Letter from Marie Owen to her niece, Tallulah Bankhead.
File Name
Q15151 - Q15152
Item Title
Letter from Marie Owen to her niece , Tallulah Bankhead .
Description
In the letter Owen admonishes her niece for her recent interview with Gladys Hall of Motion Picture magazine , and she comments on the status of Tallulah's career : "Now of course I take it for granted that you were having a lark with the reporter with no thought that she was going to make your words sound like the yapping of a hot canine locked up in the kennel . There should be some restraint put on publications that would publish such damaging stuff about a professional man or woman whose living depends upon their good name . Your following has lost some of its enthusiasm any way on account of the poor stories they have given you to play . This disgusting statement about your private life will lop off a good many more . A heroine must arouse enthusiasm not repulsion . You have been left no more privacy than a crossroads sign board. " Owen advises her niece not to give future interviews unless her producers are able to approve the text before publication , and she also suggests that Tallulah take legal action : "If you got damages from the London paper for reporting that a woman slapped you , your lawyer ought to put the 'Motion Picture ' magazine up against the wall and blast it to pieces with a machine gun. "
Date
1932 August 6
Sort by date
1932-08-06
Time Period
1930-1939
Subject
Bankhead, Tallulah, 1902-1968 Owen, Marie Bankhead, 1869-1958 Actors and actresses Mass media Motion pictures
Format
Correspondence
Voyager Number
v3752
Author
Bankhead, Tallulah
Collection or Series Title
Tallulah Bankhead papers
Box Number
LPR45 , Box 1
Folder Number
8
Folder Title
Correspondence and letters , to and from, 1931-1934
Catalog Record
http://adahcat.archives.alabama.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3752
Repository
Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language
English
Rights
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Digital Format
600 dpi tiff
Project Name
Alabama History Education Initiative
Digital image reproduction form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Permission to publish form
http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/private2.pdf
Date created
2009-10-16
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