Tallulah Bankhead in 'Her Cardboard Lover'

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© estate of Paul Tanqueray

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Tallulah Bankhead in 'Her Cardboard Lover'

by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1928
7 1/2 in. x 9 5/8 in. (190 mm x 243 mm)
Given by Paul Tanqueray, 1974
Photographs Collection
NPG x7247

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  • Paul Tanqueray (1905-1991), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 186 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.

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Her Cardboard Lover was a play by Jacques Duval and P G Wodehouse in which she co-starred with Leslie Howard. Shown recumbent in Paul Tanqueray's studio in brown and cream silk pyjamas designed by Worth and that caused something of a sensation. The play opened on 21 August 1928 at the Lyric Theatre and ran for 173 performances before touring. Paula Tanqueray recalled attending one of Bankhead's famous three-day parties held at her Mayfair home. She would temporarily leave and then return to the party after her theatre performance.

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Current affairs

The Representation of the People Act 1928 grants women the same rights to vote as men. Building on reform of 1918, this Act lowered the voting age for women from 30 to 21, and removed the ownership of property requirements.

Art and science

Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin. The Scottish scientist's identification of the first antibiotic revolutionised the treatment of infection and is a landmark in medical history. By the Second World War, penicillin was being used to treat wounded soldiers and had a major impact on survival rates of those with infected wounds.

International

Stalin announces the Soviet Union's first Five-Year plan of economic development. Based on Lenin's New Economic Policy, the Five-Year Plans aimed to expand the country's economy through rapid centralised industrialisation.

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