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...cast really stand out. Pippa Scott, playing Frytania, is the Tallulah Bankhead of Bad Fairies, angular and wicked, with a fearsome bit of makeup to suit her evil soul. Slugging it out with the Bad Fairly is Weady Robertson as Beauty, who is the apogee of sweetness and light. Miss Robertson is marvelous in an extremely difficult part, since it is so much more difficult to portray Good than Evil...
Jimmy Durante, with Tallulah Bankhead, Carol Channing...
...Tallulah Bankhead last week made most TV screens seem far too small. On the U.S. Steel Show (alt. Tues. 9:30 p.m., ABC-TV), starring in a production of Hedda Gabler, Tallulah turned Ibsen's devious, subtly evil heroine into a flamboyant, shouting hussy. It was like a lioness playing Puss in Boots. To TV audiences educated to the quiet underplaying of such shows as Dragnet, watching Actress Bankhead was a startling experience...
...Danny Kaye, Lauritz Melchior, Betty Hutton, Ezio Pinza, Milton Berle and the Jose Greco Dancers. The stars, of course, are just an added attraction, gold-horned Judas goats who lure the herds of tourists to the gaming tables. "We're just the highest-paid shills in history," says Tallulah Bankhead. "Why do we do it? Dahling, for the loot, of course...
Buick-Berle Show (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). Guests: Tallulah Bankhead, Wally...