A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940
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The Maverick Queen (1956)
Producer: Herbert J. Yates. Director: Joe Kane. Based on the novel by Zane Grey. Screenplay: Kenneth Gamet, DeVallon Scott. Photography: Jack Marta. Editor: Richard L. Van Enger. Production and distribution: Republic. Release date: May 3, 1956. Running time: 90 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Kit Banion), Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Mary Murphy, Wallace Ford, Howard Petrie, Jim Davis, Emile Meyer, Walter Sande, George Keymas, John Doucette, Taylor Holmes, Pierre Watkin.
These Wilder Years (1956)
Producer: Jules Schermer. Director: Roy Rowland. Screenplay: Frank Fenton. Story: Ralph Wheelwright. Photography: George J. Folsey. Editor: Ben Lewis. Production and distribution: MGM/Loew’s. Release date: August 17, 1956. Running time: 91 minutes. Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck (Ann Dempster), Walter Pidgeon, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins, Edward Andrews, Basil Ruysdael, Grandon Rhodes, Will Wright, Lewis Martin, Dorothy Adams, Dean Jones, Herb Vigran.
Crime of Passion (1957)
Producer: Bob Goldstein. Director: Gerd Oswald. Story and screenplay: Jo Eisinger. Photography: Joseph La Shelle. Editor: Marjorie Fowler. Production: B.G. Productions. Distribution: United Artists. Release date: January 9, 1957. Running time: 84 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Kathy Ferguson Doyle), Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler, Stuart Whitman, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Quarry, Gail Bonney, Joe Conley.
Trooper Hook (1957)
Producer: Sol Baer Fielding. Director: Charles Marquis Warren. Based on the short story “Sergeant Houck” by Jack Schaefer. Screenplay: Martin Berkeley, David Victor, Herbert Little Jr. Photography: Ellsworth Fredericks. Editor: Fred W. Berger. Production: Fielding Productions/Filmaster Productions. Distribution: United Artists. Release date: July 12, 1957. Running time: 81 minutes. Cast: Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck (Cora Sutliff), Earl Holliman, Edward Andrews, John Dehner, Susan Kohner, Royal Dano, Celia Lovsky, Stanley Adams.
Forty Guns (1957)
Director: Samuel Fuller. Screenplay: Samuel Fuller. Photography: Joseph Biroc. Editor: Gene Fowler Jr. Production: Globe Enterprises. Distribution: 20th Century–Fox. Release date: September 1, 1957. Running time: 79 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Jessica Drummond), Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, Jidge Carroll, Paul Dubov, Gerald Milton, Ziva Rodann, Hank Worden, Neyle Morrow, Chuck Roberson, Chuck Hayward.
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Producer: Charles K. Feldman. Director: Edward Dmytryk. Based on the novel A Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson Algren. Screenplay: John Fante, Edmund Morris. Photography: Joseph MacDonald. Editor: Harry Gerstad. Production: Famous Artists Productions. Distribution: Columbia. Release date: February 21, 1962. Running time: 114 minutes. Cast: Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter, Barbara Stanwyck (Jo Courtney), Joanna Moore, Richard Rust, Karl Swenson, Don “Red” Barry, Juanita Moore, John Anderson, Ken Lynch, Todd Armstrong, Sherry O’Neil, John Bryant, Kathryn Card.
Roustabout (1964)
Producer: Hal B. Wallis. Director: John Rich. Story: Allan Weiss. Screenplay: Allan Weiss, Anthony Lawrence. Photography: Lucien Ballard. Editor: Warren Low. Production: Hal Wallis Productions. Distribution: Paramount. Release date: November 11, 1964. Running time: 101 minutes. Cast: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck (Maggie Morgan), Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson, Sue Ane Langdon, Pat Buttram, Joan Staley, Dabbs Greer, Steve Brodie, Norman Grabowski, Jack Albertson, Jane Dulo, Joel Fluellen, Wilda Taylor.
The Night Walker (1964)
Producer: William Castle. Director: William Castle. Based on a story by Elizabeth Kata. Screenplay: Robert Bloch. Photography: Harold Stine. Editor: Edwin H. Bryant. Production: Castle. Distribution: Universal. Release date: December 30, 1964. Running time: 86 minutes. Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck (Irene Trent), Judi Meredith, Hayden Rorke, Rochelle Hudson, Marjorie Bennett, Jess Barker, Tetsu Komai, Lloyd Bochner.
