Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
12/05/1997
1h
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Self (archive footage)
Richard Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
Self (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Paul Douglas
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Eder
Self
Frank Fay
Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self
William Holden
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage)
Roddy McDowall
Self
Nolan Miller
Self
Marilyn Monroe
Self (archive footage)
Ricardo Montalban
Self
Eugene Pallette
Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson
Self (archive footage)
Robert Ryan
Self (archive footage)
Aaron Spelling
Self
Robert Stack
Self
Robert Taylor
Self (archive footage)
Bob Thomas
Self
Robert Wagner
Self
Clifton Webb
Self (archive footage)
Mark Wolper
Self
Brian Aherne
Self (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
Self (archive footage)
Janet Beecher
Self (archive footage)
Eric Blore
Self (archive footage)
Spring Byington
Self (archive footage)
Charles Coburn
Self (archive footage)
Audrey Dalton
Self (archive footage)
William Demarest
Self (archive footage)
Brian Donlevy
Self (archive footage)
Preston Foster
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Graves
Self (archive footage)
Robert Greig
Self (archive footage)
Van Heflin
Self (archive footage)
Eddie Kane
Self (archive footage)
J. Farrell MacDonald
Self (archive footage)
Joel McCrea
Self (archive footage)
Thelma Ritter
Self (archive footage)
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