#tallulah bankhead

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1951, Gloria Swanson and Tallulah Bankhead

#vintage #beauty #smoking #smoking cigarette #cigarette #sexy smoker #sexy smoking #actress #hollywood #1951 #tallulah bankhead #gloria swanson

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Propaganda

Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, Devil and the Deep, The Cheat)— Fierce, outspoken, uninhibited, and witty. An amazing actress who strongly supported civil rights and was unashamed of her sexuality.

Theresa Harris (I Walked With a Zombie, Baby Face, Out of the Past)— Being Black in old Hollywood meant that Harris never reached the heights that her talent and striking looks warranted. In the pre-code Baby Face, she plays the best friend of Barbara Stanwyck’s character, but after the code was frequently pigeonholed into maid roles. Which is DUMB because she always LIGHTS UP THE SCREEN and you cannot see anyone else!

This is round 3 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Tallulah:

please read the personal life section of this woman’s wikipedia. a bisexual (or ambisextrous as she called herself) legend

She was bisexual. About her film The Devil and the Deep she said 'Dahling, the only reason I accepted that part was to fuck that divine Gary Cooper'.

Theresa Harris:

A hard-working black actress, most of her roles were of servants. However, whenever she had a chance she shone. The iconic Baby Face, in which she costarred with Barbara Stanwyck, is one example where her brilliance stood out.

Beautiful smile and her EYES<33

Submitted NYTimes article about Theresa Harris, Lynn Nottage, and representation of Black women in vintage film in general: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/theater/theresa-harris-a-black-actress-who-left-an-impression.html

Submitted Essence article: https://www.essence.com/news/vintage-vamp-theresa-harris/

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#theresa harris #tallulah bankhead #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 3

[cleolinda]

Re: Tallulah Bankhead: who was from Huntsville, AL, and as a queer woman living a bit further south of there, I cherish that: She did go around saying "I'm a lesbian. What do you do?" However, she had affairs/relationships with both women and men, which I mention only because "Bankhead never publicly used the term 'bisexual' to describe herself, preferring to use the term 'ambisextrous' instead," and I will not let humor like that be lost to history. Whatever she said about herself at any given time is valid and I'm not here to quibble about that; I'm here to point out that she said things like,

One afternoon in early 1934, Bankhead's friend David Herbert called at her suite at the Hotel Splendide in Piccadilly, only to be informed by her maid that "Miss Bankhead is in the bath with Mr Rex Whistler". Hearing Herbert's voice down the hall, Bankhead reportedly shouted, "I'm just trying to show Rex I'm definitely a blonde!"

#tallulah bankhead #lgbtqia+ #queer history #classy dames

[redraven3093]

spreading my Tall girl Tallulah and my short boi Chayanne propaganda

Don't mess with Tallulah or else Chayanne will bite u and call you an idiot sandwich

#don't mind me #qsmp #headcannons #qsmp philza #qsmp tallulah #qsmp chayanne #qsmp eggs #tall girls #short boys #they are a package pls dont seperate #qsmp fanart #tallulah bankhead #tallulah and chayanne #tradisional art #traditional drawing

[diana-andraste]

Bette Davis in The Letter, 1940

Tallulah Bankhead in The Cheat, 1931

#film #movies #black and white #pre code hollywood #pre code #tallulah bankhead #bette davis #william wyler #george abbott #gif #animation #1940s #1930s #vintage

[womansfilm]

tallulah eating a random child’s sandwich and other important moments in herstory

#tallulah Bankhead

[gatabella]

OH Stars + Lion Cubs

Elizabeth Taylor, Gina Lollobrigida, Romy Schneider, Greta Garbo, Sophia Loren, Tallulah Bankhead, Brigitte Bardot, Mylene Demongeot, Ursula Andress, Elke Sommer, Anita Ekberg, Claudia Cardinale

#elizabeth taylor #gina lollobrigida #romy schneider #greta garbo #sophia loren #tallulah bankhead #brigitte bardot #mylene demongeot #ursula andress #elke sommer #anita ekberg #old hollywood #lion #lion cub #animals #claudia cardinale

[citizenscreen]

A serious Paramount publicity photo of Tallulah Bankhead and Cecil Beaton in 1932

#tallulah bankhead #cecil beaton #old hollywood

[twixnmix]

Billie Holiday and Tallulah Bankhead backstage at the Strand Theatre on Broadway in New York City, 1948.

