Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997Born 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.
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Barbara Stanwyck
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Chamberlain
as Self (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
as Self (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Douglas
as Self (archive footage)
Shirley Eder
as Self
Frank Fay
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
as Self
William Holden
as Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
as Self (archive footage)
Roddy McDowall
as Self
Nolan Miller
as Self
Marilyn Monroe
as Self (archive footage)
Ricardo Montalban
as Self
Eugene Pallette
as Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
Edward G. Robinson
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Ryan
as Self (archive footage)
Aaron Spelling
as Self
Robert Stack
as Self
Robert Taylor
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Thomas
as Self
Robert Wagner
as Self
Clifton Webb
as Self (archive footage)
Mark Wolper
as Self
Brian Aherne
as Self (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
as Self (archive footage)
Janet Beecher
as Self (archive footage)
Eric Blore
as Self (archive footage)
Spring Byington
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Coburn
as Self (archive footage)
Audrey Dalton
as Self (archive footage)
William Demarest
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Donlevy
as Self (archive footage)
Preston Foster
as Self (archive footage)
Ralph Graves
as Self (archive footage)
Robert Greig
as Self (archive footage)
Van Heflin
as Self (archive footage)
Eddie Kane
as Self (archive footage)
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Self (archive footage)
Joel McCrea
as Self (archive footage)
Thelma Ritter
as Self (archive footage)
