Stanwyck is one of the best actresses to ever do it. In every performance, she's a magnet for attention-cunning, sexy, hilarious, and sympathetic as the situation demands.
I can't get enough of her, and whenever I see a new-to-me film of hers, I'm always looking forward to the scene in which she needs to win an argument or convince another character to do something for her.
Reading about her upbringing is like looking through a kaleidoscope of strung-together jobs and connections from an electrically charged era of American entertainment, particularly her work under speakeasy impresario Texas Guinan.
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