Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
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.
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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
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