Austin Film Society Presses Play on the Career of TV Superproducer Aaron Spelling

The History of Television series spotlights the man who built The House That Would Not Die

"...Impossible and Magnum, P.I.) and starring four-time Oscar nominee Barbara Stanwyck, Reyes explained the film was chosen for the..."

Feb. 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Sage Dunlap

Tired of the Same Old Christmas Movies? Try These Instead.

7 unconventional picks to scratch your holiday itch

"...Snarky and surprisingly progressive, this 1945 comedy stars Barbara Stanwyck as a Manhattan writer and single gal about..."

Dec. 22, 2020 Screens Post

Pam Pritchard Serves Up Unpretentious Hospitality at the Tigress Pub

The Tigress of North Loop heads Austin's coziest neighborhood pub

"...the Tigress feel so homey. You can idly watch Barbara Stanwyck glam up the screen, or chill on the..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Food Feature by Lina Fisher

July Is Crime Month: The Crime Blotter, Week 2

A curated guide to unlawful activities around town July 8-14

"...the screen smolders whenever he's in the frame with Barbara Stanwyck, who makes you believe she can get anything..."

July 7, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Chronicle Recommends: Crime and No Punishment

For Crime Month, our favorite films about getting away with it

"...love affair with the bad guy doing good. From Barbara Stanwyck stealing hearts, to George Clooney proving the house..."

July 9, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Holiday Viewing: Christmas in Connecticut

It's a wonderful lie

"...The pretty teeth in question belong to the incomparable Barbara Stanwyck, playing a magazine columnist named Elizabeth Lane. She’s..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Where to See Christmas Classics on the Big Screen in Austin

Here’s your cure for cabin fever and forced family bonding

"...the AFS Cinema (Dec. 22-30). Start by empathizing with Barbara Stanwyck as a struggling singleton pretending she has her..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Holiday Viewing: Remember the Night

The key to a merry Christmas is a shoplifter in the house

"...it worked out pretty well for Fred MacMurray with Barbara Stanwyck...."

Dec. 18, 2017 Screens Post by Robert Faires

It's a Wonderful Lie

Breezy, sneaky Christmas in Connecticut airs Christmas Eve on TCM

"...The pretty teeth in question belong to the incomparable Barbara Stanwyck, playing a magazine columnist named Elizabeth Lane. She’s..."

Dec. 24, 2016 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Lee Majors Can't Stop

The Six Million Dollar Man visits Wizard World

"...onscreen mother in The Big Valley: the equally iconic Barbara Stanwyck. "'Be on time, know your words, hit your..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Why He Fought

New AFS series considers Frank Capra's pre-World War II films

"...Bitter Tea of General Yen, a forbidden romance starring Barbara Stanwyck as a kidnapped missionary in China, may be..."

May 29, 2015 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

It's a Wonderful Lie

The breezy, sneaky charms of 1945's Christmas in Connecticut

"...The pretty teeth in question belong to the incomparable Barbara Stanwyck, playing a magazine columnist named Elizabeth Lane. She’s..."

Dec. 7, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: Box Sets of Blood

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Nightbreed, and more Vincent Price

"...adept hand with humor directing TV fare like The Barbara Stanwyck Show. So the comedy is broad but nimble,..."

Oct. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Subverting the Code

New AFS series showcases Barbara Stanwyck at her most sly and seductive

"...Society programmed a short series devoted to early, earthy Barbara Stanwyck films made before the Production Code. The prune-faced..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Good Eye: V Is for Vulnerability

There ain't nothin' hurly or burly about these ladies

"...life that owes more to Gypsy Rose Lee and Barbara Stanwyck than it does to Christina Aguilera and Cher...."

May 23, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Lady Be Good

Austin Film Society presents pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck

"...The great Barbara Stanwyck starred in seven different films with the word..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The AggreGAYtor: December 5

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...– like an unholy union between Miley Cyrus and Barbara Stanwyck in the “Big Valley.”..."

Dec. 5, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Getting the Shot

Cinema Club and Louis Black celebrate Samuel Fuller's centenary with 'Forty Guns'

"...time we see Jessica Drummond, who is played by Barbara Stanwyck, she's dressed in black, riding a white stallion,..."

Nov. 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Film noir's shadowy look and bleak attitude get their clutches into this melodramatic corker from 1946

"...clutches on this melodramatic corker from 1946, which stars Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, and Kirk Douglas in..."

June 15, 2012 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: "Let the Work Speak for Itself"

Yaphet Kotto reflects on the movie "Alien" and other matters

"...Big Valley introduced him to the series' grande dame Barbara Stanwyck, whom he calls his "guru." He talks about..."

June 8, 2012 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Letters at 3AM: Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers

Katniss Everdeen's Grandmothers

"...Barbara Stanwyck, clad all in black, gallops across the screen..."

May 4, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

No Man of Her Own

New on DVD: 'No Man of Her Own'

"...Barbara Stanwyck plays the expectant mother Helen Ferguson, who is..."

April 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Special Kaye

Vaudeville, Broadway, TV, film &ndash Kaye Ballard has done it all

"...Better Davis was a good friend of mine, also Barbara Stanwyck, and when they'd call me, I'd think, "I'm..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Any friend of Edith Head, Algernon Moncrieff, and Vajazzling is a friend of Your Style Avatar

"...44 years. She created glorious ensembles for Mae West, Barbara Stanwyck, Rita Hayworth, Marlene Dietrich, and Elizabeth Taylor. Her..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM: Who's That Girl?

Singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom is an inimitable genius

"...DNA of Tuesday Weld in I Walk the Line, Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire, Gena Rowlands in Faces,..."

Nov. 5, 2010 Column by Michael Ventura

Cabin Fever DVDs: Lars Nilsen

Film rental picks for a frigid forecast

"...a great Howard Hawks movie with Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. I like the title right now, of course,..."

Jan. 6, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Castlemania

One boy's induction into horror

"...and featuring a mesmerizing turn from no less than Barbara Stanwyck. It's probably Castle's most atmospheric and original film,..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: 'George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead'

More tales of the undead

"...creepy dead folk, though, that will live on. From Barbara to Bub and beyond, Romero's characters are all dead..."

Sept. 27, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Being Bad Never Looked So Good

Austin Public Library tackles Tough Guys and Feisty Femmes in a new film series. And it's free!

"...who co-scripted Ball of Fire, which starred the incomparable Barbara Stanwyck, three years before she was a bad-news blonde..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Event Menu

March 27-April 5

"...zany comedy The Lady Eve, starring Henry Fonda and Barbara Stanwyck. Each team will present five dishes during the..."

March 28, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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