Barbara Stanwyck

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Today Barbara Stanwyck is remembered primarily as the matriarch of the family known as the Barkleys on the TV western "The Big Valley" (1965), wherein she played Victoria, and from the hit drama "The Colbys" (1985). But she was known to millions of other fans for her movie career, which spanned the period from 1927 until 1964, after which she appeared on television until 1986. It was a career that lasted for 59 years. She was born Ruby Stevens on July 16, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York. She went to work at the local telephone company for $14 a week, but she had the urge (a dream--that was all it was) somehow to enter show business. When not working, she pounded the pavement in search of dancing jobs. The persistence paid off. Barbara was hired as a chorus girl for the princely sum of $40 a week, much better than the wages she was getting from the phone company. She was 17, and she was going to make the most of the opportunity that had been given her.

In 1928 Barbara moved to Hollywood, where she was to start one of the most lucrative careers filmdom had ever seen. She was an extremely versatile actress who could adapt to any role. Barbara was equally at home in all genres, from melodramas, such as Forbidden (1932) and Stella Dallas (1937), to thrillers, such as Double Indemnity (1944), one of her best films, also starring Fred MacMurray (as you have never seen him before). She also excelled in comedies such as Remember the Night (1940) and The Lady Eve (1941). Another genre she excelled in was westerns, Union Pacific (1939) being one of her first and TV's "The Big Valley" (1965) (her most memorable role) being her last. In 1983, she played in the ABC hit mini-series "The Thorn Birds" (1983), which did much to keep her in the eye of the public. She turned in an outstanding performance as Mary Carson.

Barbara was considered a gem to work with for her serious but easygoing attitude on the set. She worked hard at being an actress, and she never allowed her star quality to go to her head. She was nominated for four Academy Awards, though she never won. She turned in magnificent performances for all the roles she was nominated for, but the "powers that be" always awarded the Oscar to someone else. However, in 1982 she was awarded an honorary Academy Award for "superlative creativity and unique contribution to the art of screen acting." Sadly, Barbara died on January 20, 1990, leaving 93 movies and a host of TV appearances as her legacy to us.

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I Am A Coward from Hollywood Star Playhouse aired July 26, 1951 starring Barbara Stanwyck. Hollywood Star Playhouse, well written and performed, presented many original plays and popular Hollywood stars. In "I Am A Coward", the first show of the series on ABC. A librarian attempts to capture, "The Omaha Ripper."

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The Lady Gambles from Screen Director's Playhouse aired December 14, 1950 starring Barbara Stanwyck as Joan Phillips Boothe and Stephen McNally as Horace Corrigan. the terrifying premise of this horrendously lurid story about a happy married young lady who succumbs to the gambling urge. All is well with this bright and charming creature when she accompanies her journalistic spouse on a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, to do an article on Boulder Dam. Then, one night in a gambling casino, she makes the fatal mistake of chancing a minor wager on the turn of a roulette wheel. Stanwyck is a powerhouse of an actress in this addiction story.

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The File on Thelma Jordon from Screen Director's Playhouse aired on March 15, 1951 starring Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey. Stanwyck plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who late one night shows up in the office of married Assistant DA Cleve Marshall, played by Wendell Corey, with a story about prowlers and burglars. One thing leads to another and soon Cleve and Thelma are involved in a passionate love affair. But Thelma is a mysterious woman, and Cleve can't help wondering if she is hiding something. What is she Hiding? No one is as good as Barbara Stanwyck when she's bad. This romantic, unusual mystery is a great performance with superior acting. The screenplay is by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Kitty Frings.

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40236. The Lux Radio Theatre. October 11, 1937. CBS net. "Stella Dallas". Sponsored by: Lux. The third anniversary show of the series. A tearful story of mother love and sacrifice, "soon to be made into a radio serial." Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Bruce Satterlee, Cecil B. DeMille, Dickie Jones, Elia Braca (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, commercial spokesman, program opening announcer), Grace Kern (doubles), Hudson Faussett (doubles), Jack Egger, James Eagles (doubles), Joan Taylor (doubles, commercial spokesman), Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Margaret Brayton (triples), Margaret McKay (doubles), Mary Lansing (doubles), Melville Ruick (announcer), Ross Forrester (doubles), Sada Cowan (doubles), Teresa Harris (doubles), Wallis Roberts (doubles), Sarah Y. Mason (screenwriter), Victor Heerman (screenwriter), Harry Wagstaff (adaptor), Gertrude Purcell (adaptor), Joe Bigelow (additional dialogue), Frances Marion (screenwriter), Olive Higgins Prouty (author), T. Keith Glennon (intermission guest: operations manager for Paramount), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:51. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

40243. The Lux Radio Theatre. December 6, 1937. CBS net. "These Three". Sponsored by: Lux. A drama about a school destroyed by lies and scandal. Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Mary Astor, Cecil B. DeMille, Constance Collier, Dorothy Gray, Alma Kruger, Frank Nelson (performer, program opening announcer), Helen Parrish, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Marcia Mae Jones, Melville Ruick (announcer), Lillian Hellman (author, screenwriter), Patience Abbe (intermission guest), Richard Abbe (intermission guest), Johnny Abbe (intermission guest), Sidney Newman, Ross Forrester, Estelle Hyman, Lois Lee, June Smaney, Eloise Spann (chorus), Mills Jewell (chorus), Dorothy Jackson (chorus), Nancy Kellogg (chorus), Mildred Carroll (chorus), June Robbins (chorus), Elva Lois Kellogg (chorus), Katherine Rue (chorus), Barbara Whitson (chorus), Winona Black (chorus), Enrico Ricardi (chorus), Mary Lansing (commercial spokesman), Sista Axselle (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 58:31. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

