Episode 15 - Funny Dames

Tallulah Bankhead and Dorothy Parker: Droll dames.

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Further Reading:


Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead: My Autobiography by Tallulah Bankhead (1952)
Tallulah Bankhead by Byrony Lavery (1999)
Tallulah Bankhead: A Scandalous Life by David Bret (1996)

Tallulah ragging on Bette Davis on The Big Show
Tallulah and Marlena sparring on the radio
Tallulah and Groucho sparring on the radio 

Tallulah on Batman. The Black Widow Strikes Again 1,2,3 and Caught in the Spider's Web 1,2,3

Dorothy Parker
'What Fresh Hell Is This?' by Marion Meade. (2006).

Music: This Party Took a Turn for the Douche - Garfunkel and Oates

Special Minisode - Lydia Litvyak

Sr. Lt. Lydia Vladimirovna aka Lilya Litvyak

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Further Reading:
Wings Women and War by Reina Pennington (1997)
Soviet Women in Combat in WWII by Kazimiera J. Cottam (1983)

Also, online commentary by Ms. Cottam on the likelihood of the cheating death rumors.