Dan Callahan, Brooklyn, New York, is an independent film scholar. His work has been published in Bright Lights Film Journal, Senses of Cinema, Slant Magazine, Film International, Time Out New York, and The L Magazine.
Callahan soars when he takes aim at Stanwyck's acting and films, so
much so that Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman's primary value
may be as a friendly reference book to pull off the shelf every
time you see a Stanwyck picture and wish to hear an erudite, witty
voice offer much more than two cents. . . . Callahan writes of her
with the ever-present respect one shows a great artist, and Barbara
Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman is brimming with penetrating
observations. . . . [His] writing is often humorously piquant,
hitting the reader like a lime spritz in a margarita.--Matthew
Kennedy "The Bay Area Reporter"
Barbara Stanwyck was better than Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn.
That's the bold contention of Dan Callahan's well-written Barbara
Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman.--Michael Musto "The Village Voice"
From the sublime (The Lady Eve and Double Indemnity) to the
outrageous (Forty Guns--'She's a high-ridin' woman with a whip!'),
the workaday (The Woman in Red) to the why'd-she-make-it bizarre
(Red Salute), Barbara Stanwyck possessed extraordinary range and a
screen persona that was both tough and tender. Dan Callahan's
marvelously detailed book brings this nimble, legendary star and
her long, astonishingly varied career to radiant life.--Ed Sikov,
author of On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder;
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis; and others
Mr. Callahan could be the best writer on film acting, certainly the
best that I know of. As word gets around about his excellent new
book, Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman I think most cinephiles
will agree with me.-- "byfilmpossessed.blogspot.com"
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