83906. The Chase and Sanborn Hour. February 13, 1938. Red net. Sponsored by: Chase and Sanborn Coffee (Charlie McCarthy Puppet premium). The first tune is, "I'm In My Glory." When Charlie asks for more money, Bergen fires him! Barbara Stanwyck appears in, "The Straw," by Eugene O'Neill. Charlie and Barbara remember the old South and then sing, "Thanks For The Memory." Don Ameche (host), Edgar Bergen, Robert Armbruster and His Orchestra, The Stroud Twins, Dorothy Lamour, John Carter, Barbara Stanwyck, Eugene O'Neill (author), Wendell Niles (announcer). 60:02. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

78234. The Lux Radio Theatre. April 4, 1938. CBS net. "Dark Victory". Sponsored by: Lux. Not auditioned. A wealthy, spoiled woman finds out that she's dying of a brain tumor. The 1939 film of the same name (starring Bette Davis) was reportedly inspired by this broadcast. "The Lux Radio Theatre" then rebroadcast the story on January 8, 1940, which was based on the film (see cat. #3574). Edward Arnold sings, "Rich Man." In a monumental blooper, Melville Ruick ends the program by starting to give an NBC system cue, catching himself and switching to CBS in the midle of the cue. Barbara Stanwyck, Melvyn Douglas, Crauford Kent, Edward Arnold (host during the illness of Cecil B. DeMille), Melville Ruick (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Margaret Brayton, Gretchen Thomas, Ted Osborne, Coral Colebrook, Lou Merrill, Frank Nelson, Ross Forrester (doubles), James Eagles, Joan Taylor, Phyllis Coghlan, Leonard Willey, George Webb, Doris Louray, Sally Creighton (commercial spokeswoman), Nina Roberts (intermission guest), George Brewer (playwright), Bertram Bloch (playwright), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 58:48. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

40252. The Lux Radio Theatre. March 13, 1939. CBS net. "So Big". Sponsored by: Lux. A widow in a farming community raises her son in a different way. The intermission guest is Sarah Delano Roosevelt (mother of the president), who speaks from New York. Listen for echoes of Dvorak's "New World" symphony in Lou Silvers' music. The story was subsequently produced on The Lux Radio Theatre on September 21, 1954 (see cat. #10531). Otto Kruger, Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Fay Wray, Cecil B. DeMille, Edna Ferber (author), Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Sarah Delano Roosevelt (intermission guest), J. Grubb Alexander (screenwriter), Robert Lord (screenwriter), Billy Cook, Ted Osborne, Jackie Kelly, Ferdinand Munier (doubles), Janet Young (doubles), Lou Merrill (doubles), Frank Nelson (doubles, program opening announcer), Harry Humphrey, Mary Lansing (doubles), Walter White, Harold Wilson, Gil Patric, Lurene Tuttle, Ross Forrester, Jerrie Gail (commercial spokesman), Lorraine Edwards (commercial spokesman), Frank Woodruff (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:46. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

40596. The Lux Radio Theatre. September 18, 1939. CBS net. "Wuthering Heights". Sponsored by: Lux. The classic story of love on the moors of England. The story was heard again on The Lux Radio Theatre on November 4, 1940 (see cat. #8352) and September 14, 1954 (see cat. #10530). Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Grace Nielson (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Charles MacArthur (screenwriter), Ben Hecht (screenwriter), Emily Bronte (author), Sarita Wooten, Douglas Scott, Rex Downing, Clarence Derwent, Reginald Sheffield, Eric Snowden, Lou Merrill, Lee Millar (doubles, one part is a dog), Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Aherne, Ida Lupino, Cecil B. DeMille, Vivian Edwards (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Catherine Carleton (commercial spokesman), Jo Campbell (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Kemball Cooper, Marga Ann Deighton, Melville Ruick (announcer), Thomas Freebairn-Smith, Louis Silvers (music director). 1 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

49770. The Lux Radio Theatre. November 6, 1939. CBS net. "Only Yesterday". Sponsored by: Lux (silver plate tea spoon premium). An excellent romance about a woman who waits for her soldier to come home and see his son. When he arrives, he doesn't even remember her! A well-done melodrama that tugs at the heartstrings. The story was produced again on The Lux Radio Theatre on April 16, 1945 (see cat. #23467). Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Cecil B. DeMille, Gloria Gordon, Dorothy Peterson, Emma Saunders, Eric Burtis, Frank Martin (doubles), Frederick Lewis Allen (author), Gavin Gordon (doubles), Harry Walker, Jacqueline Wells, James Eagles (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Toni Tree (doubles), Victor Rodman, William Hurlburt (screenwriter), Arthur Richman (screenwriter), George O'Neil (screenwriter), Lou Merrill (doubles), George Webb, Ethel Sykes, Dora Browner, Grace Nielson (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Jo Campbell (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Vivian Edwards (The Modernettes Trio: commercial spokesman), Bernice Pilot, Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:54. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

