Talk:Tallulah Bankhead

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[edit] quote

My favorite quote of hers: "Noboby can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it!" sb0474@yahoo.com

we've got to put her cocaine quote in!

I totally agree with the above. In fact i've been bold and put it in. Please do not delete it and rather rework it elswhere if you don't like my style. Thanks. SRL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.250.8 (talk) 19:48, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Well that was quick. If we can't put that cocaine quote in perhaps you could say why? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.1.250.8 (talk) 19:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

I believe my edit was construtive. SRL 82.1.250.8 (talk) 20:03, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Constructive or not, it was unsourced, not to mention out of context. Pleas don't add material unless you can find (and include) a reference to back it up. Also, even if she did make that quote, so what? What's the context? What do we learn about her from the quote? In other words, not only should you find a source, but you should also find a place in the article where you can insert the quote, so that it smoothly illustrates some aspect of her life. Very few quotes are notable enough to stand on their own, as an inherently significant feature of the person's life. If you can find a source but not a good place to put the quote, then try Wikiquote instead. Cosmic Latte (talk) 23:49, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

As is clearly noted by someone else above she is known for her witty quotations so the solution should have been to expand the section not delete it. As for the quote not deserving to be there...well don't worry, i'm not going to bother putting it up again...I will simply suggest that you are joyless SRL82.1.250.8 (talk) 18:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gay Icon Project

In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:05, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thomas Brockman

Tallulah was the great-granddaughter of James Henry Brockman (1822-1844), who was the father of Tallulah James Brockman (Bankhead). James Henry Brockman was the son of Thomas P. Brockman, a SC -- not US -- politician. It seems a fairly obscure detail to include in this article (I could fill up the article with her genealogy, but I don't think it is relevant).

Now that I take a closer look at this I think you may have some of the genealogy incorrect, but I think we should debate that offline. It *may* have a bit more relevance to the article. I've read that she was particularly close to her grandmother and her godsons ended up being named Brockman and Brock, I believe, but I'll look for a citation for that. Sandwich Eater 20:20, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Early career

A couple of sites related to Somerville, Massachusetts claim that Bankhead started her acting career at the Somerville Theatre before moving to New York: Somerville Theatre Online, [1], Lost Theatres of Somerville This doesn't quite fit with the implication in our article that she started out in New York. I'm not sure what to make of this. FreplySpang (talk) 16:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bankhead proves that a woman can walk on the wild side

Bankhead is a Camille Paglia wet dream, the wildest woman I've ever heard of. Roll over, Madonna and Janis Joplin!

Would someone add, if true, a bit about Bankhead being in the front row when Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in 1938, and her urging Louis on by yelling very choice Anglo-Saxon sexual metaphors at the top of her lungs?

About 20 years ago, I read a long interview with fellow Lifeboat cast member Hume Cronyn, who mentioned how Bankhead did not wear knickers during the entire production of the film, even though her part required her to lift her skirt quite a few times.

[edit] Arrest in Marblehead, MA

"When high-flying actress Tallulah Bankhead was arrested on a drunk and disorderly charge in Marblehead, officers didn't have a jail cell for women. Instead, they incarcerated her in the women's bathroom, posting an armed guard outside the door for the night, recounts Lt. Dave Millet, who runs the Marblehead Police Museum. " Salem News, September 8, 2007

http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_251120035?page=0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leonmartens (talk • contribs) 14:47, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] bonne vivante

What the hell is a bonne vivante? -66.97.144.2 (talk) 19:02, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

a adopted French phrase for "a woman who lives the good life"--WPaulB (talk) 14:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lesbianism

Actress Patsy Kelly made a claim to author Boze Hadleigh, which he included in his 1996 book about lesbianism in Hollywood's early years, that she had a long lesbian affair with Bankhead. enjoyed .[4][8]

Why is the word enjoyed present as an entire sentence with two footnotes?--WPaulB (talk) 14:20, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Lifeboat2.jpg

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[edit] The "Young Man's" Identity

'Once, at a party, one of her friends brought along a young man who boldly told Bankhead that he wanted to make love to her that night. She didn't bat an eye and said, "And so you shall, you wonderful old-fashioned boy."'

According to a recent radio interview by Bob Costas with Dick Cavett the "young man " in question was Harpo Marx and he didn't say "make love"

Basesurge (talk) 08:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)