{"product_id":"tallulah-9780060989064","title":"Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the golden age of American theater, no celestial body shone more dazzlingly than Tallulah Bankhead. Outrageous, outspoken, and totally uninhibited, she was an actress known as much for her offstage vices as for her onstage roles--the cocaine and alcohol, the blistering tirades, and her scandalous affairs with both men and women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eTallulah \u003c\/em\u003e, author Joel Lobenthal has captured the private essence of this most public of Broadway stars, the irrepressible diva who enjoyed intimate relationships with the top entertainment luminaries of her day, from Tennessee Williams and No l Coward to Marlene Dietrich and Billie Holiday. Here also are the close and personal details of her family life and doomed romances, drawn from scores of exclusive interviews, and previously untapped information from Scotland Yard and the FBI. This is the definitive biography of Tallulah Bankhead, a woman even more complex, more nuanced, and more shocking than her notorious mythology suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLobenthal, Joel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJoel Lobenthal is assistant editor of \u003cem\u003eBallet Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and has also written for \u003cem\u003eDance Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlaybill\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQuest\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eRadical Rags: Fashions of the Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"It Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409434284306,"sku":"9780060989064","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61b2223d-19c8-418d-a36f-2a8e7ee1ae0d.jpg?v=1729287342","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tallulah-9780060989064","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}