59690. The Jell-O Program Starring Jack Benny. January 7, 1940. Red net. Sponsored by: Jell-O. Jack has won $50 from Phil on a Rose Bowl bet. Guest Barbara Stanwyck visits Jack's house to rehearse a scene from, "Golden Boy." Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Dennis Day, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris and His Orchestra, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Anderson, Harry Baldwin, Ed Beloin (writer, performer), Mary Kelly, Blanche Stewart, Mort Werner, Bill Morrow (writer). 29:34. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

40603. The Lux Radio Theatre. March 25, 1940. CBS net. "Remember The Night". Sponsored by: Lux. A good romance story about a prosecutor who winds up taking a beautiful thief with him on a Christmas visit to his mother. Good radio. The story was used again on The Lux Radio Theatre on December 22, 1941 (see cat. #43191) and also on May 5, 1955. Barbara Stanwyck, Beulah Bondi, Fred MacMurray, Cecil B. DeMille, Ann Lee, Arthur Q. Bryan (doubles), Celeste Rush (doubles), Edward Marr (doubles), Elizabeth Patterson, Jack Carr, John Fee, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Sidney Newman, Sterling Holloway, Wally Maher, Walter White (doubles), Warren Rock (doubles), Clarence Rock (as a dog), Rosemary De Camp (commercial spokesman), Kathleen Fitz (commercial spokesman as "Libby"), Preston Sturges (screenwriter), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 60:10. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

23083. The Gulf Screen Guild Theatre. March 31, 1940. CBS net. "Allergic To Love". Sponsored by: Gulf. Colonel J. Frank Drake, a petroleum industry pioneer, appears during the Gulf commercial. A silly farce about two lovers about to be married, who discover an allergy each has for the other. Barbara Stanwyck, Edwin Drake, Franklin Pangborn, Robert Taylor, Roger Pryor, J. Frank Drake, Oscar Bradley and His Orchestra. 29:32. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

49771. The Lux Radio Theatre. April 29, 1940. CBS net. "Smilin' Through". Sponsored by: Lux. A well-done story about love through the years, even beyond death! The story was produced on The Lux Radio Theatre previously on November 4, 1934 and subsequently on January 5, 1942 (see cat. #43390). Barbara Stanwyck (doubles), Robert Taylor (doubles), Cecil B. DeMille, Christina Wayne, Eric Snowden, Frank Martin, H. B. Warner, James Eagles, Jane Cowl (author as "Allan Langdon"), Jane Murfin (author as "Allan Langdon"), Julie Bannon, Lou Merrill, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Martha Wentworth, Justina Wayne, Sidney Newman, Kathleen Fitz (commercial spokesman), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:56. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

34519. Ball Of Fire. 1941. Film sound track. Gene Krupa and His Orchestra, Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper. 13 1/2 minutes. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Otherwise complete.

42813. America Calling. February 8, 1941. Pool feed. Sponsored by: Greek War Relief. A visit to the home of "The Hardy Family." Jack Benny and Bob Hope are "co-masters of ceremonies." Shirley Temple, Charles Laughton, Groucho Marx and Madeleine Carroll appear in a comedy skit written by Dick Mack. Clark Gable and Merle Oberon appear in a "modern romance" by Robert Riley Crutcher. Frank Morgan sings an "updated" "Mikado," introduced by Reginald Owen. Groucho, Jack Benny and Bob Hope sing a trio! Ronald Colman reads "The Jarvis Bay Goes Down," a poem by Gene Fowler. Mary Martin and Myrna Loy appear in a comedy skit with Jack and Bob. The Merry Macs are heard briefly. The program was fed to two networks and independent stations. Ann Rutherford, Barbara Stanwyck, Bill Morrow (producer, transcriber), Bob Hope, Carey Wilson, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Connie Boswell, Dick Mack (director), Dick Powell, Don Wilson, Dore Schary (writer, supervisor), Ed Beloin (writer), Fay Holden, Frank Morgan, Gene Fowler (author), Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, Knox Manning, Lewis Stone, Madeleine Carroll, Max Terr's Choral Group, Melvyn Douglas (narrator), Meredith Willson and His Orchestra, Merle Oberon, Mickey Rooney, Reginald Owen, Robert Riley Crutcher (adaptor), Robert Taylor, Ronald Colman, Shirley Temple, Ted Bond (Los Angeles local announcer), The Merry Macs, Tyrone Power, Mary Martin, Myrna Loy. 89:24. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

42341. The Lux Radio Theatre. March 9, 1942. CBS net. "The Lady Eve". Sponsored by: Lux. The program is abbreviated for a talk by President Roosevelt. A pair of swindlers set their sights on a wealthy ale heiress, just back from the Amazon. Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Charles Coburn, Cecil B. DeMille, Doris Sederholm, Eric Snowden, Ferdinand Munier, Keith Hitchcock, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Preston Sturges (screenwriter), Thomas Mills, Verna Felton, Warren Ashe, Mary Virginia Palmer (commercial spokesman), Julie Bannon (commercial spokesman), Ann Tobin (commercial spokesman: as "Rita Hayworth"), Stanley Farrar (commercial spokesman), Monckton Hoffe (author), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 45:25. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

