Only Barbara: The Many Voices of Barbara Stanwyck
What happens to a great screen actress when you take away the camera?
In this Listen with Gilbert Deep Dive, we hear Barbara Stanwyck across seven remarkably different radio performances: The Lady Eve, Ball of Fire, Remember the Night, Double Indemnity, Dark Victory, The Great Man’s Lady, and The Other Love.
Without the famous look, the gesture, or the close-up, Stanwyck has only her voice—and it turns out to be an extraordinary instrument. She can be funny, tender, sophisticated, vulnerable, dangerous and heartbreaking, sometimes with surprisingly subtle changes in timing and tone.
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