Was barbara stanwyck gay

That would’ve been fine if he’d allowed it to be part of a package but Mayer wanted nothing else out of him. What would you say were the positive and negative aspects he inherited/learned from both? 

Bob, or as he was named at birth, Arlington aka Arly—a name that really hung an anchor around his neck from the get-go—learned his heavy sense of responsibility from his father.

He had been coddled by his mother, and his father had been the one male stabilization in his world. Taylor didn’t realize this was going to happen in the beginning and he had a difficult time as the years wore on trying to figure out how to keep the peace with his “mentor.”

• What do you think RTs strengths and weaknesses were, both as an actor and person?

I believe one of his greatest strengths was his loyalty to his family and friends.

So there was a dichotomy there. His own children, he had them later in life and he was more comfortable with himself later in life. Regarding flying being the cause of the marriage’s breakup, absolutely not. Also, and I’ve heard this about Brad Pitt – whom you mention in another question below –  that when you are as good looking as that, people don’t expect you be able to act.

What was the point of no return? He still loved and respected Stanwyck, but he’d gotten her out of his system insofar as a wife was concerned. Yet, after the initial bitterness following the divorce, it seems there was a sincere fondness between them post-divorce.  

In my research, I didn’t find a lot of this going on in his life.

He felt they were to be put upon a pedestal, for the most part. He was a doctor’s son, and for the most part, everyone expected him to become a doctor, as well. For better or worse, we often put them on a pedestal and what they believe can hold a lot of weight in the minds of followers. Taylor in Stanwyck’s story is ancillary. I don’t believe she wanted a self-sufficient Bob.

She wanted to have him continue to be reliant on her, for the most part, even though she wanted him to continue to be her protector. His father is typified as gentlemanly and his mother as “high-maintenance”, his father was completely devoted to his mother. Did acting and performing in different roles inhibit his maturation or do you think acting assisted him in some ways?

First, I don’t think Taylor’s maturation process was ever in any way inhibited.

Bob believed in the institution of marriage. I just think she got better with age. What are some of Barbara Stanwyck’s most acclaimed performances that audiences might not know about? A toxic blend of sexism and homophobia in society, and the Hays Code in film encouraging lesbian relationships to be condemned made these portrayals both incredibly sparse, and when they do appear even in subtext, incredibly unflattering.

The expectation of women to be catty and conniving toward one another created the blend of obsession and sabotage seen inAll About Eve'sEve Harrington, one of the most iconic villains in Golden Age Hollywood.