42339. The Lux Radio Theatre. April 27, 1942. CBS net. "Penny Serenade". Sponsored by: Lux (Flower premium. Ann Todd does one of the commercials.). The classic story of a loving couple and the heartbreak of an adopted baby. The story was produced again on The Lux Radio Theatre on May 8, 1944 and on The Lux Video Theatre on January 13, 1955. Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Beulah Bondi, Edgar Buchanan, Cecil B. DeMille, Ann Todd, Bobby Larson, Duane Thompson, Griff Barnett (doubles), Leone LeDoux, Louis Silvers (music director), Melville Ruick (announcer), Warren Ashe (doubles), Jeanne Darrell (chorus), Betty Rome (chorus), Ruth Clark (chorus), Betty Bruce (chorus), Ethlyn Williams (chorus), Stella Harris (chorus), Georgia Stark (chorus), Jerry Jordan (chorus), Mary Modere (chorus), Enrico Ricardi (chorus), Lois Collier (commercial spokesman), Eve McVeagh (commercial spokesman), Torey Carleton (commercial spokesman), Morrie Ryskind (screenwriter), Martha Cheavens (author), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:16. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

94265. The Lux Radio Theatre. June 1, 1942. CBS net. "Ball Of Fire". Sponsored by: Lux. Charles Brackett (screenwriter), Billy Wilder (screenwriter), Melville Ruick (announcer), Sanford Barnett (director), Louis Silvers (music director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects), Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Cecil B. DeMille (host), Felix Vallee, Griff Barnett, Leo Cleary, Norman Field, Bruce Payne, Warren Ashe, Verna Felton, Edwin Max, Frank Penny, Arthur Q. Bryan, Charles Peck, Tyler McVey (doubles), Lynne Martin (singer), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman; impersonating Madeleine Carroll, Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Janet Waldo (commercial spokesman), Fred MacKaye (commercial spokesman). 60:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

81038. Command Performance. June 30, 1942. Program #20. AFRS origination. The program was recorded June 30, 1942, released during the summer of 1942. The first tune is, "Liza." Victor Borge does phonetic punctuation. Clarence Nash and Pinto Colvig appear as Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto with a message to Hitler! Groucho and Barbara Stanwyck do a comedy routine. Thensystem cue is not heard. Spencer Tracy (m. c.), Paul Douglas (announcer), Mary Lee (vocal), Victor Borge, The King's Men, Pat Friday, Groucho Marx, Barbara Stanwyck, Hans Conried, The Selznick Studio Orchestra, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig. 28:34. Audio condition: Good to very good. Complete as above.

42129. The Lux Radio Theatre. September 14, 1942. CBS net. "This Above All". Sponsored by: Lux, Vimms. A good war story about a British army deserter who falls in love while on the run after Dunkirk. John Milton Kennedy's first appearance as announcer on the show (on a sponsored broadcast). At the end of the story, Cecil B. DeMille announces that Tyrone Power has enlisted. Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck, James Kirkwood, Cecil B. DeMille, Barbara Denny, Billy Roy, Bruce Payne (doubles), Charles Seel (doubles), Claire Verdera, Colin Campbell (doubles), Eric Knight (author), Eric Snowden (doubles), Fred MacKaye (doubles), Frederic Worlock (doubles), Herman Waldeman (doubles), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Josephine Gilbert (doubles), Louis Silvers (music director), Norman Field, Stuart Robertson, Thomas Mills (doubles), Verna Felton (doubles), Vernon Steele (doubles), Vickie Madden, Anne James, Phillip Neely (chorus and as a commercial spokesman), Allan Watson (chorus), Robert Bradford (chorus), Enrico Ricardi (chorus), Arthur Gillmore (commercial spokesman), Frances Woodward (commercial spokesman: as "Jean Arthur"), Janet Waldo (as "Libby"), R. G. Sheriff (screenwriter), Eric Knight (author), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:40. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

46385. The Jack Benny Program For Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nuts Flakes. October 11, 1942. Red net. Sponsored by: Grape-Nuts Flakes, Grape-Nuts Wheat Meal. The program originates from The Santa Ana Army Air Base, California. Mother Benny's old fashioned chili sauce. A visit to the house of guest Barbara Stanwyck. Peter Lind Hayes, who was a cadet at Santa Ana at the time, appears on the show, as a cadet! The final commercial tag and system cue have been deleted. Jack Benny, Frank Nelson (doubles), Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Barbara Stanwyck, Peter Lind Hayes, Don Wilson, Eddie Anderson, Ed Beloin (writer), Bill Orr (?), Harry Von Zell, Bill Morrow (writer), Mahlon Merrick (conductor). 29:32. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete as above.

