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Metropolitan--"My Sin", the private life of Talluhah Bankhead...
Married. Jeanne Bankhead, 30, sister of Cinemactress Tallulah Bankhead, daughter of Congressman William Brockman Bankhead; and Ennis Smith, 33, of Manhattan; at Rosarita Beach, Mexico. Five times a bride, she was twice the wife of Morton McMichael Hoyt, who achieved fame when he jumped off the S. S. Rochambeau into mid-Atlantic (TIME, July 30, 1928 et ante...
Tarnished Lady (Paramount). With a good or even an average piece of cinema tradegoods as her first vehicle, Tallulah Bankhead might have kept anyone from noticing the picture; but Tarnished Lady is so bad it keeps the audience from noticing Miss Bankhead. Her warm low-pitched voice and her pretty face and figure register well. There are even moments vhen, in spite of her terrific struggle with her material, it seems probable that she can act, though for proof the U. S. will have to wait for her next picture. Donald Ogden Stewart wrote this one, which seems...
Granddaughter of the late Senator H., daughter of Congressman William B., niece of incumbent Senator John H., Tallulah Bankhead inherited from her family a pungent rhetorical wit and an inclination to have people listen to her. After a short period of training at various convents, she went on the stage in Manhattan. Her reputation was just beginning to dawn when she left for England. She liked England and there was less competition there. Before long she was, to Londoners, the greatest U. S. actress. Bobbies had to give her an escort nightly from the stage door to her car. Because...
Metropolitan--"Tarnished Lady" La Bankhead in the process of carving a niche for La Bankhead, with Clive Brook holding the chisel...