Icy, hard-edged, the toughest dame in movies. These are all fitting descriptions of Barbara Stanwyck, perhaps the ultimate femme fatale.

But that persona was won through some of the most harrowing and painful experiences any Hollywood star ever experienced.

So, settle in for another Hollywood Mystery, with the Film Noir mood of rain on a deserted L.A. sidewalk, deep into the night, as always. This full length narrated documentary series takes you behind the glamor of classic movies from the silent era though 1960s movies up to the cinema of the 1990s.

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