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Tag Archives: Tallulah Bankhead
Happy Birthday, Talullah Bankhead
That very well may be my favorite image in Image History. It’s from a scene in the extremely disturbing (even by modern standards) 1931 film The Cheat. Her character takes an upsetting phone-call during a costume party, where she un-ironically … Continue reading
The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from Tallulah, by Tallulah Bankhead
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Tallulah Bankhead’s autobiography, Tallulah: My … Continue reading
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You Rang?
Tallulah Bankhead in the deeply effed-up film The Cheat. Because this moment, played with zero irony whatsoever, never, ever, EVER gets old.
“What a swell party this is”
(Title of this post stolen from a comment to this awesome photo – and the quote is, of course, already borrowed from another source – perfect!) There is so much about that photo that I absolutely love I am finding … Continue reading
The Cheat (1931); Dir. George Abbott
Blue Velvet has nothing on the perversity shown in 1933’s The Cheat, starring Tallulah Bankhead. There will be spoilers in this review. Elsa Carlyle (played by a throaty-voiced Tallulah Bankhead) is married to Jeffrey Carlyle (played by Harvey Stephens). We … Continue reading
Uhm … Tallulah?
How you doing? You need to … talk about anything? Or … are you all set? Because frankly I’m a little concerned. Continue reading
Tallulah In Pictures
Her life in pictures. I like the one of her opening at The Sands with the star-studded audience – and I like her toasting what looks like the paparazzi in a cavernous hotel room – but I think my favorite … Continue reading
The Books: “The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” (Tennessee Williams)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next on the script shelf: Next Tennessee Williams play on the shelf is The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. Produced in 1963 – this haunting play shows the direction Tennessee Williams began to … Continue reading