Barbara Payton Remembered by The Online Movie Show with Phil Hall published on 2016-09-13T15:49:13Z Barbara Payton's meteoric rise to movie stardom and her equally rapid descent into a harrowing fate is one of the most tragic stories of 1950s Hollywood. On this episode, film historian John O'Dowd traces Barbara Payton's tumultuous life and her impact on the movie culture. A special thank you to Kevin Macleod for the beautiful classical music selection Genre Cinema