My favorite Tallulah anecdote (from Ms. Magazine - to get it right)
In a public restroom during an intermission, Tallulah discovered that there was no toilet paper. “I beg your pardon, but do you have any toilet tissue in your cubicle?” she asked her neighbor. Receiving a negative reply Tallulah, tried again, “Do you have any Kleenex perhaps?” Again, the reply was negative. “Not even some cotton wool? A piece of wrapping paper?” A long pause followed the third negative, after which could be heard the sound of a purse opening. A resigned drawl finally came through the partition: “Darling, do you have two fives for a ten?”
Tallulah - Won't See The Likes Of Her Again
I know! She's so great. I loved Tracey Ullman's performance in Small Time Crooks.Steph2 wrote:Oh my gosh, where has Tracey Ullman been?? I love her!
Tracey: "You've got a good nose!"
Hugh Grant: "Yes the wine has a lovely bouquet."
Tracey: "No, I mean you gotta great nose!"
Elaine May is a complete stitch in it, too and should've been nominated in support that year. Ullman is fabulous in Bullets over Broadway, too.
"The mantle of spinsterhood was definitely in her shoulders. She was twenty five and looked it."
-Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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He did. It was called Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
I heard thie Hitchcock comment before though I can't recall when or where, but the story about Tallulah and her exposure getting into the tank has been around forever. I remember reading about co-star Mary Anderson being scadalized by her behavior decades ago.
I heard thie Hitchcock comment before though I can't recall when or where, but the story about Tallulah and her exposure getting into the tank has been around forever. I remember reading about co-star Mary Anderson being scadalized by her behavior decades ago.
Keith Olbermann tonight noted that this was the 39th anniversary of Tallulah Bankhead's death. He then told an anecdote I'd never heard:
Seems that the boat set in Lifeboat was located in an elevated tank, and to get to it one had to climb up a ladder. Tallulah chose not to wear undies, and so each day an ever-increasing number of studio workers on the lot would come over and, from below, watch her ascend.
Zanuck got wind of things, and told director Alfred Hitchcock to put a stop to it. Hitch responded that it wasn't his responsibility. An exasperated Zanuck asked, well then which department's responsibility was it? To which Hitch replied, "Hairdressing."
Seems that the boat set in Lifeboat was located in an elevated tank, and to get to it one had to climb up a ladder. Tallulah chose not to wear undies, and so each day an ever-increasing number of studio workers on the lot would come over and, from below, watch her ascend.
Zanuck got wind of things, and told director Alfred Hitchcock to put a stop to it. Hitch responded that it wasn't his responsibility. An exasperated Zanuck asked, well then which department's responsibility was it? To which Hitch replied, "Hairdressing."
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