Barbara Stanwyck Articles
Charles Chaplin, Bette Davis, Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep: Film Society of Lincoln Center Chaplin Award Recipients
The Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual fundraising gala began in 1972. It first honoree was Charles Chaplin, returning to the United States after two decades in exile. Since then, the award has been renamed for Chaplin. That same year, Chaplin was saluted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with his second Honorary Oscar. The first such award for Chaplin had taken [...]
Edwige Fenech, Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Patrick: Top Ten Scream Queens
Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh Janet Leigh, Fay Wray: Top Ten Scream Queens Pt.3 3 – Edwige Fenech, The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1972). A mix of kinky sex, suspense thriller, and more kinky sex, Sergio Martino's giallo The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh makes most Alfred Hitchcock movies feel as thrilling as a Mickey Mouse cartoon. The scene in which [...]
Los Angeles Film Critics Career Achievement Award Winners
Los Angeles Film Critics' Macho Career Achievement Award Choices. [Photo: Rouben Mamoulian.] 1976: Allan Dwan 1977: King Vidor 1978: Orson Welles 1979: John Huston 1980: Robert Mitchum 1981: Barbara Stanwyck 1982: Robert Preston 1983: Myrna Loy 1984: Rouben Mamoulian 1985: Akira Kurosawa 1986: John Cassavetes 1987: Joel McCrea and Samuel Fuller 1988: Don Siegel 1989: Stanley Donen 1990: Chuck Jones and Blake Edwards 1991: Elmer [...]
Los Angeles Film Critics Macho Career Achievement Award Choices
This year's Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Career Achievement Award recipient Doris Day is only the fourth woman to be so honored, following Barbara Stanwyck (1981), Myrna Loy (right, 1983), and Dede Allen (1999). [Los Angeles Film Critics Career Achievement Award Winners.] The selection of Doris Day for the 2011 Career Achievement Award is unusual for a couple of reasons. First of all, Day [...]