Barbara Stanwyck Movies

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

A woman is kidnapped when she goes to get help for her husband who is trapped on a beach with the tide coming in to surely drown him.

Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.

Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their...

Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids. He asks for help from his ex-employer Ward...

Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.

A woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.

A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.

A professional equestrian marries a polo player from a once-wealthy family, only to face the scorn of his snobbish relatives. When she becomes...

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When...

A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter rebellion.

This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken...

A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small...

A fugitive in British Burma hides on a tea plantation, thanks to a mutual attraction with owner Gwen Moore.

A documentary reflecting on women in film and the entertainment industry through the ages led and hosted by some of its most beloved female icons.

A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...