Saturday, April 18, 2009

Tallulah Bankhead on Baby Snooks Show


Actress and comedienne Fanny Brice (remember her from The Great Ziegfeld?) had a popular radio show called The Baby Snooks Show and aired on radio from 1939 to 1947.

I thought I'd share an episode with bon vivant Tallulah Bankhead (my post on her from February here), very funny!

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4 comments:

  1. ElizabethApril 18, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    I love the Baby Snooks show! Fanny Brice is very talented!

    I actually have a piece of sheet music from her in the Ziegfeld days:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelroswell/3210736645/in/set-72157615870436155/

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  2. Robby CressApril 18, 2009 at 8:38 PM

    Very funny stuff. I just added The Great Ziegfeld to my movie watching queue.

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  3. getsbisApril 18, 2009 at 11:17 PM

    you won't believe me. today I looked through your labels searching for tallulah, because I remembered that you've written about her. and yes - thank you - you really did. the thing is, I didn't know nothing about tallulah before.

    I've just read a book about zelda fitzgerald and there was a lot of about tallulah - she was one of best zelda's friends. they used to be wild and eccentric in their young age. they've done lot of together.

    so by now I am obsessed not only with zelda's personality but also with tallulah's. I am a huge fan of both fitzgeralds, you know.

    that book is 'Alabama Song' by Gilles Leroy. I wish you could find and read it. there is so much about twenties. like a time machine, believe me.

    so, um, okay. there I finish ;) goodnight.

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  4. Lolita of the ClassicsApril 18, 2009 at 11:26 PM

    Elizabeth:
    I love "My Man" with her, from The Great Ziegfeld! I will check up your link when I get home, right now I'm at a friend drinking too muck beer and white wine!

    Robby Cress:
    Oh, see it! Preferably on a day when you have nothing at all to do (hangover day?), so you can enjoy the three hours of delight to the full!

    Great Gatsby:
    You may write how long comments as you want! I love to communicate with my equals!
    I will sure look for that book, thanks for the tip. I bid on her biography Save the Last Dance on tradera (a Swedish ebay site), but someone got it instead of me :(

    Tallulah must be one of the most adorable, charismatic person in film history! Too bad that she got on the wrong foot with Bette Davis, I think they might have been good friends if the circumstances were otherwise...

    I actually didn't know that Tallulah and Zelda were good friends! Thanks for that info! I will look more into this.

    Good night to ya all!

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