Tallulah Bankhead 1920’s

The run of Matthew Lombardo's "Looped" starring Stefanie Powers as Tallulah Bankhead at Hartford's Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts this week prompted a letter from Henry E. Josten , 90, of Deep River.

Tallulah Bankhead, 1934 - Photo by Dorothy Wilding

Tallulah Bankhead

“Rope” is mostly known for appearing as if it were a single take, but in fact it’s an absorbing thriller that will help you appreciate the master.

Tallulah Bankhead

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Bette Davis When you think of the Golden age of Hollywood you cannot help but think about the wonderful photographic images of the stars. Image was everything in old Hollywood, important for the studios and important for the stars, nothing less than perfect would do, there was not much room for gritty realism, with the great worldwide depression of the thirties people had enough of that in their lives, they looked to Hollywood for escapism and to fuel new aspirations. The stars could not…

. I checked back in with my reader's from the Summer Reading Series. Here's where they are and what they said- An Aesthete's Lament The one I am reading right now? I just finished (last night) "Rage for Fame," a biography of Clare Boothe Luce ... The next book I shall read is "Conversation Pieces" by Mario Praz ... theHouse of Beauty and Culture There is a growing stack (In House, More is More - Tony Duquette, and the new book on David Hicks among them) that I have not even had a chance to…