23098. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre. April 12, 1943. CBS net. "Pittsburgh". Sponsored by: Lady Esther. A drama about the rough and tumble coal industry and a ruthless climb to the top of the heap. Barbara Stanwyck speaks for the War Loan. Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Truman Bradley (host), Wilbur Hatch (arranger, conductor), Barbara Stanwyck. 29:06. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

58899. Lum and Abner. April 12, 1943. Program #391. Blue Network. Commercials deleted. Guest Barbara Stanwyck makes an appeal for the sale of war bonds. Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Barbara Stanwyck. 9:21. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Incomplete.

84033. The Charlie McCarthy Show. May 2, 1943. NBC net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Charlie's growing a moustache. Dale sings, "Canteen Bounce." Bill Thompson reports from "Flageria" (in his "Wallace Wimple" voice and Negro, German and Swedish dialects). Guest Barbara Stanwyck volunteers to be Charlie's manager and get a raise for him from Bergen. Edgar Bergen, Ray Noble and His Orchestra, Dale Evans, Bill Thompson, Barbara Stanwyck, Del Sharbutt (Special Services announcer). 22:38. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Incomplete.

49307. The Lux Radio Theatre. June 28, 1943. CBS net. "The Great Man's Lady". Sponsored by: Lux, Vimms. A western saga about a dreamer planning glory for the town he has established. The character Barbara Stanwyck portrays first appears in the story at the age of seventeen and ends the drama at the age of one hundred and nine! Chester Morris, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Calvert (doubles), Charles Seel (doubles), Ernestine Wade, Fay McKenzie, Fred MacKaye (doubles), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Katherine Siley, Leo Cleary (doubles), Leone LeDoux, Louis Silvers (music director), Norman Field, Robert McKenzie (doubles), Roland Drew (doubles), Ruby Dandridge, Ernest Newton (chorus0, Henry Kruse (chorus), Robert Bradford (chorus), Kenneth Rundquist (chorus), Stewart Bair (chorus), Delos Jewkes (chorus), Luke Crockett (chorus), Homer Hall (chorus), Devona Doxie (chorus), Georgia Stark (chorus), Virginia Rees (chorus), Elva Lois Kellogg (chorus), Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Barbara Stanwyck, Joseph Cotten, Paula Winslowe (commercial spokesman), Janet Russell (commercial spokesman), Duane Thompson (commercial spokesman), W. L. Rivers (screenwriter), Adela Rogers St. John (author), Seena Owen (author), Vina Delmar (author), Sanford Barnett (director), George Wells (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:12. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

60794. The Jack Benny Program For Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nuts Flakes. November 28, 1943. Red net. Sponsored by: Grape-Nuts, Grape-Nuts Flakes. Barbara Stanwyck substitutes for Mary who is out with laryngitis. Dennis tries to get a raise from Jack. Butterfly McQueen applies for the job of maid for Mary. The final commercial and system cue have been deleted. Minerva Pious, Barbara Stanwyck, Phil Harris, Dennis Day, John Brown, Eddie Anderson, Butterfly McQueen, Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Sara Berner (first appearance as a telephone operator), Mahlon Merrick (conductor). 28:23. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Incomplete.

45531. The Jack Benny Program For Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nuts Flakes. March 19, 1944. Red net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Dennis dreams that he's rich and famous, and that guest Barbara Stanwyck is madly in love with him! AFRS program name: "The Jack Benny Program." See cat. #60789 for a network, sponsored version of this broadcast. Barbara Stanwyck, Butterfly McQueen, Dennis Day, Frank Nelson, Howard Duff (AFRS announcer), Jack Benny, John Brown, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Eddie Anderson, Joseph Kearns, Mahlon Merrick (conductor). 30:19. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

60789. The Jack Benny Program For Grape-Nuts and Grape-Nuts Flakes. March 19, 1944. Red net. Sponsored by: Grape Nuts, Grape Nuts Flakes, Grape Nuts Wheat Meal. Dennis dreams that he's rich and famous, and that guest Barbara Stanwyck is madly in love with him! Butterfly McQueen joins Don Wilson for one of the commercials. Barbara Stanwyck mutters, "L.S.M.F.T." This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #45531. The final commercial and system cue have been deleted. Jack Benny, John Brown, Eddie Anderson, Don Wilson, Phil Harris, Mary Livingstone, Butterfly McQueen, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Day, Frank Nelson, Joseph Kearns, Mahlon Merrick (conductor). 29:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

49316. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre. March 27, 1944. CBS net. "Why Jack Is Not Going To Appear On The Screen Guild Theatre". Sponsored by: Lady Esther cosmetics. The title is tentative. A funny story with lots of ad libs, as Jack tries to get a part on the Screen Guild Show to do a love scene with Barbara Stanwyck. Jack Benny, Barbara Stanwyck, Basil Rathbone, Truman Bradley (announcer), Michael Curtiz (screen director), Wilbur Hatch (arranger, conductor). 28:52. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

50495. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. April 18, 1944. Program #34. CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. Gracie and guest Barbara Stanwyck decide to clean house. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bill Goodwin, Jimmy Cash, Felix Mills and His Orchestra, Barbara Stanwyck. 29:59. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

3875. Command Performance. July 30, 1944. Program #131. AFRS origination. The show is performed before an audience of four hundred WAVES. The first tune on the show is "Would You Rather Wish On A Star." Cass Daley commands an all-girl battleship! Errol Flynn sings while taking a shower! The date above is the recording date. Barbara Stanwyck (m. c.), Dick Haymes, Errol Flynn, June Allyson, Cass Daley, Sterling Holloway, Harry Von Zell (announcer). 30:23. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

