Barbara Stanwyck News

'Meet John Doe' may sound like you are meeting an unidentified dead man on "CSI;" however, don't let the title fool you, this movie is simply about the worth of the ordinary man.

Dear Incredible David Inman: This question is about Barbara Stanwyck of "The Big Valley." Out of all the women who have ever starred in a TV series, why is she the only one to ever be called "Miss" in the credits? - A.M., via e-mail Dear A.M.: This may surprise you, but there are no hard and fast rules about who can and cannot be referred to as ...

THE RUNDOWN a ' Despite the success of his earlier screen turn as the Scorpion King, The Rock finds an even better fit in this entertaining 2003 adventure directed by actor Peter Berg.

Seven years after making "Ball of Fire," with Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper, director Howard Hawks revisited the same material in a musical, with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo.

An "experienced" woman tries to settle down to conjugal contentment with a Monterey fisherman, but is cruelly tempted toward a new, extramarital experience.

In organizational politics, one class of toxic tactics is framing - accusing a group or individual by offering interpretations of their actions to knowingly and falsely make them seem responsible for reprehensible or negligent acts.

I can only assume that in 1948 Howard Hawks was drowning under some particularly dire gambling debts.

Six films' worth of pre-Code goodness, from the TCM Archives. I'm a naughty boy for having such a fondness for pre-Hays Code Hollywood pictures.

Studio: Warner Home Video Year: 1932-33 Cast: Mary Astor, James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, George Barnet, Lyle Talbot, Loretta Young Director: William A. Wellman Release Date: March 31, 2009 Rating: Not Rated for Run Time: 07h:01m:46s Genre : compilation Six films' worth of pre-Code goodness, from the TCM Archives.

The rescue of Capt. Richard Phillips from the Somalia high sea pirates under the order of President Obama to shoot and kill gives us some insight into Obama's way of decision making and leadership.

Other Men's Women 1931 // 70 Minutes // Not Rated Frisco Jenny 1932 // 70 Minutes // Not Rated The Purchase Price 1932 // 68 Minutes // Not Rated Heroes For Sale 1933 // 71 Minutes // Not Rated Midnight Mary 1933 // 74 Minutes // Not Rated Wild Boys Of The Road 1933 // 68 Minutes // Not Rated Released by Warner Bros.

Has tax day left you craving the comfort of a classic Hollywood movie? TCM has two of the best: Double Indemnity , a seminal double-cross film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray ; and Swing Time , which may just be the best of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers films, and is the only one to address hard economic times.

Here's a disparate batch of movies new to DVD, led by a third collection of pre-Production Code films that were quite adult for their time.

Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in Double Indemnity. At 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, Terry Walstrom and his 18-year-old son, Nicholas, were settling into a movie at AFI Dallas.

The Oscar-nominated animated feature Bolt arrives in stores this week. Also new: the latest James Bond adventure, Quantum of Solace , plus a 1980s oddity, Howard the Duck .

Hollywood's salacious past keeps catching up with it. Two more sets of saucy classics from the early 1930s, before Hollywood began policing itself with its rigid Production Code, are bound for DVD in the coming weeks.

The film series The Lady Eve: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck concludes with a screening of the 1952 drama Clash By Night .

PICK OF THE WEEK "The Last Metro" : Okay, so it's not Franois Truffaut's most groundbreaking film.

Two cameras, three microphones and seven actors tried to re-create 1943 at the Shadowland Theatre in Ellenville on Saturday.

Stiefel Theatre classic movies - They're at 7 p.m. Thursdays at 151 S. Santa Fe, Salina.