APPENDIX III: RADIO CHRONOLOGY
Lux Radio Theatre (1936)
Episode 92: “Main Street”
Director: Frank Woodruff. Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at the Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: August 3, 1936. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray.
Lux Radio Theatre (1937)
Episode 145: “Stella Dallas”
Director: Frank Woodruff. Based on a screenplay by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman. Based on a novel by Olive Higgins Prouty. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at the Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: October 11, 1937. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Stella Dallas), John Boles.
The Charlie McCarthy Show (1937)
Episode 26: “Guest: Barbara Stanwyck”
Production: Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: October 31, 1937. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Jim Ameche. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, W. C. Fields, Nelson Eddy.
The Charlie McCarthy Show (1937)
Episode 27: “Guest: Barbara Stanwyck”
Production: Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: November 7, 1937. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Jim Ameche. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, W. C. Fields, Nelson Eddy.
Lux Radio Theatre (1937)
Episode 153: “These Three”
Director: Frank Woodruff. Based on a screenplay by Lillian Hellman. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at the Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: December 6, 1937. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Errol Flynn.
Lux Radio Theatre (1938)
Episode 170: “Dark Victory”
Director: Frank Woodruff. Based on a screenplay by Casey Robinson. Based on a play by George Emerson Brewer Jr. and Bertram Bloch. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at the Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: April 4, 1938. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Judith Traherne), Melvyn Douglas.
The Charlie McCarthy Show (1938)
Episode 56: “Guest: Barbara Stanwyck” Segment: “Barbara Stanwyck’s Swimming Pool”
Production: Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: May 29, 1938. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Jim Ameche. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, W. C. Fields, Nelson Eddy.
The Charlie McCarthy Show (1939)
Episode 92: “Guest: Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Holloway” Segment: “Honeymoon Around the World”
Production: Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: February 5, 1939. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Jim Ameche. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Holloway, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, W. C. Fields, Nelson Eddy.
Lux Radio Theatre (1939)
Episode 210: “So Big”
Director: Frank Woodruff. Based on a screenplay by J. Grubb Alexander and Robert Lord. Based on a novel by Edna Ferber. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at the Music Box Theatre, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: March 13, 1939. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Selina Peake De Jong), Preston Foster.
Lux Radio Theatre (1939)
Episode 229: “Wuthering Heights”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on the novel by Emily Brontë. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: September 18, 1939. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Cathy Earnshaw), Brian Aherne.
Lux Radio Theat
re (1939)
Episode 236: “Only Yesterday”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: November 6, 1939. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent.
The Jack Benny Show (1940)
Episode 11X14: “Golden Boy”
Production: Jell-O. Distribution: NBC Red. Original broadcast: January 7, 1940. Running time: 29 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson.
Lux Radio Theatre (1940)
Episode 256: “Remember the Night”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by Preston Sturges. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: March 25, 1940. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck (Lee Leander).
Screen Guild Theater (1940)
Episode 50: “Allergic to Love”
Production: Gulf Gasoline. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: March 31, 1940. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor, Franklin Pangborn.
Lux Radio Theatre (1940)
Episode 261: “Smilin’ Through”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: April 29, 1940. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck.
Screen Guild Theater (1941)
Episode 84: “Meet John Doe”
Based on a screenplay by Robert Riskin. Production: Gulf Gasoline. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: September 28, 1941. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck (Ann Mitchell), Edward Arnold.
Screen Guild Theater (1941)
Episode 87: “Nothing Sacred”
Based on a screenplay by Ben Hecht. Production: Gulf Gasoline. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: October 19, 1941. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Hazel Flagg), Robert Taylor, James Gleason.
Lux Radio Theatre (1942)
Episode 362: “The Lady Eve”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by Preston Sturges. Story: Monckton Hoffe. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Studio A, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: March 9, 1942. Running time: 45 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Jean Harrington), Ray Milland.
Note: Program was 45 minutes due to Roosevelt administration broadcast.
Lux Radio Theatre (1942)
Episode 349: “Penny Serenade”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by Morrie Ryskind. Story: Martha Cheavens. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Studio A, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: April 27, 1942. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck (Julie Gardiner Adams), Beulah Bondi.
Lux Radio Theatre (1942)
Episode 354: “Ball of Fire”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. Story: Billy Wilder, Thomas Monroe. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Studio A, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: June 1, 1942. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Sugarpuss O’Shea), Fred MacMurray.
Lux Radio Theatre (1942)
Episode 361: “This Above All”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by R. C. Sherriff. Based on the novel by Eric Knight. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Studio A, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: September 14, 1942. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck (Prudence Cathaway).
