Word: tallulah
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...experts at the annual New York Baseball Writers' dinner in Manhattan enjoyed an entertainment dividend when Tallulah Bankhead, a dedicated Giant fan, appeared in Leo Durocher's uniform with a few ideas about changing the club. Her suggested improvements: uniforms by Hattie Carnegie, champagne in the water bucket, spring training on the Riviera, and "no more day games. No one comes to matinees anyway any more but women's clubs...
...Star Revue (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC). Starring Tallulah Bankhead...
...stage a lot: she is Sadie Thompson, she is Tallulah cavorting at Bette Davis show, she is a hillbilly singer on TV, a straight singer of musicomedy songs, the slavey wife of a jealous, roughneck husband. She is not at all a dead weight: she knows how to command attention. But it's all a little like watching someone stay on a horse rather than perform as a rider; also a little as if two famous actresses were exchanging roles, and that, to complete the joke, Ethel Merman should turn up as Hedda Gabler. With Bette Davis not pacing...
...Star Revue (Sat. 8 p.m., NBC). Tallulah Bankhead with Jack Carson, Louis Armstrong, Patsy Kelly...
...recording, Tallulah mentioned, "Louie and his golden horn transcend nationality and race...