{"product_id":"barbara-stanwyck-the-miracle-woman-9781617031830","title":"Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman","description":"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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dan Callahan considers both Stanwyck's life and her art, exploring her seminal collaborations with Capra in such great films as \u003ci\u003eLadies of Leisure\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Miracle Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Bitter Tea of General Yen\u003c\/i\u003e; her Pre-Code movies \u003ci\u003eNight Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBaby Face\u003c\/i\u003e; and her classic roles in \u003ci\u003eStella Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRemember the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Eve\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e. After making more than eighty films in Hollywood, she revived her career by turning to television, where her role in the 1960s series \u003ci\u003eThe Big Valley\u003c\/i\u003e renewed her immense popularity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eAll I Desire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThere's Always Tomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, and two outrageous westerns, \u003ci\u003eThe Furies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForty Guns\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Callahan\u003c\/b\u003e is author of \u003ci\u003eVanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The Art of American Screen Acting, 1960 to Today\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock\u003c\/i\u003e; and the novel \u003ci\u003eThat Was Something\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Sight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eCriterion Collection.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493024633106,"sku":"9781617031830","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8ca23ab-c16c-4dbf-9eb1-1e3395c936c0.jpg?v=1730622546","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/barbara-stanwyck-the-miracle-woman-9781617031830","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}