my fave old movie is Ball of Fire and it's on TCM right now

[bettyellen]

gary fucking cooper.

[libnnc]

1. Barbara fucking Stanwyck...

In THAT dress...

(insert nerdy MGM movie trivia here) That dress, designed by Edith Head, was cut down later and used in a much later MGM movie (I forget the name)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. I always liked Barbara Stanwyck...

She had that perfect combo of tender and tough. You get the feeling from her performances that she knew what it was to suffer.

[mitchum]

3. She was fantastic

As a kid, I was only familiar with the near campy Stanwyck of "The Big Valley" Later on, I discovered her movies of the 30s, 40s and 50s and was blown away. And remain so.