The men come off as weak and desperate. Stanwyck, as always, is no less than sublime. Ball of Fire: The Films of Barbara Stanwyck runs at the Bell Lightbox in Toronto until April 4.

The notorious 1933 film Baby Face, starring Barbara Stanqyck as Lily, was initially pulled from theatres and scrubbed of direct references to her life as a courtesan. TIFF has restored some of ...