Brock Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Rock Hudson and Tallulah Bankhead host a brilliant, swinging party featuring Esther Williams, Mort Sahl, Sammy Davis Jr., etc. Lisa Kirk: Tallulah, are you sure you're not thinking of Hildegarde? Tallulah: I NEVER think of Hildegarde! Esther: I'm just sitting here in my pool. Tallulah: Naturally. Tallulah: A Greek millionaire with a yacht? How Callas can you be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 Rock Hudson and Tallulah Bankhead host a brilliant, swinging party featuring Esther Williams, Mort Sahl, Sammy Davis Jr., etc. Lisa Kirk: Tallulah, are you sure you're not thinking of Hildegarde? Tallulah: I NEVER think of Hildegarde! Esther: I'm just sitting here in my pool. Tallulah: Naturally. Tallulah: A Greek millionaire with a yacht? How Callas can you be? One has to admit that Tallulah had a sharp tongue and clever wit about any subject, that show about her with Valerie Harper must have been a hoot, wish Lucy had played her on stage before she died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 By the way is that THE Lisa Kirk, the Broadway star that Lucy had to defend when they said she had dubbed Lucy's songs in Mame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 My husband's cousin just had a baby and named her Tallulah. The name got talked about the other week when we are at the grandmother's funeral. The minister mentioned the name and that the only woman he knew with that name was Tallulah Bankhead and she was quite a character. I was talking to my sister-in-law and she said she looked up Tallulah on Wkipedia and enjoyed the stories abiout Ms. Bankhead. I then told her the one about Tallulah stripping on the Lucy set when someone said they liked her sweater. The baby's mom has never heard of Talluah Bankhead but says that she gets asked if she named her baby after her quite frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Hepburn Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 My husband's cousin just had a baby and named her Tallulah. The name got talked about the other week when we are at the grandmother's funeral. The minister mentioned the name and that the only woman he knew with that name was Tallulah Bankhead and she was quite a character. I was talking to my sister-in-law and she said she looked up Tallulah on Wkipedia and enjoyed the stories abiout Ms. Bankhead. I then told her the one about Tallulah stripping on the Lucy set when someone said they liked her sweater. The baby's mom has never heard of Talluah Bankhead but says that she gets asked if she named her baby after her quite frequently. This makes my heart warm, I'm so glad some people remember Tallulah as she's, well, quite memorable and worth being remembered! I'll have to find time to sit down and watch this...I love Tallulah's quick wit and would especially love to see her use it against Esther Williams, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 This makes my heart warm, I'm so glad some people remember Tallulah as she's, well, quite memorable and worth being remembered! I'll have to find time to sit down and watch this...I love Tallulah's quick wit and would especially love to see her use it against Esther Williams, lol. Yeah Esther always looks like she's cold and icy, i'm glad Tallulah had a go at her, LOL! My favorite Tallulah story and i've already told it a hundred times, i feel like Carol Burnett and her famous Lucy story . . . Tallulah went to the restroom and there was no toilet paper, so she asks the lady in the next stall if she has some to give her but the lady answers that no, it's the same sotry in hers, no toilet paper, so Tallulah shoots back, OK, THEN, DO YOU HAVE TWO FIVES FOR A TEN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yeah Esther always looks like she's cold and icy Lay off Esther. The poor woman has been waterlogged for seventy years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Lay off Esther. The poor woman has been waterlogged for seventy years. Sorry, can't, never liked her that much and she dissed Lucy one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 What did Mrs. Lamas say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 What did Mrs. Lamas say? Well, i guess it wasn't a diss, it was when Lucy and Desi met Esther and Fernando on the street in Hollywood or at a party somewhere and Lucy chastised Esther's Fernando saying it was those damned Latin men and their womanizing ways and Esther shot back that Desi didn't need anybody's help in that department as he was quite the letch on his own thank you very much. Read that in a book one time. But i find that although she's very attractive and still great looking, she looks so snobby and snooty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark bale Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Tallulah was great on BATMAN, and, in her last film FANATIC (aka DIE MY DARLING DIE). But her great humour is at it's best in that 90min radio series from the 40s (and 50s ?) she hosted which had big stars every week doing comedy, music and drama. Can't recall if Lucille guested on that show. But Tallulah's frequent acid quips about Bette Davis each week was very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Tallulah was great on BATMAN, and, in her last film FANATIC (aka DIE MY DARLING DIE). But her great humour is at it's best in that 90min radio series from the 40s (and 50s ?) she hosted which had big stars every week doing comedy, music and drama. Can't recall if Lucille guested on that show. But Tallulah's frequent acid quips about Bette Davis each week was very funny. I'm sure Tallulah was even better than Davis or Crawford, spent hours yesterday listening to them on various talk shows on You Tube. They were all real bitches but so entertaining, not boring and nauseating like today's stars, LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Rock Hudson