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When Paramount needed a femme fatale, screwball broad, black widow, or plucky damsel, Missy was their go-to girl.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, she was always a looker - even rating a Vargas pinup in Stars and Stripes during WWII.
BTW, it's spelled Stanwyck.
Thanks! I usually catch any misspellings when I go to IMDb. I plead insanity.
DeleteGreat!
ReplyDeleteAnd she was also Mrs. Barkley from The Big Valley.
Yes. The story of Stockton, before it went bankrupt!
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DeleteEven before your choice for the week, that little connection has hit me more than once.
ReplyDeleteStockton is the northern terminus of the San Joaquin Valley ("The Big Valley") and its agricultural wealth was as big a bonanza as the Gold Rush, which was why the SPRR wanted to force the ranchers off the land, which led to the Mussel Slough Shootout, which was the historical background for the show.
I wonder how those ranchers would have reacted to the announcement that Stockton could not longer pay its bills? Tar and feathers? Run 'em out of town on a rail? (No pun intended) Repossess city hall?
DeleteI suspect that justice would have been a little rougher than the courts today.