Word: bankhead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...instead they seized upon the press. Louisiana's Representative F. Edward Hebert warned darkly: "Unless something is done to curb that section of the press which holds in ridicule the keystone of democracy . . . our whole system of Government is going to collapse." Alabama's Senator John H. Bankhead accused disrespectful newspapers of "sedi-tious conduct," cried for a Justice Department investigation...
...pressagents triumphed in announcing this week's Tallulah Bankhead sketch on the Philip Morris show (Tuesday 8 p.m. E.W.T.). Tempestuous Tallulah had selected a little play called The Road to Jericho, author: Elmer Davis. In no mood to publicize CBS's Newsstar Davis, who shines just as brightly without Miss Bankhead's aid, the NBC boys hid Mr. Davis' light. Read the announcement: "The Road to Jericho, by E. Davis...
...Bette Davis and Janet Gaynor waiting to be picked off as partners. On the walls are gay murals by the theater's top scene designers-Jo Mielziner, Donald Oenslager, Raoul Pène du Bois, Gertrude Lawrence, Eddie Cantor, the dancing De Marcos, the Quiz Kids with Tallulah Bankhead as Quizmaster, are part of the endless floor show. The food is good, and Producer Brock Pemberton, Novelist Carl Van Vechten, Actor Sam Jaffe are among the busboys. And the whole thing is free...
Marriage Revealed. Eugenia Bankhead, 40, sister of Actress Tallulah; and Marine Corps Sergeant William D. Sprouse; she for the seventh time;* near Montgomery...
Clash by Night (by Clifford Odets; produced by Billy Rose). The husband, the lodger, the dissatisfied wife, turn up once again, to provide the season's biggest disappointment-a play by Odets with Tallulah Bankhead as star. As the wife, Tallulah has her fine sultry and tigerish moments, but seems out of her milieu-much more like the daughter of the late Speaker of the House of Representatives than the wife of a bohunk...