59312. Lum and Abner. November 30, 1944. Blue Network. Commercials deleted. Lum suggests that Abner try to make Elizabeth jealous, but changes his mind when Abner thinks of using Emaline Platt to create the jealousy! Barbara Stanwyck appears on the show to appeal for the Sixth War Loan. Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Barbara Stanwyck. 11:18. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

84702. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre. March 5, 1945. CBS net. "Double Indemnity". Sponsored by: Lady Esther. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Truman Bradley (announcer), Walter Abel, James M. Cain (author), Wilbur Hatch (arranger, conductor). 29:06. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

84734. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Theatre. September 9, 1946. CBS net. "Waterloo Bridge". Sponsored by: Lady Esther. Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Isabel Jewell, Truman Bradley (announcer), Robert Sherwood (author), Bill Lawrence (producer, director), Harry Cronman (adaptor), Wilbur Hatch (arranger, conductor). 29:27. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

19960. California. 1947. Paramount syndication. Air trailer. Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Fitzgerald. 14 1/2 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

34497. Variety Girl. 1947. Film sound track. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Spike Jones and The City Slickers, Mary Hatcher, Olga San Juan, Franklin Ferguson, DeForest Kelly, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Paulette Goddard, William Holden, Joan Caulfield, Gary Cooper, Pearl Bailey. 36:30. Audio condition: Excellent. Excerpts.

81575. Woodbury Hollywood News. March 30, 1947. ABC net. Sponsored by: Woodbury Soap. The program originates from New York. Louella in New York interviews David Niven (in Los Angeles) and Barbara Stanwyck (aboard the S. S. America in mid-ocean) at the same time. David and Barbara will soon appear together in, "The Other Love." Joe Louis is to be married in June after his next fight. Frank Sinatra is giving his $100,000 fee for appearing in "Miracle Of The Bells" to charity. Louella Parsons, Carl Frank (announcer), David Niven, Barbara Stanwyck. 13:52. Audio condition: Very good. Incomplete.

45160. The Lux Radio Theatre. April 21, 1947. CBS net. "My Reputation". Sponsored by: Lux, Spry. A widow faces the gossip of her "friends" when she tries to start a relationship with an army officer. Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, William Keighley (host), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), Louis Silvers (music director), Janet Scott, Frances Robinson, Jeff Chandler (billed as "Ira Grossel"), Tommy Cook, Robert Ellis, William Johnstone, Noreen Gammill, Gloria McMillan, Charles Seel, Lois Corbett, Doris Singleton (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Catherine Turney (screenwriter), Clare Jaynes (author: pseudonym of Jane Rothschild Mayer and Clara Spiegel), June Harris (intermission guest), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

64915. The Lucky Strike Program Starring Jack Benny. October 17, 1948. NBC net. Sponsored by: Lucky Strike. After a dramatization of a scene from the movie, guest Barbara Stanwyck joins the cast for its version of, "Sorry, Wrong Number." Jack continues to hear a yodelling echo. Jack does his own version of the story, after he overhears his sponsor planning to not renew his contract. Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Del Sharbutt (commercial spokesman), L. A. Speed Riggs (tobacco auctioneer), Mary Livingstone, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Day, Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Eddie Anderson, Artie Auerbach, F. E. Boone (tobacco auctioneer), Phil Harris, Frank Nelson, Basil Ruysdael (commercial spokesman), The Sportsmen, Bob Stevens, George Balzer (writer), Milt Josefsberg (writer), John Tackaberry (writer), Sam Perrin (writer), Mahlon Merrick (music director). 29:42. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

90353. This Is Your Life. November 23, 1948. Blue Network. Sponsored by: Philip Morris. 8:00 P. M. The third program of the season. The subject of the show is Ada Nelligan of Long Island. She was a much-beloved theatrical wardrobe lady, known by many famous performers. Al Jolson sings, "An Old Fashioned Girl In A Gingham Gown." A good show! Ralph Edwards (host), Ada Nelligan, Don DeFore, John Lund, Maurice Evans (from Cleveland), Reese Williams, Irene Tedrow, John Holbrook (announcer), Al Jolson, Johnny Roventini (commercial spokesman as "Johnny"), Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Alexander Lazlo (original music), Art Ballinger (announcer). 29:29. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

23159. Screen Director's Playhouse. October 31, 1949. NBC net. "Remember The Night". Sustaining. A good comedy/romance about a prosecutor who falls in love with a beautiful lady shop-lifter. Barbara Stanwyck, Gerald Mohr. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

45267. The Lux Radio Theatre. January 9, 1950. CBS net. "Sorry, Wrong Number". Sponsored by: Lux. An excellent adaptation of the movie which was adapted from the "Suspense" radio show. Barbara Stanwyck screams herself hoarse during the show and is almost unable to croak her way through the post-story interview! William Keighley (host), Louis Silvers (music director), John Milton Kennedy (announcer), William Conrad, Frances Robinson, William Johnstone, Lawrence Dobkin, Jay Novello, Charlotte Lawrence, Eleanor Audley (doubles), Paul Dubov, Helen Andrews (doubles), Robert Griffin, Edward Marr, Cliff Clark, George Neise, Dorothy Lovett (commercial spokesman: as "Libby"), Burt Lancaster, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbara Ann Newton (intermission guest), Lucille Fletcher (author, screenwriter), Fred MacKaye (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 59:42. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