and Tallulah Bankhead host a brilliant, swinging party featuring Esther Williams, Mort Sahl, Sammy Davis Jr., etc. I'm sure they had a gay old time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 I'm sure they had a gay old time! Yeah, well, with this varied group, Rock was gay, Tallulah was BI and Sammy was always up for anything, i dunno or care about Esther or Mort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Hepburn Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 Well, i guess it wasn't a diss, it was when Lucy and Desi met Esther and Fernando on the street in Hollywood or at a party somewhere and Lucy chastised Esther's Fernando saying it was those damned Latin men and their womanizing ways and Esther shot back that Desi didn't need anybody's help in that department as he was quite the letch on his own thank you very much. Read that in a book one time. But i find that although she's very attractive and still great looking, she looks so snobby and snooty. I mean, kinda sounds like Lucy had it coming... And I think Esther looks a tad snooty because of her facial structure. Tallulah was great on BATMAN, and, in her last film FANATIC (aka DIE MY DARLING DIE). But her great humour is at it's best in that 90min radio series from the 40s (and 50s ?) she hosted which had big stars every week doing comedy, music and drama. Can't recall if Lucille guested on that show. But Tallulah's frequent acid quips about Bette Davis each week was very funny. Didn't know about her radio show...any episodes available anywhere? I'm sure Tallulah was even better than Davis or Crawford, spent hours yesterday listening to them on various talk shows on You Tube. They were all real bitches but so entertaining, not boring and nauseating like today's stars, LOL! I wonder, if Davis had never come to town, might Tallulah be remembered today as Davis is? Certainly Tallulah could have handled any role Davis tackled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I mean, kinda sounds like Lucy had it coming... And I think Esther looks a tad snooty because of her facial structure. BITE YOUR TONGUE, LUCY NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG IN HER WHOLE LIFE, WELL, MAYBE ONE THING, BUT ENOUGH ABOUT GARY, lol! I wonder, if Davis had never come to town, might Tallulah be remembered today as Davis is? Certainly Tallulah could have handled any role Davis tackled. PROBABLY AS TALLULAH PLAYED ALL THOSE PARTS ON STAGE AND THAT DAVIS WOMAN GOT TO DO THEM IN FILMS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Hepburn Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 PROBABLY AS TALLULAH PLAYED ALL THOSE PARTS ON STAGE AND THAT DAVIS WOMAN GOT TO DO THEM IN FILMS. LMAO. "And that Davis woman..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 LMAO. "And that Davis woman..." Well, it WAS unfair that Tallulah did them all on stage and then the Davis woman got to do all the film versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONALISAISMONALUCY Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Davis's Margo Channing was Tallulah Bankhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Hepburn Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Davis's Margo Channing was Tallulah Bankhead. Honestly, the first time or two I watched All About Eve I thought that WAS Tallulah playing Margo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Honestly, the first time or two I watched All About Eve I thought that WAS Tallulah playing Margo. Well, yeah, La Davis made that all the more obvious by even wearing her hair like Tallulah did. The being bitchy part she already had in her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Well, i guess it wasn't a diss, it was when Lucy and Desi met Esther and Fernando on the street in Hollywood or at a party somewhere and Lucy chastised Esther's Fernando saying it was those damned Latin men and their womanizing ways and Esther shot back that Desi didn't need anybody's help in that department as he was quite the letch on his own thank you very much. Read that in a book one time. But i find that although she's very attractive and still great looking, she looks so snobby and snooty. I just caught this now and this is such a strange story. Esther and Fernando didn't marry until nine years after Lucy and Desi got divorced, although the two were a couple for several years before. Fernando was still (for a brief time) married to Arlene Dahl when Lucy and Desi divorced. Perhaps Esther made this story up like how she said Jeff Chandler was a crossdresser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 I just caught this now and this is such a strange story. Esther and Fernando didn't marry until nine years after Lucy and Desi got divorced, although the two were a couple for several years before. Fernando was still (for a brief time) married to Arlene Dahl when Lucy and Desi divorced. Perhaps Esther made this story up like how she said Jeff Chandler was a crossdresser. Well, there ya go, did not know that about her, loved Arlene Dahl though and she was great friends with Lucy so Fernando should have stuck with HER! Arlene was Fernando Lamas' mom and she was gorgeous, wonder if she's still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Arlene is still around. Here she is at an event last year: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C L A U D E Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Arlene is still around. Here she is at an event last year: Ah yes, still looking great, and always so glamorous, she was the Ruta Lee of her day, LOL! I had so many pics of her with Lucy in my old scrapbooks. I think they were both part of the redhead club together. Obviously they also shared a love for ostrich feathers. Cover everything but her eyes and hair and you get a bit of Carol Burnett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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