Though shy to the point of hating Hollywood parties, even claiming to hate Hollywood, Stanwyck still had it in her to tell the fearsome boss of Columbia Pictures, Harry Cohn, when he offered her a ...

Columbia Pictures, which celebrates its 90th anniversary on Jan. 10, began life in 1920 as the C.B.C. Sales Film Corp. Founded by Harry and ... of such actors Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston ...

In 1926, a family friend arranged an audition for an aspiring actress with David Belasco, the icon of the Broadway theater.