Title: Hail Tallulah!
Product review: Pauline Kael cheers the terrific performance ofTallu: "She gave this sex farce a sort of low glitter,"and adds that Tallulah does wonders with some linereadings. Pic was s'posed to be directed by Lubitsch,but after a heart attack he turned it over to thehumorless Otto Preminger. (Did Otto ever direct a goodmovie? 'Laura,' you say...he followed the Mamoulianblueprint). To quote Walter Kerr on Tallulah: "She presidesover the party like a fabulous hostess." As Catherine the Great,Tallulah is mighty funny. With "Lifeboat" we have two visualsof the legendary Tallulah. The souffle occasionally rises here,but this rarity is for Tallulah fans and film buffs. Hencefour-stars. Tallulah was/is an original.
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