The first time Eileen Bowman saw Tallulah Bankhead she was “probably 8 or 9” years old and watching a rerun of “The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Comedy Hour,” a short-lived TV sequel to the classic “I Love ...

Cruella de Vil was about to come to the big screen. Walt Disney loved Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, scooping up film rights almost immediately. But his studio faced a ...

It was a name meant for a star: Tallulah. Tallulah Bankhead, born in Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 31, 1902, was often referred to simply as “Tallulah” in news accounts during her heyday, becoming one of the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Following the release of the original “101 Dalmatians” in 1961, New York Times film critic Howard Thompson described the film’s main villain, Cruella de Vil, this way: ...

Born into a well-heeled Alabama family at the turn of the century, actress Tallulah Bankhead roared into New York in the 1920s and quickly turned heads with her good looks, quick wit and indulgent ...

THE BASICS: LOOPED, a play by Matthew Lombardo, presented by New Phoenix Theatre, directed by Richard Lambert, starring Julie Kittsley as Tallulah Bankhead, with James Cichocki, and Elliott Fox runs ...

Cruella De Vil is one of Disney’s most recognized villains but most people don’t know the mean-spirited puppy thief was voiced by Betty Lou Gerson – born in Chattanooga and raised in Birmingham – and ...