Tallulah! The Life and Times of a Leading Lady

Name: Tallulah! The Life and Times of a Leading Lady
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ISBN: 9780060989064

ISBN-10: 0060989068

ISBN-13: 9780060989064

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Authors: Joel Lobenthal

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In the golden age of American theater, no celestial body shone more dazzlingly than Tallulah Bankhead. Outrageous, outspoken, and totally uninhibited, she was an actress known as much for her offstage vices as for her onstage roles--the cocaine and alcohol, the blistering tirades, and her scandalous affairs with both men and women. In "Tallulah!," author Joel Lobenthal has captured the private essence of this most public of Broadway stars, the irrepressible diva who enjoyed intimate relationships with the top entertainment luminaries of her day, from Tennessee Williams and Noel Coward to Marlene Dietrich and Billie Holiday. Here also are the close and personal details of her family life and…

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 6/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Introduction



1902-1930


Lace Curtains


Debutante


Making Her Way


"I'm a Lesbian. What Do You Do?"


Madcaps in London


Naps


Risky Behavior


Modern Wives


Femme Fatale


Something Different


Skylarking


Sex Plays


Surveillance


Betrayals


Constrained by Crinolines


London Farewell



1931-1939


Paramount


Hollywood


Gary Cooper and Others


"I Want a Man!"


Back on Broadway


Disaster


Recovery


Jock


Getting Married


Cleopatra Pissed


Serving Time in Drawing Rooms


The Little Foxes



1939-1950


Triumph


Tilting Her Lance


Losses


Drama by the Kitchen Sink


Multiple Personalities


Chatelaine


Work and Play


Flights of Fancy


Bested by Brando


Public and Private Lives


Skidding



1950-1968


Mixed Highs and Lows


Stateless


Pearls Before Swine


The Hallelujah Chorus


The Nadir


Halloween Madness


In Retreat


Last Train


Home to London


Winding Down


Notes


Bibliography


Index