SCFZ poll: Barbara Stanwyck

[RogerTheMovieManiac]

Hmmmmm... my top 10 (arranged mainly by how much I liked her performances):

01. LADY OF BURLESQUE
02. ALL I DESIRE
03. THE MIRACLE WOMAN
04. REMEMBER THE NIGHT
05. MEET JOHN DOE
06. THE LADY EVE
07. DOUBLE INDEMNITY
08. THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
09. THE GREAT MAN'S LADY
10. BALL OF FIRE

Gaps in my viewing are a couple of those dramas from the '50s that are highly praised and quite a few of the earlier films. 'Night Nurse' is one I must rewatch. I loved the sauciness and suggestiveness when I watched it years ago!

[MrCarmady]

Watched Night Nurse which is fun and certainly has Stanwyck firing already early on in her film career but becomes bogged down in a boring plot in the second half. Don't think it'll make my list. Gonna keep this open a while longer.

[Lencho of the Apes]

Not sure what criteria I should be applying, but I've seen 11, and there are a few where her performance stood out for me:

Clash By Night
The Furies
Ladies Of Leisure

[greennui]

Very superficial this but I prefer her 1930's hair to her 1940's hair.



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Actually, come to think of it...that might just apply to most actresses active at the time.

[rischka]

yeah the 40s square style didn't work for everyone

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The Lady Eve
Double Indemnity
The Miracle Woman
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
No Man of Her Own
The Furies
Annie Oakley
Baby Face
Bitter Tea of General Yen
Stella Dallas
The Night Walker

Seen a lot, but not quite as many as Rischka. Chosen for representative of Stanwyck first, film second, to the best of my recollection.

[MrCarmady]

Glad I held out!

The Night Walker is 11th on the list, though, so won't get any points...

Gonna watch a couple more and close this week.

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

Reminder that this is still open.

[MrCarmady]

Yeah, my movie-watching fell off a cliff when things started re-opening here, apologies. Anyone who wants to add a ballot or a film is welcome to do so this week, will close and put up a new poll on Monday. Now, who shall it be?

[MrCarmady]

I will close this (for real this time) on Sunday, any suggestions for our next one? If not I'll put a few names I have in mind into a randomiser.

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

A horror star might be a good pick if it's going to run through October

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A horror star...please...c'mon Evelyn just say it, you want Lugosi. We all know you and Magpies got the Lugosi bug and only a poll can satisfy it. j/k

Otherwise, if we want someone more international, there's always Klaus Kinski. Both a horror star and a horrifying one.

[flip]

thinking of people famous for at least one horror film, some other suggestions: sissy spacek, shelley duvall, janet leigh, karen black

[Evelyn Library P.I.]

A horror star...please...c'mon Evelyn just say it, you want Lugosi. We all know you and Magpies got the Lugosi bug and only a poll can satisfy it. j/k

Lol, entirely guilty as charged *vampire emoji*

[MrCarmady]

In total, eighteen people voted for thirty-five movies, here's the top 20, ties broken by number of ballots:
1. The Lady Eve (Preston Sturges, 1941) 51 pts
2. Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) 45 pts
3. Remember the Night (Mitchell Leisen, 1940) 43 pts
4. There's Always Tomorrow (Douglas Sirk, 1956) 37 pts
5. Ball of Fire (Howard Hawks, 1941) 26 pts
6. The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Frank Capra, 1933) 24 pts
7. Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, 1933) 22 pts
8. The File on Thelma Jordon (Robert Siodmak, 1949) 21 pts
9. No Man of Her Own (Mitchell Leisen, 1950) 20 pts
10. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Lewis Milestone, 1946) 19 pts
11. The Miracle Woman (Frank Capra, 1931) 19 pts
12. Night Nurse (William A. Wellman, 1931) 14 pts
13. Sorry, Wrong Number (Anatole Litvak, 1948) 13 pts
=14. Ladies They Talk About (Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, 1933) 13 pts
=14. Lady of Burlesque (William A. Wellman, 1943) 13 pts
16. Christmas in Connecticut (Peter Godfrey, 1945) 12 pts
17. The Furies (Anthony Mann, 1950) 11 pts
18. Clash By Night (Fritz Lang, 1952) 11 pts
19. Stella Dallas (King Vidor, 1937) 10 pts
20. The Mad Miss Manton (Leigh Jason, 1938) 10 pts

Letterboxd

Any other actor poll ideas, throw them my way, but I'm thinking Trintignant.

[niminy-piminy]

Any other actor poll ideas, throw them my way, but I'm thinking Trintignant.

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