - Charles Curtis fr ...

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1907 - July-September

1907 - October-December

1907 - Undated

1907 - Deaths

1907 - Nobel Prizes

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Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Camp style

The term camp—normally used as an adjective, even though earliest recorded uses employed it mainly as a verb—refers to the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing or conversation. A part of the anti-academic defense of popular culture in the sixties, camp came to academic prominence in the eighties with the widespread adoption of the Postmodern views on art and culture. Today, camp falls into two distinct categories: intentional camp and unintentional camp. Inte ...

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Camp style - Origins and development

Camp style - Academic appropriation or proliferation of camp

Camp style - Examples of Camp

Camp style - Source

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Brentwood Los Angeles California

Brentwood is a district in the West Los Angeles region of Los Angeles, California, United States. Located at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains, Brentwood is bordered by Pacific Palisades on the west, Santa Monica on the south and southwest, West Los Angeles on the southeast, Bel-Air on the northeast, Westwood on the east, and Sherman Oaks on the north. The district is bounded by the San Diego Freeway on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, the Santa Monica city limits on the west, and the ridgeline of the Santa Monic ...

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Brentwood Los Angeles California - History

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Environment

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Neighborhoods

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Transportation

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Politics

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Demographics

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Housing

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Recreation

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Economy and businesses

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Education

Brentwood Los Angeles California - Notable residents

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Ziegfeld Follies

The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. Inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris, and reportedly suggested to Ziegfeld by his wife, entertainer Anna Held, the Ziegfeld Follies were conceived and mounted by Florenz Ziegfeld. The actual producers of the show were turn-of-the-century producing titans Klaw and Erlanger. The Follies were lavish revues, something in between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville variet ...

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Ziegfeld Follies - The Follies

Ziegfeld Follies - Performers: Year-By-Year

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Clash by Night

Clash by Night is a black-and-white film noir/drama starring Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas and Robert Ryan, with an effective appearance by Marilyn Monroe. The movie was based on a play by Clifford Odets, adapted by writer Alfred Hayes. The play takes place in a coastal city, the movie in a fishing village. This was the first film in which Monroe was credited before the movie's title. During the shooting, the now famous naked calendar photos of Monroe surfaced and reporters hounded the actress during the filming of the movie. ...

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Clash by Night - Plot

Clash by Night - Cast

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - All About Eve

All About Eve is a 1950 movie drama written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, from the story The Wisdom of Eve, by Mary Orr. Bette Davis plays Margo Channing, a highly regarded, aging Broadway actress, with Anne Baxter as Eve Harrington, a young fan who insinuates herself into Channing's life, ultimately threatening Channing's career and her personal relationships. Gary Merrill, George Sanders, Hugh Marlowe, Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter also appear, and the film provided one of Marilyn Monroe's ...

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All About Eve - Synopsis

All About Eve - Background

All About Eve - Casting and characters

All About Eve - Awards

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Clyde Fitch

Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 - September 4, 1909) American dramatist. Born William Clyde Fitch at Elmira, New York, he wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas. As the only child to live to adulthood, his father, Captain William G. Fitch, a graduate of West Point and a Union officer in the Civil War, encouraged him to become an architect or to engage in a career of business, but his mother, Alice Clark, in whose eyes he could do no wrong, always ...

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Clyde Fitch - Trivia

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment is one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. It is currently a subsidiary of the Time Warner conglomerate, with headquarters in Burbank, California, U.S.A.. Warner Brothers includes several subsidiary companies, among them Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, WB Television, Warner Home Video, Castle Rock Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Dark Castle Entertainment, DC Comics, and Cartoon Network Studios - formerly known as Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. Including:

Warner Bros. - History

Warner Bros. - Film library

Warner Bros. - Notes on Source Material

Warner Bros. - Notable WB movies

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Boxing

Boxing, nicknamed the "sweet science" and also called pugilism or prizefighting, is a sport where two participants of similar weight attack each other with their fists in a series of two to three-minute intervals called "rounds". In both Amateur and Professional divisions, the combatants (called boxers or fighters) avoid their opponent's punches whilst trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the ...

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Boxing - Origins

Boxing - London Prize Ring rules 1839

Boxing - Marquess of Queensberry rules 1867

Boxing - Amateur boxing

Boxing - Amateur boxing history

Boxing - Professional boxing

Boxing - Evolution of professional boxing

Boxing - Equipment

Boxing - Length of bouts

Boxing - Technique

Boxing - Stance and movement

Boxing - Punches

Boxing - Defense

Boxing - Tactics and strategy

Boxing - Boxing legends

Boxing - British boxing legends

Boxing - International Boxing Hall of Fame

Boxing - List of boxing history

Boxing - Medical concerns

Boxing - Impact of boxing on the English language

Boxing - Boxing in popular culture

Boxing - Resources

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Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Academy Honorary Award

The Academy Honorary Award is given irregularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards. In the early years of the academy, it was often used to reward significant achievements of the year that did not fit in existing categories. This subsequently led to several new categories. In recent years the academy has awarded ...

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Academy Honorary Award - List of Academy Honorary Award winners

Academy Honorary Award - 1920s

Academy Honorary Award - 1930s

Academy Honorary Award - 1940s

Academy Honorary Award - 1950s

Academy Honorary Award - 1960s

Academy Honorary Award - 1970s

Academy Honorary Award - 1980s

Academy Honorary Award - 1990s

Academy Honorary Award - 2000s

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - 1961

1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the March issue, this was the first "upside-up" year—i.e., one that looked the same upside down—since 1881, and the last until 6009. 1961 - Events. 1961 - January. January 1 - The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom. January 3 - President Dwight Eisenhower ...

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1961 - October-November

1961 - September-November

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Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Academy Award for Best Actress

The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners are chosen by the Academy membership as a whole. Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Actress in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony he ...

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Academy Award for Best Actress - 1920s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1930s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1940s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1950s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1960s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1970s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1980s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 1990s

Academy Award for Best Actress - 2000s

Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia II - Lauren Bacall - Life and Career

Born in New York City as Betty Joan Perske, the only child of Jewish immigrants, William Perske (born in Poland (in an area which is now part of Belarus)) and Natalie Weinstein-Bacal (born in Romania). Her father was a salesman and her mother was a secretary. Her parents were divorced when she was six years old. As a result, she no longer saw her father, and she formed a strong bond with her mother whom she later took ...

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