Victoria Wilson

Victoria Wilson discusses her biography A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel True 1907-1940. Stanwyck's astonishing career in movies (88 in all) spanned four decades beginning with the coming of sound, and lasted in television from its infancy in the 1950s through the 1980s. The book that delves deeply into her rich, complex life and explores her extraordinary range of motion pictures, many of them iconic.

Film Forum's 4-week Stanwyck festival (December 6-31) celebrates the actress by screening 40 Stanwyck features, including "Stella Dallas," "Double Indemnity," "The Lady Eve," "Baby Face," "Meet John Doe"; "Sorry, Wrong Number," "Ball of Fire," and the original "Titanic."