The Jack Benny Show (1942)
Episode 13X2: “Jack Takes Two Cadets to Barbara Stanwyck’s House”
Production: Grape Nuts Flakes. Distribution: NBC Red. Original broadcast: October 11, 1942. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson.
Screen Guild Theater (1942)
Episode 116: “My Favorite Wife”
Based on a screenplay by Bella Spewack and Samuel Spewack. Production: Lady Esther. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: November 2, 1942. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Ellen Arden), Robert Taylor.
Lux Radio Theatre (1942)
Episode 371: “The Gay Sisters”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee. Based on the novel by Stephen Longstreet. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Studio A, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: November 23, 1942. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Fiona Gaylord), Robert Young.
The Charlie McCarthy Show (1943)
Episode 287: “Guest: Barbara Stanwyck” Segment: “Charlie’s Manager”
Production: Chase and Sanborn Coffee. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: May 2, 1943. Running time: 30 minutes. Host: Jim Ameche. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Holloway, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold.
Lux Radio Theatre (1943)
Episode 402: “The Great Man’s Lady”
Director: Sanford Barnett. Based on a screenplay by W. L. River. Based on the short story by Viña Delmar. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Studio A, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: June 28, 1943. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Cecil B. DeMille. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Hannah Sempler), Robert Young.
The Jack Benny Show (1943)
Episode 14X8: “Dennis Wants a Raise”
Production: Grape Nuts Flakes. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: November 28, 1943. Running time: 29 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson.
The Jack Benny Show (1944)
Episode 14X24: “Dennis Dreams He Has a Radio Program”
Production: Grape Nuts Flakes. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: March 19, 1944. Running time: 29 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson.
The Jack Benny Show (1944)
Episode 189: “Why Jack Is Not Going to Appear on Show”
Production: Lady Esther. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: March 27, 1944. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, Barbara Stanwyck, Jean Hersholt.
Screen Guild Theater (1945)
Episode 235: “Double Indemnity”
Production: Lady Esther. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: March 5, 1945. Running time: 29 minutes. Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Abel.
Screen Guild Theater (1946)
Episode 313: “Waterloo Bridge”
Based on the play by Robert E. Sherwood. Production: Lady Esther. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: September 9, 1946. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Myra), Robert Taylor, Isabel Jewell.
Lux Radio Theatre (1947)
Episode 568: “My Reputation”
Director: Fred MacKaye. Based on a screenplay by Catherine Turney. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: April 21, 1947. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: William Keighley. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Jessica Drummond), George Brent.
Lux Radio Theatre (1947)
Episode 576: “The Other Love”
Director: Fred MacKaye. Based on a screenplay by Ladislas Fodor and Harry Brown. Radio play: George Wells, Sanford Barnett. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: June 16, 1947. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: Will
iam Keighley. Cast: George Brent, Barbara Stanwyck (Karen Duncan).
Screen Guild Theater (1948)
Episode 382: “One Way Passage”
Based on a screenplay by Wilson Mizner and Joseph Jackson. Production: Camel Cigarettes. Distribution: CBS. Original broadcast: April 5, 1948. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Joan), Robert Taylor, Ward Bond.
The Jack Benny Show (1948)
Episode 19X3: “Sorry, Wrong Number”
Radio play: Lucille Fletcher. Production: Lucky Strike. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: October 17, 1948. Running time: 29 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Leona Stevenson), Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson.
The Jack Benny Show (1949)
Episode 19X28: “Dennis Dreams He’s a Star”
Production: Lucky Strike. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: April 10, 1949. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson.
Screen Guild Theater (1949)
Episode 424: “Undercurrent”
Based on a screenplay by Edward Chodorov. Story: Thelma Strabel. Production: Camel Cigarettes. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: May 5, 1949. Running time: 30 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Ann Hamilton), Robert Taylor.
Screen Director’s Playhouse (1949)
Episode 41: “Remember the Night”
Based on a screenplay by Preston Sturges. Production: Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. Distribution: NBC. Original broadcast: October 31, 1949. Running time: 29 minutes. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Lee Leander), Gerald Mohr.
Lux Radio Theatre (1950)
Episode 684: “Sorry, Wrong Number”
Director: Fred MacKaye. Radio play: Lucille Fletcher. Production: Lux. Distribution: CBS. Recorded at Vine Street Playhouse, Hollywood, Calif. Original broadcast: January 9, 1950. Running time: 60 minutes. Host: William Keighley. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Leona Stevenson), Burt Lancaster.