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Unquestionably, the brightest part of the show is, Nita Talbot's portrayal of Gloria, the sexy dumb blonde living in an upstairs apartment. The only way to describe Gloria is to imagine, it possible, a composite of Judy Holiday's Billie Dawn and Tallulah Bankhead. Miss Talbot's deadpan delivery of the brightest lines in the play and her wonderful sense of timing stamp her as the outstanding performer in a capable cast. Anne Jackson as Coralie is light and easy to look at; Hugh Reilly as the sophisticated and suffering mate comes through with the proper nonchalance...
...Show (Sun. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Tallulah Bankhead & guests: Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, George Sanders, Evelyn Knight...
...farce and feeling both. But beyond its muddled tone, Glad Tidings suffers from the author's clumsy, indelicate touch. The rewards, of both writing and acting, are fairly momentary. Though Melvyn Douglas is quietly wry and down-to-earth, Signe Hasso is eruptive enough to make Tallulah Bankhead seem demure...
...Show (Sun. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Tallulah Bankhead, with Jimmy Durante, Ethel Merman, George Sanders, Fred Allen...
...Show (Sun. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Tallulah Bankhead, with Joan Fontaine, Fred Allen, Josephine Baker, Gracie Fields, George Sanders, William Gargan, Fernand Gravet...