Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) [Hardcover]

Jeffrey L. Carrier (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0313274525 | ISBN-13: 978-0313274527 | Publication Date: September 30, 1991 | Edition: annotated edition

Tallulah Bankhead was an actress whose talents were greatly overshadowed by her antics. Indeed, the Bankhead personality was much better known than her acting roles. While it is impossible to study her career without exploring her highly charged personality, this bio-bibliography honors Tallulah Bankhead, the actress. In a career that spanned five decades, she conquered practically every medium of entertainment--theater, film, radio, and television--leaving her mark in each one. Biographers have several times attempted to chronicle her life, but Bankhead remains too original, too unconventional, too colorful to be captured fully on paper. What can be noted are her many accomplishments--which have previously been ignored. This book corrects that oversight by documenting her 19 motion pictures, 56 stage plays, 167 radio appearances, and 56 television appearances, and also listing other professional appearances, recordings, awards and tributes. Additional features include a biographical sketch based on research and interviews with associates, a chronology of highlights in her life, an annotated bibliography of books and magazine articles about her or referring to her, and interesting photographs illustrating her career. Fully cross-referenced and indexed, this is a complete source for any research about Bankhead and will also provide helpful data and insights into the theater, films, persons, and events of her world.

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About the Author

JEFFREY L. CARRIER is a creative assistant at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, New York, and a freelance film historian.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press; annotated edition edition (September 30, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313274525
• ISBN-13: 978-0313274527
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,028,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well researched biography without the exaggerated gossipy stories., December 28, 2007

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Richard Davis McLeod - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) (Hardcover)

If you are searching for a Biography of Tallulah Bankhead that centers on her specific talents from the Stage, movies, and/or Radio and Television, including dates, and exhaustive research, then this is the book. This book represents good and accurate research, not tabloid information that is so present in many of the other books on Tallulah Bankhead. Highly recommended for individuals interested in the life and work of Tallulah, devoid of the exaggerated gossipy stories so prevalent in the other biographies. No unnecessary frills here, but you will find excellent research, and a good basic biography. A great deal of time in obtaining precise and accurate research was spent by the Author in putting this Bio-Biography together. This is really a well done research work.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Experience Miss B!, November 1, 2000

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"scottchristopher" (Evansville, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) (Hardcover)

This is the ultimate book for Tallulah Bankhead fans. Mr. Carrier's writing does justice to Tallulah Bankhead's life story. With complete listings of her performances in all media, this is THE reference book on Miss Bankhead. An enjoyable read!

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Over Priced, March 22, 2005

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BioReader (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tallulah Bankhead: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in the Performing Arts) (Hardcover)

this culling of information is one is a series of bio-bibliographies of many personalities by virtually unknown 'writers' who have taken indivduals and then catalogued the events of their lives. It's not really writing, is just cooelating and, at that, there are glaring omissions and inaccuracries. Finally, however, its the general price of these books that is rather outrageous. Over priced.