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Post by Lebowskidoo 🎄😷🎄 on Sept 11, 2017 17:38:25 GMT
What I love about Stanwyck is that she was a wonderful dramatic actress, but she could also do comedy with the best of them, and with great honesty. She was both "bad" and "good" depending upon the material. Sometimes I think of her as the quintessential film actress, someone the camera loved and who never seemed to have a false moment in any performance. A natural truth-teller. There's a great story about Double Indemnity: She didn't want to do the film because to her the character was so unsavory (she was apparently a very nice person in real life). And Billy Wilder only got her to do it by asking, "Are you an actress or a mouse?" Or words to that effect. Of course, she acquiesced. I love her in everything, but especially in these: Double Indemnity
Meet John Doe
The Lady Eve
Remember the Night
Christmas in ConnecticutI've seen three of those movies, with Double Indemnity being the latest, watched it for the first time earlier this summer. Even with that wig, she was amazing and basically defined ruthless women in movies for generations to come. I have The Lady Eve recorded off TCM and I haven't seen Meet John Doe yet either. Or Stella Dallas. I have so much Stanwyck goodness yet to see. |
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