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Barbara Stanwyck: Father
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Seductive gold-digger Barbara Stanwyck and her conniving father (Charles Coburn) set out to fleece wealthy but naïve ophiologist Henry Fonda, the socially inept heir to a brewery fortune. But the tables turn when Stanwyck falls for her prey and Fonda gets wise to their scheme. Read More
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Born Ruby Stevens, Stanwyck was the daughter of a bricklayer. Her Mother died in 1910 and her Father ran away to Panama, leaving her sister Mildred to support the children as a chorus girl.
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In her first Oscar-nominated performance, Stanwyck stars as Stella Dallas, a good-time factory girl who marries up but alienates her status-conscious daughter by refusing to give in to social snobbery. Stella’s defiant attitude comes at the expense of her mother-daughter relationship when she “gives up” Laurel to live with her father and have the life that she deserves. Coupled with King Vidor’s skillful direction and Samuel Goldwyn’s production, Stanwyck’s performance still evokes tears.
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