REMEMBERING TALLULAH BANKHEAD

Originally broadcast on WNIB
Saturday, January 22, 2000

MAIL CALL #115 (10-25-44) Mistress of Cer­emonies is Tallulah Bankhead who presents comedian Danny Kaye, singer Georgia Gibbs, Pied Pipers vocal group, organist Ethel Smith, Major Meredith Willson and the AFRS orches­tra. AFRS. (30 min)

SCREEN DIRECTORS’ PLAYHOUSE (11-16­50) “Lifeboat” starring Tallulah Bankhead rec­reating her screen role in this radio version of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1944 film. Compelling drama of shipwreck survivors adrift in a lonely lifeboat during World War II. Anacin, RCA Vic­tor, NBC. (58 min in three segments)

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SHOW (19501 Excerpt. The former First Lady and her son Elliott Roosevelt interview actress Tallulah Bankhead about her career and other interests. NBC. (20 min)

THE BIG SHOW (2-4-51) Tallulah Bankhead is hostess for radio’s last big-time variety series. Guests include Fred Allen, Portland Hoffa, Rob­ert Cummings, Leo Durocher, Laraine Day, Jimmy Durante, Judy Holliday, Frankie Laine, Jane Pickens. Meredith Willson and the or­chestra. Ed Herlihy announces. Judy Holliday appears in a scene from “Born Yesterday.” Tallulah and Robert Cummings offer a scene from the Noel Coward play “Private Lives.” Sustaining, NBC. (87 min in three segments)