60326. Screen Director's Playhouse. June 23, 1950. NBC net. "The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers". Sponsored by: RCA. A woman stops at nothing to achieve success, including the murder of her aunt and the conviction of an innocent man. Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Lewis Milestone (guest screen director), Gerald Mohr, Eleanor Audley, Jeffrey Silver, Richard Allen Simmons (adaptor), Bill Cairn (director), Wilms Herbert, Jack Edwards, Lou Merrill, Gayne Whitman, Ken Christy, Joel Nessler, Robert Armbruster (composer, conductor), Howard Wiley (production supervisor), Barbara Stanwyck, Norma Jean Nilsson. 29:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

52927. Suspense. October 19, 1950. CBS net. "The Wages Of Sin". Sponsored by: Auto-Lite. The story of Ruby Miller, a tough girl who finally bought more trouble than she could handle. Elliott Lewis (producer, director), E. Jack Neuman (writer), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (conductor), John Michael Hayes (writer), Barbara Stanwyck, Harlow Wilcox (commercial spokesman), John Dehner, Jerry Hausner, John Hoyt, Lou Merrill, Joseph Kearns (announcer), Bert Holland (commercial spokesman). 29:39. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

86137. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood. November 11, 1950. NBC net. Sustaining. The first item: Robert Taylor, just back from filming "Quo Vadis," is in the hospital. Ezio Pinza scoffs at the idea of going to Hollywood and tells about filming, "South Pacific." Pinza sings, "Wandering." Audie Murphy gives his opinions about universal military training (he's for it). Barbara Stanwyck does a scene from, "The Furies." Senator Richard Nixon appears after winning the election in California. He asks, "What do we want out of the Korean war?" He speaks against, "The international Communist conspiracy." Hedda's essay is in praise of the recent election and the American spirit. Pinza ends the program by singing, "The Star Spangled Banner." Hedda Hopper, Harlow Wilcox (announcer), Ezio Pinza, Audie Murphy, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Nixon, Gil Faust (director), Frank Worth (music). 29:25. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

48094. Screen Director's Playhouse. December 14, 1950. NBC net. "Lady Gambles". Sponsored by: Chesterfield, Anacin, RCA, Ford. The program begins with the remainder of the credits from last week's program ("My Favorite Wife") which were omitted when time ran out. A woman becomes addicted to gambling and begins a downward spiral. A well-done portrait of a serious problem. Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Barbara Stanwyck, Stephen McNally, William Conrad, Paul Avery, Tony Barrett, Ruth Perrott, John Dehner, Georgia Backus, Byron Kane, Jack Rubin (adaptor), Bob Hope (Chesterfield commercial), Bing Crosby (Chesterfield commercial), Ken Carpenter (Chesterfield commercial), Michael Gordon (guest screen director), Howard Wiley (producer), Bill Cairn (director). 59:38. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

20147. George Fisher Interviews The Stars. 1951. Program #101,102,103,104. Standard Program Library syndication. (Hollywood Calling #26). Interviews with: Eleanor Parker, Hope Emerson, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck. The date is approximate. George Fisher (interviewer), Eleanor Parker, Hope Emerson, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck. 12 1/2 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

48917. Screen Director's Playhouse. March 15, 1951. NBC net. "Thelma Jordan". Sponsored by: RCA, Chesterfield. A murder is complicated by a romance between the killer and the District Attorney. Wendell Corey, Barbara Stanwyck, William Conrad, Hy Averback, Stan Waxman, Ruth Perrott, Ralph Moody, Peggy Webber, Jack Carroll, Robert Siodmak (guest screen director), Bill Cairn (director), Jack Rubin (adaptor), Jimmy Wallington (announcer), Howard Wiley (producer), Marty Howland (writer), Bing Crosby (Chesterfield commercial), Bob Hope (Chesterfield commercial). 59:00. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

84542. Hollywood Star Playhouse. April 23, 1951. CBS net. "Father's Day". Sponsored by: Bromo Seltzer. The start of the program's second year on the air. Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Rawlinson (host), Jeff Alexander (composer, conductor), Maurice Zim (writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Norman Brokenshire (commercial spokesman), Johnny Schneller (engineer), Gus Bayes (sound effects), Ross Murray (sound effects), Carleton Young, Theodore Von Eltz, Jeanette Nolan, Robert Griffin, Bea Benaderet, Anne Whitfield, David Brian (recorded preview of next week's program). 29:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

87001. Hollywood Star Playhouse. April 23, 1951. CBS net. "Father's Day". Sponsored by: Bromo Seltzer. Not auditioned. The first anniversary of the program. Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Rawlinson (host), Norman Brokenshire (commercial spokesman), Jeff Alexander (composer, conductor), Johnny Schneller (engineer), Gus Bayes (sound effects), Ross Murray (sound effects), Maurice Zim (writer), Jack Johnstone (director), Carleton Young, Theodore Von Eltz, Jeanette Nolan, Robert Griffin, Bea Benaderet, Anne Whitfield, David Brian (preview of next week's story). 29:33. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