The St. Louis Argus (August 27, 1948)

#billie holiday #tallulah bankhead #lady day #1948 #1940s #nyc #1940s music #old hollywood

[poison-interior]

Tallulah Bankhead in The Cheat

#tallulah bankhead #the cheat

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Tallulah Bankhead

#vintage #beauty #smoking #smoking cigarette #sexy smoking #cigarette #sexy smoker #classic actress #vintage actress #classic hollywood #golden age of hollywood #hollywood #vintage hollywood #tallulah bankhead

[hotvintagepoll]

Propaganda

Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, Devil and the Deep, The Cheat)— Fierce, outspoken, uninhibited, and witty. An amazing actress who strongly supported civil rights and was unashamed of her sexuality.

Dinah Sheridan (Genevieve, The Railway Children)— It kills me that this absolutely stunning jewel of a woman felt compelled to cut short her career, just at the point that Genevieve was flinging her into the stratosphere, because she married the managing director of Rank film company (the one whose logo is the strong man hitting the huge gong) and he made her give up her career. Made a comeback in 1970 to play the mother in the railway children (starring jenny agutter), but how much luminous work did we lose? Oh I can't bear it.

This is round 1 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut]

Tallulah:

please read the personal life section of this woman’s wikipedia. a bisexual (or ambisextrous as she called herself) legend

She was bisexual. About her film The Devil and the Deep she said 'Dahling, the only reason I accepted that part was to fuck that divine Gary Cooper'.

Dinah:

#dinah sheridan #tallulah bankhead #hotvintagepoll #fuck that old woman #ladies 1

[slack-wise]

Tallulah Bankhead

#Tallulah Bankhead #actors #hollywood #glamour #style

[talkingpiffle]

"Either as Captain O'Shea or the vengeful Earl, John Emery was a fine young romantic actor. He had style and eloquence and was completely at ease in costume drama. In July of the same year [1937] I was to see him as Lord Peter Wimsey in Busman's Honeymoon at the Westport County Playhouse in Connecticut. As is the custom in summer theaters, his engagement was for only a week. He'd had but a week of rehearsal, yet he gave a deft and amusing performance. At the time I was living in a rented house on Long Island Sound, ten miles from Westport. It boasted a swimming pool and free liquor. There I held open house for the likes of Anna May Wong, Clifton Webb, Estelle Winwood, Vincent Price, Louisa Carpenter and a lot of other friends, overloaded with leisure.

"I got a sizzling crush on John on seeing his Wimsey. After the performance I went back to see him. Would he care to spend the week end with me? John readily agreed. I found him intelligent, amusing and exceptionally good-looking. He had good manners and seemed a good listener. This last marked him a rare bird in the set in which I traveled.

"But when John asked me to marry him, I looked upon his offer as an impertinence. Wasn't he getting presumptuous on short acquaintance?"

--Tallulah Bankhead on meeting her husband John Emery, from Tallulah: My Autobiography (Ch. 10)

Newlyweds John Emery and Tallulah Bankhead, September 1937 (x)

#dorothy l. sayers #lord peter wimsey #busman's honeymoon #john emery #tallulah bankhead #was NOT expecting a lord peter reference in this book #tallulah: my autobiography #westport county playhouse

[weirdlookindog]

Stefanie Powers, Tallulah Bankhead, and Yootha Joyce in Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)

#die! die! my darling! #tallulah bankhead #stefanie powers #yootha joyce #1965 #1960s movies #1960s horror #silvio narizzano #thriller #hammer films #hammer horror

[arinewman7]

Tallulah Bankhead

Photography by Cecil Beaton

1932

#Cecil Beaton #photography #Tallulah Bankhead #actress #portrait photography