65412. Family Theatre. June 27, 1951. Mutual net. "Days Of Grace". Sustaining. A woman in wartime London entertains her fiance's brother while he's at the front. A love affair with the brother is inevitable. The story has a surprise (and tragic) ending. The script was subsequently used on the program on October 1, 1952 (see cat. #62709) Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Hayward, Dan O'Herlihy, Joseph F. Mansfield (director), Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor), True Boardman (writer), Marjorie Bennett, Jack Raymond, Lizabeth Scott (hostess), Tony La Frano (announcer), Alec Harford, Therese Lewis (writer). 29:29. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

81131. Hollywood Star Playhouse. July 26, 1951. ABC net. "I'm A Coward". Sustaining. The first show of the series on ABC. A librarian attempts to capture, "The Omaha Ripper." Tony Michaels, Harry Bartell, Maurice Zimm (writer), Jack Johnstone (director), MacDonald Carey (transcribed preview), Basil Adlam (music), Ken Peters, Herb Lytton, Barbara Stanwyck, Orval Anderson (host), Shepard Menken. 29:32. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

66233. Hollywood Sound Stage. March 6, 1952. CBS net. "Dark Victory". Sustaining. A young society woman has a parasitic growth on her brain and must have an immediate operation. Barbara Stanwyck, Carleton Young, Paula Winslowe, Hugh Douglas (host), Virginia Gregg, Byron Kane, Harry Cronman (adaptor, director), Alexander Courage (music supervisor). 30:17. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

78684. Hallmark Playhouse. May 22, 1952. CBS net, KMBC, Kansas City aircheck. "Marcia Burns". Sponsored by: Hallmark. Not auditioned. Barbara Stanwyck, Virginia Tatnall Peacock (author), James Hilton (host), Frank Goss (announcer), Bill Gay (producer, David Rose (composer, conductor), Jean Holloway (adaptor), Raymond Burr, Tudor Owen, Ted de Corsia, Anne Whitfield, Virginia Gregg. 29:14. Audio condition: Very good. Complete.

69932. Family Theatre. September 10, 1952. Mutual net. "The Leading Lady". Sustaining. A private detective hired to protect an actress' jewels is actually in cahoots with the jewel thieves...or is he? Roddy McDowall (host), Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, Ken Christy, Ted de Corsia, Jack Kruschen, Charles Smith, Pat McGeehan, Michael Hayes, John T. Kelly (writer), Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor), Joseph Mansfield (director), Tony La Frano (announcer). 29:47. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

70817. Family Theatre. February 10, 1954. Mutual net. "It's Not The Money". Sustaining. An intriguing drama about an inheritance and the price of one's principles. The program opening has been deleted. Irene Dunne (hostess), Barbara Stanwyck, George Nader, Julie Bennett, Lawrence Dobkin, John T. Kelly (writer, director), Gail Bonney, Lamont Johnson, Harry Zimmerman (composer, conductor). 29:44. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

10516. The Lux Radio Theatre. March 15, 1954. Program #115. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "Jeopardy". An excellent edge-of-your-chair thriller as a man is trapped on a beach, with the tide slowly coming in. Barbara Stanwyck makes a beautiful blooper at the end and cracks up the whole cast. AFRTS program name: "Hollywood Radio Theatre." Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Tony Barrett, Irving Cummings (host), Ken Carpenter (announcer), Rudy Schrager (music director), Harry Shearer, Albert Morin, Lillian Buyeff, Don Diamond, Donald Lawton, Jack Kruschen, Bill Justine, Edward Marr, Mel Dinelli (screenwriter), Maurice Zimm (author), Earl Ebi (director), Sanford Barnett (adaptor), Charlie Forsyth (sound effects). 55 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

11411. Stagestruck. April 18, 1954. CBS net. "How The Stage Helped Make Hollywood History". Sustaining. Mike Wallace (host), Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Sylvia Sidney, Stanley Kramer, Frank Lovejoy, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Lilli Palmer, John Garfield, Greta Garbo, William Powell, Lana Turner, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Lucille Ball, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Bert Lahr, Van Johnson, Barbara Stanwyck, William Holden. 1 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

34878. The World's Greatest Showman. December 1, 1963. NBC-TV net, WNBC-TV New York aircheck. "The Legend Of Cecil B. De Mille". Commercials deleted. A biography of the film director, including scenes from "Sunset Boulevard." Many soundtrack excerpts have been deleted. Fifty seven minutes of a ninety minute show. Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Betty Hutton, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Jimmy Stewart, Gloria Swanson, Cornel Wilde, Samuel Goldwyn, Billy Graham. 57 minutes. Audio condition: Excellent. Incomplete.

53350. Bud's Bandwagon. Program #596. AFRTS origination. Record show with DJ Bud Widom. The first record is, "Back Bay Shuffle" by Prez Prado and His Orchestra. Bud interviews guest Barbara Stanwyck. Bud Widom (DJ), Barbara Stanwyck. 30:28. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

Report contains 58 programs.